From ICT security technician to ethical hacker
17 of the 36 essential skills of a ethical hacker are already essential for a ICT security technician — about 47% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from ICT security technician 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.
- 17
- skills carry over
- 19
- would be new
- 47%
- 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
17 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- address problems critically
- attack vectors
- communicate with stakeholders
- cyber attack counter-measures
- cyber security
- engage with stakeholders
- execute software tests
- ICT security standards
- identify ICT security risks
- identify ICT system weaknesses
- implement ICT risk management
- manage system security
- operating systems
- penetration testing tool
- security engineering
- tools for ICT test automation
- web application security threats
What would be new
19 skillsEssential for a ethical hacker and not for a ICT security technician. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- analyse the context of an organisation
- building systems monitoring technology
- computer forensics
- computer programming
- conduct ICT code review
- develop code exploits
- ethical hacking principles
- ethics
- execute ICT audits
- execute social engineering tests
- ICT infrastructure
- ICT network security risks
- ICT system integration
- information security strategy
- legal requirements of ICT products
- monitor system performance
- perform ICT security testing
- software anomalies
- use scripting programming
Other moves from ICT security technician
2 roles- digital forensics expert13 skills in common
- chief ICT security officer12 skills in common
← ICT security technicianethical hacker →The other way round
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How far are you from being a ethical hacker?
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