CPPSEC5003 — Assess security risk management options
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What an assessment for CPPSEC5003 must cover
49 assessable components: 3 elements (13 performance criteria), 3 performance evidence and 30 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 3 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 Assess client’s security requirements and risk environment.
- 1.1Access and interpret key requirements of legislation, regulations and Australian standard ISO 31000 to understand and comply with requirements for assessing security risk management options.
- 1.2Clarify client security objectives and risk assessment terms of reference in consultation with relevant persons.
- 1.3Source and review information to identify and assess risks associated with operating environment of client.
- 1.4Analyse type, nature and cause of identified security risks and prioritise based on severity and likelihood of occurrence.
- 1.5Document risk assessment outcomes and check to ensure data currency and reliability.
2 Formulate security risk management options.
- 2.1Identify security risk treatment options commensurate with risk assessment and client requirements.
- 2.2Research the application of identified treatment options in similar contexts to assess their effectiveness in mitigating risks to client’s operating environment.
- 2.3Establish criteria to assess effectiveness of treatment options consistent with recognised industry practice and guidelines provided by ISO 31000.
- 2.4Apply criteria to select and prioritise recommended treatment options.
3 Finalise and present security risk management options.
- 3.1Finalise and document security risk assessment detailing recommended risk management options and possible consequences of not implementing recommended treatments.
- 3.2Check report to ensure analysis and recommendations are clear, coherent and consistent with terms of reference, and supported by verifiable information.
- 3.3Present report to relevant persons within agreed timeframes and explain identified security risks and treatment options to enhance understanding and acceptance of recommendations.
- 3.4Complete and secure risk assessment documentation in a manner that facilitates future retrieval and maintains client confidentiality according to workplace and regulatory requirements.
Performance evidence
- security of a mass gathering
- security of a crowded place
- asset security
Knowledge evidence
- legislative and regulatory requirements that apply when assessing security risk management options:
- key requirements of legislation, regulations and codes of conduct governing security risk management in the jurisdiction of operation
- legal rights and responsibilities of employers, supervisors and employees associated with work health and safety and duty of care
- licensing requirements in the security industry
- trespass and removal of persons
- use of force
- application of integrated security measures including physical security, manpower, security technologies and security of personnel and information
- distinction between information and intelligence and methods for validating information sources
- implications for security risk management arising from:
- National Guidelines for the Protection of Places of Mass gathering from Terrorism
- Active Armed Offender Guidelines for Crowded Places
- Improvised Explosive Device Guidelines for Crowded Places
- Chemical Weapon Guidelines for Crowded Places
- Hostile Vehicle Guidelines for Crowded Places
- methods for determining the type, nature and causes of potential and actual security risks
- methods for prioritising security risks and treatment options based on degree of risk
- process and application of dynamic risk assessment and risk management methods
- 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
- recognised industry practice and application of ISO 31000:2018 Risk management – Guidelines (ISO 31000) when establishing criteria to assess risks and treatment options
- types of treatment options appropriate to the range of security risks and threats to various client operating environments:
- assets
- buildings
- crowded places
- mass gatherings
Foundation skills
- oral communication: to negotiate client agreement
- writing: to prepare succinct and logically structured assessment reports
- numeracy: to apply basic probability statistics when assessing security risks
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Questions about assessing CPPSEC5003
What does an assessment tool for CPPSEC5003 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CPPSEC5003 needs to address all 49 unit components: 3 elements with 13 performance criteria, 3 performance evidence requirements, 30 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for CPPSEC5003?
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