From embedded systems security engineer to ethical hacker
12 of the 36 essential skills of a ethical hacker are already essential for a embedded systems security engineer — about 33% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from embedded systems security engineer 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
- 24
- would be new
- 33%
- 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
12 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
24 skillsEssential for a ethical hacker and not for a embedded systems security engineer. 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
- attack vectors
- building systems monitoring technology
- communicate with stakeholders
- computer forensics
- conduct ICT code review
- cyber security
- develop code exploits
- engage with stakeholders
- ethical hacking principles
- ethics
- execute ICT audits
- execute social engineering tests
- ICT infrastructure
- ICT system integration
- implement ICT risk management
- legal requirements of ICT products
- manage system security
- operating systems
- penetration testing tool
- tools for ICT test automation
- use scripting programming
- web application security threats
Other moves from embedded systems security engineer
1 roles- embedded systems software developer11 skills in common
← embedded systems security engineerethical hacker →The other way round
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How far are you from being a ethical hacker?
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