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Evidence Guide: ICTSAS206 - Detect and protect from spam and destructive software

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Tips for gathering evidence to demonstrate your skills

The important thing to remember when gathering evidence is that the more evidence the better - that is, the more evidence you gather to demonstrate your skills, the more confident an assessor can be that you have learned the skills not just at one point in time, but are continuing to apply and develop those skills (as opposed to just learning for the test!). Furthermore, one piece of evidence that you collect will not usualy demonstrate all the required criteria for a unit of competency, whereas multiple overlapping pieces of evidence will usually do the trick!

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ICTSAS206 - Detect and protect from spam and destructive software

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Detect and remove destructive software

  1. Identify common types of destructive software
  2. Select and install virus protection compatible with the operating system in use
  3. Investigate other advanced systems of protection for further options
  4. Install software updates on a regular basis
  5. Configure software security settings to prevent destructive software from infecting computer
  6. Run or schedule to run virus protection software on a regular basis
  7. Report detected destructive software to appropriate person and remove the destructive software
Identify common types of destructive software

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Select and install virus protection compatible with the operating system in use

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Investigate other advanced systems of protection for further options

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Install software updates on a regular basis

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Configure software security settings to prevent destructive software from infecting computer

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Run or schedule to run virus protection software on a regular basis

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Report detected destructive software to appropriate person and remove the destructive software

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Identify and take action to stop spam

  1. Identify common types of spam
  2. Take appropriate action in regard to spam
  3. Configure and use a spam filter
  4. Report spam to appropriate person
Identify common types of spam

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Take appropriate action in regard to spam

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Configure and use a spam filter

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Report spam to appropriate person

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Detect and remove destructive software

1.1 Identify common types of destructive software

1.2 Select and install virus protection compatible with the operating system in use

1.3 Investigate other advanced systems of protection for further options

1.4 Install software updates on a regular basis

1.5 Configure software security settings to prevent destructive software from infecting computer

1.6 Run or schedule to run virus protection software on a regular basis

1.7 Report detected destructive software to appropriate person and remove the destructive software

2. Identify and take action to stop spam

2.1 Identify common types of spam

2.2 Take appropriate action in regard to spam

2.3 Configure and use a spam filter

2.4 Report spam to appropriate person

Required Skills and Knowledge

ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Detect and remove destructive software

1.1 Identify common types of destructive software

1.2 Select and install virus protection compatible with the operating system in use

1.3 Investigate other advanced systems of protection for further options

1.4 Install software updates on a regular basis

1.5 Configure software security settings to prevent destructive software from infecting computer

1.6 Run or schedule to run virus protection software on a regular basis

1.7 Report detected destructive software to appropriate person and remove the destructive software

2. Identify and take action to stop spam

2.1 Identify common types of spam

2.2 Take appropriate action in regard to spam

2.3 Configure and use a spam filter

2.4 Report spam to appropriate person

Evidence of the ability to:

install virus protection software and updates

schedule virus protection software to run on a regular basis

remove common destructive software

identify common spam types and take appropriate action.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

describe spam and virus intrusions and identify appropriate remedial actions

identify the types of protective applications used against viruses and spam

identify the operating systems supported by the organisation

identify the common components of computer hardware that may be affected by spam.