From cybersecurity risk manager to cyber incident responder
12 of the 23 essential skills of a cyber incident responder are already essential for a cybersecurity risk manager — about 52% of the job, before you learn anything new.
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
- 11
- would be new
- 52%
- of the target job covered
- 23
- essential skills of a cyber incident responder
What a cyber incident responder does
Cyber incident responders monitor and assess cybersecurity state systems, analysing, evaluating, and mitigating the impact of cybersecurity incidents. Moreover, they identify malicious actors and cyber incidents root causes. According to the organisation’s Incident Response Plan, they restore systems and process functionalities to an operational state, collecting evidence and documenting actions taken.
What carries over
12 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
11 skillsEssential for a cyber incident responder and not for a cybersecurity risk manager. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from cybersecurity risk manager
2 roles- chief ICT security officer20 skills in common
- ethical hacker12 skills in common
← cybersecurity risk managercyber incident responder →The other way round
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How far are you from being a cyber incident responder?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.