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ICTCYS406
Respond to cyber security incidents

Assessment tool

Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024


This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to establish and respond to cyber security incidents in an organisation, and evaluate actions performed to mitigate risk of future incidents.

It applies to individuals who work in information technology security, including network specialists and security, to support all business functions responding to cyber incidents. These individuals have a broad range of knowledge and skills in cyber security, networks and systems. In this context, the individual works as an internal function for an organisation, however, the same can be applied in the context of an external security specialist advising and implementing the response and action items of a cyber-attack to an external client.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

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Evidence Required

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The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to:

respond to at least two different cyber security incidents in at least two different business functions

develop and follow a basic communications plan.

In the course of the above, the candidate must:

comply with organisational cyber security incident response plan

adhere to legislative requirements and organisational policies and procedures.

The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of:

key features of incident response plans

cyber security incidents and the source and causes of these incidents

types of attacks, including:

denial-of-service attack (DoS)

SQL injection (SQLi)

cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks

scripted attacks

hardware attacks

attacks against Wi Fi

cyber security incident detection methodologies

preventative measures and mitigation methods applicable to cyber security incidents

documentation processes that may be used in the process of responding to cyber security incidents

organisational policies and procedures applicable to cyber security incident response, including procedures for:

determining nature and location of incidents

containing incidents, including installation of security patches and disabling network access

notifying and reporting to required personnel

encryptions

assessing impact on business function and other areas

procedures in developing communications plans.

Skills in this unit must be demonstrated in a workplace or simulated environment where the conditions are typical of those in a working environment in this industry.

This includes access to:

organisation cyber security incident response plan

required hardware and software

text-editing software

legislative requirements and organisational procedures and policies applicable to cyber security incident.

Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.

Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to:

respond to at least two different cyber security incidents in at least two different business functions

develop and follow a basic communications plan.

In the course of the above, the candidate must:

comply with organisational cyber security incident response plan

adhere to legislative requirements and organisational policies and procedures.

The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of:

key features of incident response plans

cyber security incidents and the source and causes of these incidents

types of attacks, including:

denial-of-service attack (DoS)

SQL injection (SQLi)

cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks

scripted attacks

hardware attacks

attacks against Wi Fi

cyber security incident detection methodologies

preventative measures and mitigation methods applicable to cyber security incidents

documentation processes that may be used in the process of responding to cyber security incidents

organisational policies and procedures applicable to cyber security incident response, including procedures for:

determining nature and location of incidents

containing incidents, including installation of security patches and disabling network access

notifying and reporting to required personnel

encryptions

assessing impact on business function and other areas

procedures in developing communications plans.

Skills in this unit must be demonstrated in a workplace or simulated environment where the conditions are typical of those in a working environment in this industry.

This includes access to:

organisation cyber security incident response plan

required hardware and software

text-editing software

legislative requirements and organisational procedures and policies applicable to cyber security incident.

Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.
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Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Establish and confirm occurrence and nature of cyber security incident 
Identify legislative requirements, organisational policies and procedures and cyber security incident response plans 
Analyse and assess source, impact and consequences of incident according to organisational response plans 
Notify and explain cyber incident to required personnel according to legislative requirements and communications plans 
Activate incident response plan and confirm cyber incident is contained 
Escalate and involve third party services and specialists as required according to organisational policies and procedures 
Confirm no further risks exist according to legislative requirements and organisational response procedures 
Discuss solutions with required personnel and action accordingly 
Test solution implemented, and escalate as required according to organisational security procedures 
Evaluate actions taken and confirm incident is fixed and secure according to organisational procedures 
Document cyber security incident, actions performed and solution, according to organisational policies and procedures 
Discuss and document lessons learnt with required personnel 
Discuss and implement preventative measures and mitigation methods as required 
Amend incident response plan accordingly 
Share documentation and communicate with required personnel according to organisational communications plan 

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