Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to promote cyber security in a work area.
It applies to those working in a broad range of industries who as part of their job role support policies, procedures and practice within an organisation that promote cyber security.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

What You'll Learn

Assessment Requirements

Performance Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to:
• develop one set of policies and procedures for a work area that promote cyber security awareness and practices
• arrange training or updates to be provided to colleagues that support practice or awareness in relation to two different cyber security matters.

Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of:
• legislative requirements relating to cyber security context of performance evidence, including:
• data protection
• implications of Notifiable Data Breach legislation on an organisation and other associated Australian privacy laws
• established international legislation
• organisational policies and procedures relating to:
• securely storing, sharing and managing information
• encryption, and protocols for its uses
• data classification and management
• media/document labelling
• data governance
• acceptable use
• bring your own device
• Australian government sources of information on current threats
• risks associated with workplace cyber security
• strategies and techniques for promoting workplace cyber security
• techniques for:
• implementing and promoting workplace cyber security awareness
• facilitating training that promotes cyber security awareness, including the use of simulated activities.

Assessment Conditions

Skills must be assessed in a workplace or simulated environment where conditions are typical of a work environment requiring cyber secure practices, processes and procedures.
Access is required to:
• information and data sources relating to cyber security
• device with active internet connection
• internet browser
• industry standards and organisational procedures required to demonstrate the performance evidence.
Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.

Foundation Skills

• {'skill': 'Learning', 'description': 'Modifies behaviour following exposure to new information; Shares insights gained from cyber security trend analysis'}
• {'skill': 'Oral communication', 'description': 'Consults with stakeholders to inform decision making'}
• {'skill': 'Reading', 'description': 'Interprets information from relevant sources to determine organisational expectations'}
• {'skill': 'Writing', 'description': 'Uses clear, specific and industry-related terminology relating to cyber security in workplace documents'}
• {'skill': 'Planning and organising', 'description': 'Maintains records and documentation relating to cyber security protection'}
• {'skill': 'Teamwork', 'description': 'Works collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams to promote cyber security'}
• {'skill': 'Technology', 'description': 'Uses appropriate technology platforms to assist with promoting cyber security within work area'}

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