CPPSEC3053Implement measures to secure IP networked security equipment and systems

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What an assessment for CPPSEC3053 must cover

45 assessable components: 3 elements (15 performance criteria), 1 performance evidence and 27 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 2 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 Confirm security equipment and system network arrangements.

  • 1.1Review work instructions to confirm client requirements and equipment location and clarify issues with relevant persons.
  • 1.2Review and comply with workplace policies and procedures and key regulatory requirements when carrying out work tasks.
  • 1.3Inspect security equipment and system to clarify operational parameters and locate control panels and software.
  • 1.4Obtain authorisations and information required to access IP network and system configurations.

2 Identify vulnerabilities and secure IP networked equipment and system.

  • 2.1Access IP network and system configurations for security equipment and system.
  • 2.2Use network testing and monitoring tools and commands to check network connectivity and continuity and identify anomalies.
  • 2.3Check firewalls and network controls and make required updates.
  • 2.4Assess system protection levels to identify vulnerabilities to cyber threat.
  • 2.5Check authentications, encryptions and supervision levels and make required changes to improve system protections.
  • 2.6Perform software upgrades to install latest definitions.
  • 2.7Complete work tasks and check to ensure IP networked security equipment and system is operating correctly.

3 Report results and complete documentation.

  • 3.1Notify work completion to relevant persons.
  • 3.2Complete documentation detailing actions taken to secure IP networked security equipment and system according to workplace and regulatory requirements.
  • 3.3Report identified cyber vulnerabilities and required remedial actions for specialist attention.
  • 3.4Restore work area to original condition and remove waste caused by work tasks.

Performance evidence

  • implementing measures to secure two different types of internet protocol (IP) networked security equipment and systems and identifying at least two vulnerabilities to cyber threat for each system.

Knowledge evidence

  • workplace policies and procedures that ensure compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements when implementing measures to secure IP networked security equipment and systems:
  • licensing requirements and limits of own authority
  • privacy requirements
  • reporting
  • requirements for complying with Australian Communications Authority cabling standards
  • work health and safety
  • common computer commands used to verify and manage IP and network performance
  • common cyber threats attributed to IP networked security equipment and systems and solutions
  • common ways that physical security systems can be breached by hackers:
  • monitoring protected areas and information through video surveillance systems
  • removing records from the security management system
  • taking control of locking and monitoring systems
  • turning off security systems
  • documentation to be completed when implementing measures to secure IP networked security equipment and systems
  • fundamentals of routers, switches, firewalls and wireless access points
  • fundamentals of scripting language
  • internet of things (IOT) devices and common security issues relating to IOT devices
  • meaning of multiple form factor authentication
  • principles of security system networking and integration including IP addresses and devices
  • physical security system designs and configurations that offer security from cyber threats including multiple levels of protection:
  • authentication
  • encryption
  • supervision
  • techniques for ensuring IP networked systems and equipment are properly secured
  • types of network testing and monitoring tools and commands used to check network connectivity and continuity
  • ways that physical security systems become vulnerable to cyber threats
  • wireless technologies commonly found in modern security systems.

Foundation skills

  • reading skills: to interpret key requirements of schematics and manufacturers’ instructions for security equipment, systems and software
  • numeracy skills: to perform calculations in binary and hexadecimal number systems.

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What does an assessment tool for CPPSEC3053 need to cover?

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