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Release 1

This version first released with ICT Information and Communications Technology Training Package Version 1.0.

ELEMENT 

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA 

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Plan and design firewall solution

1.1 Determine level and nature of security needed to meet enterprise requirements

1.2 Identify security threats

1.3 Research available perimeter security options

1.4 Design security perimeter to meet identified enterprise requirements

2. Configure perimeter to secure network

2.1 Deploy perimeter devices according to design

2.2 Configure perimeter topology

2.3 Configure basic functionality of devices to allow access

2.4 Configure advanced functions

3. Plan, design and configure network devices to provide secure fallover and redundancy

3.1 Back up device configuration

3.2 Design and configure perimeter to enable continuity of service during upgrade of devices

3.3 Design and configure perimeter to enable continuity of service in the event of device failure

4. Plan, design and configure a VPN solution

4.1 Configure perimeter for site-to-site virtual private networks (VPNs)

4.2 Configure perimeter as a remote access VPN server

4.3 Configure perimeter to allow VPN tunnel forwarding

4.4 Diagnose and resolve VPN connectivity issues

5. Test and verify design performance

5.1 Test functionality of basic features

5.2 Test functionality of advanced features

5.3 Perform penetration testing to verify that the perimeter meets security requirements

5.4 Monitor perimeter device performance

5.5 Monitor security breaches

5.6 Document test results and report to appropriate person

Skill 

Performance Criteria 

Description 

Reading

1.3, 1.4

• Gathers, interprets and analyses technical and enterprise information to determine requirements according to client needs

Writing

1.4, 3.2, 3.3, 5.6

• Uses factual information and industry related terminology to convey complex technical information, and notes security breaches for client records to clients on technical, operational and business related matters

Oral Communication

1.1, 5.6

• Uses active listening, observational and questioning techniques in order to identify information and confirm, clarify or revise understanding
• Reports test results clearly and distinctively, using technical language appropriate to audience and environment

Numeracy

2.3, 2.4, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1-4.3, 5.3

• Selects from and applies an expanding range of mathematical and problem solving strategies to design and configure advanced features of perimeter devices and an integrated VPN solution

Get the work done

1.1, 1.2, 2.1-2.4, 3.1-3.3, 4.1-4.4, 5.1- 5.5

• Reflects on the ways in which digital systems and tools are used or could be used to achieve work goals, and begins to recognise strategic and operational applications
• Uses digital technologies and systems safely and securely when implementing and monitoring a system, with a growing awareness of the permanence and transparency of all activities
• Uses a combination of formal, logical planning processes and an increasingly intuitive understanding of context to plan, prioritise and monitor own work, and coordinate processes in liaison with others
• Makes decisions in relatively complex situations, taking a range of factors into consideration
• When dealing with complex issues, may use intuition to identify the general problem area, switching to analytical processes to meet security requirements and resolve other technical problems

Code and title 

current version 

Code and title 

previous version 

Comments 

Equivalence status 

ICTNWK509 Design and implement a security perimeter for ICT networks

ICANWK509A Design and implement a security perimeter for ICT networks

Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages

Equivalent unit

Release 

Comments 

Release 1

This version first released with ICT Information and Communications Technology Training Package Version 1.0.