PSPSEC022 — Implement security risk treatments
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What an assessment for PSPSEC022 must cover
29 assessable components: 4 elements (15 performance criteria), 2 performance evidence and 9 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 Confirm risk decisions.
- 1.1Confirm management decisions determining acceptable and unacceptable levels of risks.
- 1.2Note and monitor low-level risks accepted by the organisation, to detect changed circumstances.
- 1.3Refer unacceptable high-level risks for development of formal management plans.
- 1.4Note all major or significant risks determined as unacceptable.
2 Identify risk treatments.
- 2.1Ensure treatments are consistent with the security plan.
- 2.2Select treatments to reduce the likelihood and consequences of the risk.
- 2.3Include continuity plans in treatments where appropriate.
- 2.4Document treatments and submit for approval.
3 Implement countermeasures.
- 3.1Develop and implement a treatment plan based on identified risks.
- 3.2Apply countermeasures in accordance with the implementation strategy detailed in the security plan.
- 3.3Implement countermeasures in accordance with timeframe, budgetary requirements and legal requirements.
4 Monitor and review security risk management process.
- 4.1Implement strategies to monitor risk environment.
- 4.2Evaluate risk treatments against the objectives of the security plan.
- 4.3Obtain feedback from stakeholders on the adequacy and need for current security measures affecting their work or area.
- 4.4Convey recommendations for re-examination of security risk or improved risk treatments to the appropriate personnel.
Performance evidence
- read and analyse the organisation’s security plan
- use computer technology to gather and analyse information and prepare formal reports
Knowledge evidence
- legislation, regulations, policies, procedures and guidelines relating to government security management
- fraud control and protective security policies
- Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM) and its successors
- Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) and its successors
- risk analysis terminology and techniques
- organisational security plan
- organisational assets and security environment
- risk management principles and guidelines
- key features and requirements of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards for risk management
Foundation skills
- Reading skills to:: interpret legislation, regulations, policies, procedures and guidelines relating to government security risk treatments.
- Oral communication skills to:: communicate with diverse stakeholders.
- Numeracy skills to:: represent mathematical information in format to meet different purposes perform routine calculations to address timeframes and budgetary requirements.
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Questions about assessing PSPSEC022
What does an assessment tool for PSPSEC022 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for PSPSEC022 needs to address all 29 unit components: 4 elements with 15 performance criteria, 2 performance evidence requirements, 9 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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Related units
- PSPSEC007 — Develop and advise on government security procedures
- PSPSEC010 — Provide government security briefings
- PSPSEC011 — Assess security risks
- PSPSEC012 — Develop security risk management plans
- PSPSEC013 — Implement and monitor security risk management plans
- PSPSEC014 — Coordinate protective security
- PSPSEC015 — Communicate security awareness
- PSPSEC018 — Secure government assets
- PSPSEC019 — Respond to government security incidents
- PSPSEC020 — Conduct security awareness sessions
- PSPSEC021 — Undertake government security risk analysis
- PSPSEC023 — Conduct personnel security assessments
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