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 |
|---|
| 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 |