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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Research critical infrastructure need for an organisation
   • Research organisation’s need for critical infrastructure protection and document findings according to organisational requirements
   • Analyse organisation’s existing critical infrastructure protection plan
   • Determine effectiveness and alignment of existing plan to organisational requirements
   • Identify operational systems, critical assets, segmentation and legislative requirements
   • Determine level of protection, vulnerability, risk and mitigation according to organisational requirements
2. Develop protection strategy
   • Consolidate research findings and map critical processes according to organisational requirements
   • Develop and document critical infrastructure protection plan according to organisational policies and procedures
   • Submit protection plan to required personnel and seek and respond to feedback
3. Implement protection strategy
   • Backup data according to organisational policies and procedures
   • Secure devices according to protection plan and technical requirements
   • Implement network segmentation according to protection plan and technical requirements
   • Apply software patches according to technical requirements
   • Implement additional protection plan requirements and asset management processes
4. Test implementation outcomes
   • Test deployment of protection plan according to organisational policies and procedures
   • Obtain and analyse results according to organisational policies and procedures
   • Determine and document additional protection methods for critical infrastructure protection
   • Submit documentation to required personnel and seek and respond to feedback

Performance Evidence

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:

research, develop, implement and test an organisation’s critical protection infrastructure plan.

In the course of the above, the candidate must:

analyse operating environment

document processes and outcomes.

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Knowledge Evidence

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:

critical infrastructure sectors and assets

cyber security methodologies required to protect infrastructure for organisations

legislative requirements applicable to researching, analysing and developing critical infrastructure protection policies.

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