04 / Capability

Skills

Progress should have something behind it. Each skill connects to the learning and practical work that supports it.

01

Learning

Understanding the ideas through study.

02

Developing

Applying knowledge with guidance.

03

Practised

Demonstrated through practical work.

04

Confident

Applied independently and consistently.

Learning

Defensive thinking

Connecting least privilege, MFA, patching and layered controls to the risks they help reduce.

Supporting evidence

Learning

Security fundamentals

Building an understanding of confidentiality, integrity, availability and how security controls protect them.

Supporting evidence

Learning

Security governance

Exploring the role of people, processes, policies and risk in effective security.

Supporting evidence

Learning

Threat awareness

Learning to recognise threat actors, phishing and the smaller failures that can form an attack chain.

Supporting evidence

Current evidence reflects introductory learning. Practical capability will be documented as labs and projects are completed.