ICTNWK423 - Manage network and data integrity

Unit code:ICTNWK423Study level:TAFE

Nominal hours

Location

Footscray Nicholson

Prerequisites

(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)

Overview

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to lead development of asset protection processes, determining threats and implementing controls to mitigate risk.
It applies to individuals in the Information Communications Technology (ICT) industries who are responsible for implementing and managing the organisational disaster recovery and asset protection policy and procedures of a network.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
• maintain and manage at least one network
• maintain data integrity whilst managing at least one network
• document and lodge outcomes and process.
• use industry standard tools to conduct audit on system assets
• implement and test antivirus solution
• employ systems to negate environmental threats
• demonstrate features of data backup, restore and system roll back
• perform network monitoring using a variety of current standard tools
• add network controls according to network and data integrity policies.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
• broad principles of current data integrity on a network, including:

auditing and control of user access
asset tracking and auditing
• industry standard antivirus solutions and techniques
• backup, restore and rollback procedures
• system and network monitoring tools and their related functions
• organisational structure and business functionality as they relate to data integrity
• tools and applications required to manage network and data integrity, including disaster recovery processes.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by the Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.