ICTNWK538 — Install and maintain valid authentication processes

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What an assessment for ICTNWK538 must cover

33 assessable components: 4 elements (15 performance criteria), 4 performance evidence and 9 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 5 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 Evaluate authentication requirements

1.1Determine user and organisational security requirements according to organisational security plan
1.2Identify and analyse authentication options according to user and organisational requirements
1.3Determine required authentication and authorisation processes according to organisational policies and procedures

2 Configure authentication system

2.1Create required authentication realm and reuse according to authentication system and organisational requirements
2.2Add required users and authorisation rules to new realm according to authentication system requirements
2.3Determine user attributes and user attribute set-up according to authentication system requirements
2.4Set up authentication filter and authorisation parameters according to authentication system requirements

3 Apply authentication methods

3.1Develop and document authentication systems and protocols according to authentication system requirements
3.2Develop, document and distribute user authentication system responsibilities to required personnel
3.3Apply authentication system to network and user according to system product and authentication system requirements
3.4Record and securely store permission and configuration information according to authentication system requirements

4 Monitor authentication system

4.1Review authentication system according to user security and quality of service requirements
4.2Determine and document security monitoring, incident management and reporting processes according to organisational security plan
4.3Submit documentation and respond to feedback from to required personnel
4.4Seek and respond to feedback from required personnel according to organisational policies and procedures

Performance evidence

design and deploy authentications solutions to a medium-sized business technology environment.
configure authentication software and tools
align authentication processes to organisational requirements and industry standard best practices
document work plans and processes.

Knowledge evidence

problems and challenges associated with organisational authentication issues, including resource accounting through authentication
industry standard virtual private network (VPN) issues, including: quality of service (QoS) considerations, bandwidth, dynamic security environment
function and operation of VPN concepts
authentication adaptors, including biometric authentication adaptors
digital certificates, including: VeriSign, X.509, SSL
function and operation of authentication controls and protocols including: passwords and personal identification numbers (PINs), smart cards biometric devices
network authentication services including: Kerberos, NT LAN Manager (NTLM)
features of common password protocols, including: challenge handshake authentication protocol (CHAP), challenge phrases, password authentication protocol (PAP), remote authentication dial-in user service (RADIUS) authentication
principles of security tokens.

Foundation skills

Reading: Interprets and analyses technical data to determine requirements according to user and organisational plans
Writing: Prepares documentation detailing work performed according to organisational policies and procedures for a specific audience
Planning and organising: Uses a combination of formal, logical planning processes and an increasingly intuitive knowledge of context to plan control methods and systems processes
Problem solving: Demonstrates a high-level knowledge of ways in which digital systems and tools are used or could be used to achieve work goals and begins to recognise strategic and operational applications. Uses intuition to identify authentication failure and security incidents and their general problem area. Demonstrates an analytical thought processes to clarify goals and key issues and lateral thinking processes to generate possible solutions
Self-management: Follows explicit and implicit protocols and meets expectations associated with own role. Uses digital technologies and systems safely and securely when implementing and monitoring a system with a growing awareness of the permanence and transparency of all activities

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What does an assessment tool for ICTNWK538 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for ICTNWK538 needs to address all 33 unit components: 4 elements with 15 performance criteria, 4 performance evidence requirements, 9 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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