BSBXCS304 — Apply cyber hygiene best practices
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What an assessment for BSBXCS304 must cover
47 assessable components: 3 elements (10 performance criteria), 3 performance evidence and 28 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 6 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 and prepare to use organisational cyber hygiene best practices
- 1.1Identify organisational priorities regarding cyber hygiene
- 1.2Identify organisational cyber hygiene best practices to incorporate into own practices
- 1.3Prepare appropriate organisational cyber hygiene practices relevant to own role and workplace according to organisational policies and procedures
2 Implement organisational cyber hygiene best practices in own workspace
- 2.1Identify and remove obsolete programs and fragmented files from workplace devices according to organisational policies and procedures
- 2.2Identify and report phishing emails according to organisational policies and procedures
- 2.3Apply complex passwords and multifactor authentication to devices according to organisational policies and procedures
- 2.4Update software if required by organisation
3 Evaluate and update organisational cyber hygiene best practices
- 3.1Participate in required learning and development relating to organisational cyber hygiene best practice
- 3.2Review application of own organisational cyber hygiene practices
- 3.3Update organisational cyber hygiene practices as required own review and by organisation
Performance evidence
- identify and use the following cyber hygiene best practices:
- implement at least three different low impact security measures
- identify and report at least two phishing emails
Knowledge evidence
- common cyber hygiene practices surrounding hardware, software, applications, and processes used in own role
- organisational policies and procedures relevant to identifying and using cyber hygiene best practices, including:
- reporting procedures regarding phishing emails
- password updates
- permissions and restricted access to servers
- common indicators of phishing emails, including:
- grammar and spelling errors
- inconsistencies in email addresses, links, and domain names
- suspicious attachments and uniform resource locators (URLs)
- requests for credentials, payments and personal details
- common cyber hygiene issues, including:
- loss of data
- misplaced data
- security breaches
- outdated software
- lack of risk management procedures
- organisational cyber hygiene best practices, including:
- complex and strong passwords and multifactor authentication
- updating system software
- backing up data
- limiting user permissions and access to applications, systems, and data
- installation and maintenance of malware detection software and signatures
- software evaluation and management processes
- firewalls and demilitarised zone (DMZ) networks
- vulnerability scans
- daily full backups
- weekly incremental backups
- techniques to evaluate and determine cyber hygiene practices
Foundation skills
- Learning: Modifies behaviour following exposure to new information regarding cyber hygiene best practice; Develops basic understanding of trends in cyber security protection
- Reading: Identifies and interprets information from relevant sources to determine practices for optimal cyber health
- Writing: Uses clear and industry-specific terminology relating to cyber hygiene
- Initiative and enterprise: Proactively incorporates cyber hygiene best practice into daily routine
- Planning and organising: Manages own cyber hygiene plan that emphasises the importance of carrying out regular, low impact security measures, such as password change or multifactor authentication
- Technology: Uses appropriate technology platforms to assist with cyber hygiene best practice
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