Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners

ICTCYS610 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Protect critical infrastructure for organisations

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Issue Date: May 2024


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Unit of Competency ICTCYS610 - Protect critical infrastructure for organisations
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to analyse an organisation’s critical cyber operations and develop and implement a critical protections strategy that addresses the needs of the organisation. It applies to those who work as senior network and server administrators, cyber security analysts, security engineers, network engineers other cyber security related roles and are responsible for cyber security activities, including researching, developing and implementing protection strategies.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.

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:

required hardware, software and components

organisational operating environments, networks and systems

organisational style guides required for presenting documented processes, procedures and findings.

Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.
Prerequisites/co-requisites
Competency Field
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners Student Learning Resources Handouts
Activities 		Slides
PPT 		Assessment 1 Assessment 2 Assessment 3 Assessment 4
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: 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
       
Element: 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
       
Element: 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
       
Element: 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
       


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:

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.

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.

Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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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
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 
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 
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 
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 

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