CPPSEC4024 — Assess security of crowded places

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What an assessment for CPPSEC4024 must cover

30 assessable components: 3 elements (18 performance criteria), 1 performance evidence and 9 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 Assess crowded place nature and use, and existing security arrangements.

1.1Access and interpret key requirements of the Crowded Places Strategy to understand national strategic objectives associated with protecting crowded places from terrorism.
1.2Access and interpret work instructions to confirm client, legislative and regulatory requirements and assessment timeframes.
1.3Consult with relevant persons to clarify crowded place owners and operators.
1.4Source information to clarify crowded place nature and use, and potential volume and concentration of people.
1.5Source intelligence to verify current national terrorism threat level and context.
1.6Clarify existing security arrangements in discussion with relevant persons.
1.7Recognise own limitations in assessing security of crowded place and access specialist resources or advice to meet client requirements.

2 Conduct crowded place security audit.

2.1Assess crowded place characteristics to determine level of attractiveness to potential attack.
2.2Access and interpret security plans, policies and procedures for crowded place.
2.3Assess all physical security arrangements for crowded place.
2.4Assess information security measures for crowded place.
2.5Assess personnel security measures for crowded place.
2.6Analyse assessment and audit findings to identify security vulnerabilities for crowded place.

3 Complete assessment and report security vulnerabilities.

3.1Use technology to finalise and document crowded place security assessment detailing identified security vulnerabilities and recommended risk mitigation strategies.
3.2Check to ensure security assessment is supported by verifiable information and make required adjustments.
3.3Present security assessment to relevant persons for feedback within agreed timeframes.
3.4Use questioning and active listening to explain identified security vulnerabilities and recommendations to mitigate risks to crowded place.
3.5Secure crowded place assessment documentation in a manner that facilitates future retrieval and maintains confidentiality.

Performance evidence

To demonstrate competency, a candidate must meet the performance criteria of this unit by documenting and presenting security assessments for two different crowded places: - one involving buildings with multiple access points such as a stadium or shopping centre - one involving open spaces and large volumes of people such as a shopping mall or place of mass gathering. Crowded Places Security Audit documentation outlined in Australia’s Strategy for Protecting Crowded Places from Terrorism (Crowded Places Strategy) must be completed for each security assessment.

Knowledge evidence

characteristics of crowded places that make them attractive to an attack: - crowded place is symbolic - crowded place attracts a large number of people at any one time - people gather at the crowded place on a predictable basis - density of people is high - crowded place has significant social importance to nation, state or territory - interruption to functioning of crowded place would have significant economic impact to nation, state or territory - offenders could enter, attack and leave crowded place without detection - offenders can easily access information about the crowded place when planning an attack
crowd behaviour, dynamics and movement patterns that can threaten security in a crowded place
difference between information and intelligence in the context of security assessments
legislative and regulatory requirements for assessing security of crowded places in the jurisdiction of operation
licensing requirements in the security industry
purpose of Crowded Places Strategy and understanding of: - concept of layered security and how it is applied to protect crowded places - definition of crowded places - definition of hostile vehicles and methods of attack - general features of improvised explosive devices and recommended incident response - key security issues for crowded places - objectives, characteristics and identification of active armed offenders - signs of chemical weapons attack and recommend response - those with a role in protecting the security of crowded places including roles and responsibilities of owners and operators and private security providers
security issues to be assessed when conducting security audits of crowded places: - security plans, policies and procedures - physical security including: - access control - perimeter security - hostile vehicle mitigation - closed circuit television or video surveillance systems - improvised explosive devices blast mitigation - hostile reconnaissance detection and detecting suspicious behaviour - information security - personnel security
security vulnerabilities of crowded places and risk mitigation strategies for each
ways that social and cultural differences may be expressed.

Foundation skills

oral communication skills: to relate to people demonstrating sensitivity to individual social and cultural differences
writing skills: to prepare succinct and logically structured crowded place assessment report.

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