From digital forensics expert to ethical hacker
15 of the 36 essential skills of a ethical hacker are already essential for a digital forensics expert — about 42% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from digital forensics expert 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.
- 15
- skills carry over
- 21
- would be new
- 42%
- of the target job covered
- 36
- essential skills of a ethical hacker
What a ethical hacker does
Ethical hackers perform security vulnerability assessments and penetration tests in accordance with industry-accepted methods and protocols. They analyse systems for potential vulnerabilities that may result from improper system configuration, hardware or software flaws, or operational weaknesses.
What carries over
15 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- attack vectors
- computer forensics
- cyber attack counter-measures
- cyber security
- ICT infrastructure
- ICT network security risks
- ICT security standards
- identify ICT security risks
- identify ICT system weaknesses
- operating systems
- penetration testing tool
- perform ICT security testing
- security engineering
- tools for ICT test automation
- use scripting programming
What would be new
21 skillsEssential for a ethical hacker and not for a digital forensics expert. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- address problems critically
- analyse the context of an organisation
- building systems monitoring technology
- communicate with stakeholders
- computer programming
- conduct ICT code review
- develop code exploits
- engage with stakeholders
- ethical hacking principles
- ethics
- execute ICT audits
- execute social engineering tests
- execute software tests
- ICT system integration
- implement ICT risk management
- information security strategy
- legal requirements of ICT products
- manage system security
- monitor system performance
- software anomalies
- web application security threats
Other moves from digital forensics expert
2 roles- chief ICT security officer14 skills in common
- ICT security technician13 skills in common
← digital forensics expertethical hacker →The other way round
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How far are you from being a ethical hacker?
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