ICTSAS312 — Provide basic system administration

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What an assessment for ICTSAS312 must cover

38 assessable components: 5 elements (22 performance criteria), 4 performance evidence and 7 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 Administer security access

1.1Confirm work brief and task according to organisational policies and procedures
1.2Obtain client access and clearance level guidelines according to organisational policies and procedures
1.3Authenticate password protected client-server user access
1.4Document security clearance and client details
1.5Test user access and report issues to required personnel

2 Manage software licences

2.1Identify existing software used in organisation according to work brief
2.2Access and identify server records
2.3Analyse and categorise system vulnerability alerts on organisational devices and network
2.4Report security threats to required personnel in required format

3 Complete backup procedures

3.1Review and update organisational backup schedule according to analysis findings and system requirements
3.2Carry out file backups according to backup schedule
3.3Label and store backups according to organisational policies and procedures
3.4Identify and report issues related to backups to required personnel

4 Restore system

4.1Identify system recovery procedures
4.2Complete system restore under required supervision
4.3Seek feedback from required personnel
4.4Record and file system restore process and issues encountered

5 Assess security access controls

5.1Create security access register according to work brief
5.2Identify operating system security controls across in-scope systems
5.3Apply files and directory access control settings
5.4Confirm security control functionality
5.5Report any security control issues and alerts to required personnel

Performance evidence

perform at least two system backup procedures on a client server.
In the course of the above, the candidate must:
authenticate security access to organisational network for at least one client server
apply required organisational policies and procedures.

Knowledge evidence

key functions and features of: security access, password-protected client servers, licensed software and server records, operating systems, hardware, software and equipment, organisational security procedures, computing diagnostic tools
organisational requirements for obtaining client access and clearance levels
methods to authenticate and document user access to a network
techniques and standards used to categorise system vulnerability alerts
types and features of organisational device and network security threats
methods to conduct system backups
key organisational requirements to carry out required work tasks, including: backup and restore operations, creating security access registers, configuring access control settings, backup labelling and storage, recording security and software details, detecting threats and alerts, organisational formats for documentation, organisational policies and procedures relating to work tasks.

Foundation skills

Oral communication: Provides information using required form, channel and mode of communication and language appropriate to environment and audience Uses listening and questioning techniques to confirm understanding
Reading: Evaluates a range of textual information to maintain effective methods while adhering to appropriate standards
Writing: Records detailed information according to organisational standards
Planning and organising: Takes responsibility for planning and organising own work, identifying ways of sequencing and combining elements for greater efficiency Selects from a range of pre-determined options in routine situations, identifying and taking some situational factors into account
Technology: Monitors and controls access to digitally stored and transmitted information

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What does an assessment tool for ICTSAS312 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for ICTSAS312 needs to address all 38 unit components: 5 elements with 22 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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