From cyber incident responder to chief ICT security officer
12 of the 47 essential skills of a chief ICT security officer are already essential for a cyber incident responder — about 26% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from cyber incident responder in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 12
- skills carry over
- 35
- would be new
- 26%
- of the target job covered
- 47
- essential skills of a chief ICT security officer
What a chief ICT security officer does
Chief ICT security officers protect company and employee information against unauthorized access. They also define the Information System security policy, manage security deployment across all Information Systems and ensure the provision of information availability.
What carries over
12 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
35 skillsEssential for a chief ICT security officer and not for a cyber incident responder. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- advice on security risk management
- assessment of risks and threats
- audit techniques
- comply with legal regulations
- data protection
- decision support systems
- develop information security strategy
- educate on data confidentiality
- ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards
- ensure compliance with legal requirements
- ensure cross-department cooperation
- ensure information privacy
- establish an ICT security prevention plan
- establish an Information Security Management System
- ethics
- forecast organisational risks
- ICT process quality models
- ICT project management
- ICT project management methodologies
- identify ICT security risks
- implement corporate governance
- implement ICT risk management
- implement ICT security policies
- information confidentiality
- information security strategy
- internal risk management policy
- lead disaster recovery exercises
- maintain plan for continuity of operations
- manage disaster recovery plans
- manage IT security compliances
- manage system security
- monitor developments in field of expertise
- monitor technology trends
- organisational resilience
- utilise decision support system
Other moves from cyber incident responder
2 roles- cybersecurity risk manager12 skills in common
- digital forensics expert11 skills in common
← cyber incident responderchief ICT security officer →The other way round
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How far are you from being a chief ICT security officer?
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