ICT security administrator
ICT security administrators plan and carry out security measures to protect information and data from unauthorised access, deliberate attack, theft and corruption.
Also called: network security administrator, information security administrator, system security administrator, ICT security administrators, IT security administrator, CISO
- 25
- essential skills
- 34
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 2529
- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- chief ICT security officer7 skills in common
- embedded systems security engineer7 skills in common
- cyber incident responder6 skills in common
- database administrator6 skills in common
- digital forensics expert6 skills in common
- ethical hacker6 skills in common
- ICT network administrator6 skills in common
- ICT security technician6 skills in common
Essential skills
25- apply company policies
- attend to ICT systems quality
- cyber attack counter-measures
- database development tools
- ensure proper document management
- ethical hacking principles
- ICT network security risks
- ICT safety
- identify ICT system weaknesses
- internet governance
- Internet of Things
- interpret technical texts
- maintain database security
- maintain ICT identity management
- manage ICT data architecture
- manage IT security compliances
- mobile device management
- network standards
- operating systems
- organisational resilience
- perform ICT troubleshooting
- quality assurance methodologies
- security engineering
- solve ICT system problems
- system backup best practice
Optional skills
34- address problems critically
- assess ICT knowledge
- build business relationships
- cloud monitoring and reporting
- cloud security and compliance
- computer forensics
- cyber security
- execute ICT audits
- execute software tests
- ICT encryption
- ICT infrastructure
- ICT security legislation
- ICT security standards
- implement a firewall
- implement a virtual private network
- implement anti-virus software
- implement cloud security and compliance
- implement ICT security policies
- information confidentiality
- information security strategy
- lead disaster recovery exercises
- manage cloud data and storage
- manage database
- manage ICT virtualisation environments
- manage keys for data protection
- perform backups
- protect personal data and privacy
- remove computer virus or malware from a computer
- respond to incidents in cloud
- store digital data and systems
- telecom regulations
- train employees
- use scripting programming
- web application security threats
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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