BSBXCS301 — Protect own personal online profile from cyber security threats

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27 assessable components: 3 elements (14 performance criteria), 2 performance evidence and 7 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 4 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Identify existing and potential security threats to own personal online profile

1.1Determine all current online accounts and profiles
1.2Identify common threats to security of online profiles
1.3Identify industry-specific risk factors that raise risk levels to own personal profile

2 Audit own personal online profile for identified security threats

2.1Review all online accounts, associated applications and browsers at risk of identified threats according to organisational policies and procedures
2.2Review public online profiles that can be linked to own personal identity
2.3Check billing and account records carefully to detect early indicators of potential theft
2.4Report identified suspicious cyber activity according to cyber security legislative requirements and organisational policies and procedures

3 Address identified existing and potential security threats to own personal online profile

3.1Secure personal online profile and remove potential security risks
3.2Confirm that software used on own desktop/laptop and mobile devices is current and sufficient
3.3Remove potentially sensitive personal and company information according to organisational policies and procedures
3.4Create strong passwords across personal and work accounts
3.5Turn on two factor authentication across all accounts where available
3.6Adjust privacy/security settings on internet browser, web applications and applicable online accounts
3.7Delete all unused online accounts/applications according to organisational policies and procedures

Performance evidence

conduct one audit of own personal online profile and identify existing and potential cyber security threats
identify and address three potential cyber security risks to own personal online profile

Knowledge evidence

legislative requirements relating to reporting cyber security threats
organisational policies and procedures relating to online profiles, including escalation routes for cyber security issues
basic principles of cyber security, including: • importance of data confidentiality, integrity and availability • common cyber security terms • common cyber security threats that individuals might be exposed to online • secure internet browsing
risk factors relating to own personal online profile, including: • password management practices: - strength of created passwords - number of passwords used for multiple accounts - frequency of change to passwords • own work role within organisation • regular tasks in own work that raise personal risk level, including internet browsing • potential targets for cyber attack in own direct professional network • protocols for handling personally identifiable information • physical safety of devices • industry-specific risk factors and their risk to online profiles
common strategies, tools and techniques for improving security of own personal online profile, including for: • password protection • secure password management and account replicating and splitting • fundamentals of two-factor authentication • billing and account privacy settings • software patching • connecting to public Wi-Fi via virtual private networks (VPNs)
common methods and practices for: • responding to cyber security issues, including reporting protocols • secure internet browsing, including banking and email
common cyber security threats that individuals and data might be exposed to, including: • phishing • social engineering • social media • malware • physical threats, including data loss due to working insecurely in public spaces

Foundation skills

Learning: Modifies behaviour following exposure to new information
Reading: Recognises and interprets information from relevant sources to determine organisational expectations relating to cyber security
Technology: Uses appropriate technology platforms to assist with protecting online profile from cyber security threats
Problem solving: Uses problem solving skills to understand the nature of potential threat to personal profile or device and to undertake required action

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What does an assessment tool for BSBXCS301 need to cover?

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