ICTPRG537 — Implement security for applications

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What an assessment for ICTPRG537 must cover

23 assessable components: 4 elements (10 performance criteria), 4 performance evidence and 3 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 Implement policy-based code-access security

1.1Identify purpose of application security in software development
1.2Configure required platform security configuration files using security configuration tools
1.3Define required restriction custom code access permission and restrict access to protected resources
1.4Define required access restriction custom code access and run protected operations

2 Implement security access control

2.1Plan and document authentication and authorisation strategy according to organisational policies and procedures
2.2Develop and document required application authentication and authorisation strategy

3 Write encrypt and decrypt code data

3.1Determine and document required standard cryptographic algorithms
3.2Encrypt, and decrypt, data using standard cryptographic algorithms

4 Protect application against injections

4.1Plan and document secure input and output handling and prevent vulnerabilities related to code injections
4.2Use secure input and output handling according to task requirements

Performance evidence

secure at least two different applications
plan a security strategy
prevent security attacks
document processes and outcomes

Knowledge evidence

industry standard hardware and networking relating to implementing security for applications
industry standard programming algorithms and object-oriented programming used to implement applications security
mathematics required for programming algorithms

Foundation skills

Oral communication: Articulates requirements and responsibilities distinctively, using effective communication techniques and industry standard technical language intended for audience and environment
Reading: Evaluates complex and varied information, and concepts, in software security
Writing: Prepares technical workplace documents detailing processes and outcomes that fulfil the expectations of different stakeholders Writes and edits computer code, and technical data using correct syntax and logical flow
Planning and organising: Takes responsibility for planning, sequencing and prioritising processes and tasks to achieve the required outcomes Uses a range of digital tools and sophisticated techniques to meet desired outcomes Is acutely aware of the importance of data security and of monitoring, and controlling, access to digitally stored and transmitted information
Problem solving: Uses nuanced knowledge of context to demonstrate knowledge of anomalies and subtle deviations to normal expectations, focusing attention and remedying problems as they arise Applies systematic and analytical problem-solving processes, in order to develop required security access control strategies
Technology: Demonstrates knowledge of principles, concepts, language and practices associated with the digital world

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What does an assessment tool for ICTPRG537 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for ICTPRG537 needs to address all 23 unit components: 4 elements with 10 performance criteria, 4 performance evidence requirements, 3 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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