Cyber Security Technical Professional (integrated degree)
Employers must provide the opportunity for the apprentice to demonstrate these competencies prior to entering end point assessment.
Competencies Checklist
Technical Competencies |
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1: N/A |
2: Design, build, configure, optimise, test and troubleshoot simple and complex networks |
3: Apply statistical techniques to large data sets. Identify vulnerabilities in big data architectures and deployment |
4: Build test and debug a digital system to a specification |
5: Configure an Operating System in accordance with security policy. Identify threats and features |
6: Write, test, debug programs in high- and low-level languages and scripts |
7: Design, implement and analyse algorithms |
8: Construct software to interact with the real world and analyse for security exploits |
9: Analyse malware & identify its mechanisms |
10: Apply secure programming principles and design patterns to address security issues |
11: Apply system engineering and software development methodologies and models |
12: Discover, identify and analyse threats, attack techniques, vulnerabilities and mitigations |
13: Assess culture & individual responsibilities |
14: Undertake ethical system reconnaissance and intelligence analysis |
15: Undertake risk modelling, analysis and trades |
17: Apply a management system and develop an information security management plan |
18: Configure and use security technology components and key management |
19: Design & evaluate a system to a security case |
20: Architect, analyse & justify a secure system |
21: Develop an assurance strategy |
22: Security monitoring, analysis and intrusion detection. Recognise anomalies & behaviours |
23: Manage intrusion response, including with 3rd parties |
24: N/A |
25: Organise testing & investigation work in accordance with legal & ethical requirements |
26: Develop & apply information security policy to implement legal or regulatory requirements |
Note: N/A indicates there is not a corresponding competency for a taught knowledge component |