CPPSEC4006 — Conduct security risk assessment of client operations

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What an assessment for CPPSEC4006 must cover

27 assessable components: 3 elements (16 performance criteria), 1 performance evidence and 8 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 2 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 Analyse client operations and risk environment.

1.1Access and interpret key requirements of legislation, regulations and workplace policies and procedures and apply to work instructions to ensure compliance.
1.2Consult with relevant persons to confirm risk assessment terms of reference, costs and timeframes.
1.3Develop and document a structured risk assessment register that includes an agreed methodology and allows for possible changes to client operations.
1.4Consult with client to confirm their core business, operating environment, goals and objectives.
1.5Source valid and reliable information and intelligence to clarify client assets and analyse potential and actual security risks.
1.6Recognise own limitations in assessing security risks and access specialist resources or advice to meet client requirements.

2 Assess security risks and consequences to operations.

2.1Develop risk assessment criteria comprising qualitative and quantitative measures.
2.2Apply risk assessment criteria to measure level of potential or existing security risk and associated consequences to client operations.
2.3Identify gaps in predetermined methodology to respond to changing risk context of client operations and modify risk assessment in consultation with relevant persons.
2.4Source additional required information to assess and confirm client security risk potential.
2.5Use information technologies to document and present security risk assessment in a format and style to meet workplace requirements.

3 Finalise risk assessment and present findings.

3.1Identify countermeasures to overcome security risks associated with client operations and incorporate recommended strategies into final risk assessment.
3.2Finalise security risk assessment and check to ensure findings and recommendations are supported by verifiable information.
3.3Present final security risk assessment to relevant persons for feedback within agreed timeframes.
3.4Use questioning and active listening to explain identified security risks and countermeasures to mitigate risk to client operations.
3.5Complete and secure risk assessment documentation in a manner that facilitates future retrieval and maintains confidentiality.

Performance evidence

To demonstrate competency, a candidate must meet the performance criteria of this unit by documenting and presenting comprehensive risk assessments of client operations for three different clients.

Knowledge evidence

workplace policies and procedures that ensure compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements when conducting security risk assessments of client operations: - client service standards - licensing requirements in the security industry - regulatory requirements in the jurisdiction of operation
application of ISO 31000:2018 Risk management – Guidelines when conducting security risk assessments of client operations
changing risk context of client operations
difference between information and intelligence in the context of security risk assessments
methods for developing risk assessment criteria comprising qualitative and quantitative measures
process of dynamic risk assessment and application of risk management using the hierarchy of controls
type and nature of a range of security risks and countermeasures associated with workplace operations
purpose of Australia’s Strategy for Protecting Crowded Places from Terrorism and understanding of: - definition of crowded places - key security issues for crowded places - objectives, characteristics and identification of active armed offenders - definition of hostile vehicles and methods of attack - signs of chemical weapons attack and recommend response - general features of improvised explosive devices and recommended incident response - ways that social and cultural differences may be expressed during client consultations.

Foundation skills

oral communication skills: to use clear explanations, active listening and questioning skills to convey and clarify information when assessing risks to client operations
writing skills: to document succinct and logically structured security risk assessments.

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What does an assessment tool for CPPSEC4006 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CPPSEC4006 needs to address all 27 unit components: 3 elements with 16 performance criteria, 1 performance evidence requirements, 8 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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