ICTCYS406 — Respond to cyber security incidents
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What an assessment for ICTCYS406 must cover
33 assessable components: 3 elements (15 performance criteria), 4 performance evidence and 7 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 7 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 Establish cyber security incident
- 1.1Establish and confirm occurrence and nature of cyber security incident
- 1.2Identify legislative requirements, organisational policies and procedures and cyber security incident response plans
- 1.3Analyse and assess source, impact and consequences of incident according to organisational response plans
- 1.4Notify and explain cyber incident to required personnel according to legislative requirements and communications plans
2 Activate cyber security incident response plan
- 2.1Activate incident response plan and confirm cyber incident is contained
- 2.2Escalate and involve third party services and specialists as required according to organisational policies and procedures
- 2.3Confirm no further risks exist according to legislative requirements and organisational response procedures
- 2.4Discuss solutions with required personnel and action accordingly
- 2.5Test solution implemented, and escalate as required according to organisational security procedures
3 Perform post cyber security incident response procedures
- 3.1Evaluate actions taken and confirm incident is fixed and secure according to organisational procedures
- 3.2Document cyber security incident, actions performed and solution, according to organisational policies and procedures
- 3.3Discuss and document lessons learnt with required personnel
- 3.4Discuss and implement preventative measures and mitigation methods as required
- 3.5Amend incident response plan accordingly
- 3.6Share documentation and communicate with required personnel according to organisational communications plan
Performance evidence
- respond to at least two different cyber security incidents in at least two different business functions
- develop and follow a basic communications plan.
- comply with organisational cyber security incident response plan
- adhere to legislative requirements and organisational policies and procedures.
Knowledge evidence
- key features of incident response plans
- cyber security incidents and the source and causes of these incidents
- types of attacks, including: denial-of-service attack (DoS), SQL injection (SQLi), cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, scripted attacks, hardware attacks, attacks against Wi Fi
- cyber security incident detection methodologies
- preventative measures and mitigation methods applicable to cyber security incidents
- documentation processes that may be used in the process of responding to cyber security incidents
- organisational policies and procedures applicable to cyber security incident response, including procedures for: determining nature and location of incidents, containing incidents, including installation of security patches and disabling network access, notifying and reporting to required personnel, encryptions, assessing impact on business function and other areas, procedures in developing communications plans.
Foundation skills
- Learning: Identifies and gathers information applicable to organisational procedures and incident response procedures
- Numeracy: Measures and records mathematical data and uses tools when interpreting results
- Reading: Identifies and interprets information from incident response plans, and extracts applicable areas when dealing with cyber security incidents
- Writing: Uses required industry specific terminology when documenting cyber security incidents and solutions
- Problem solving: Uses problem solving skills when identifying the nature and impact of cyber security incidents
- Technology: Uses required technological tools and software in responding to cyber security incidents
- Technology: Applies skills in systems administration, network security, applications and programming
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What does an assessment tool for ICTCYS406 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for ICTCYS406 needs to address all 33 unit components: 3 elements with 15 performance criteria, 4 performance evidence requirements, 7 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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