From data protection officer to chief ICT security officer
11 of the 47 essential skills of a chief ICT security officer are already essential for a data protection officer — about 23% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from data protection officer 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.
- 11
- skills carry over
- 36
- would be new
- 23%
- of the target job covered
- 47
- essential skills of a chief ICT security officer
What a chief ICT security officer does
Chief ICT security officers protect company and employee information against unauthorized access. They also define the Information System security policy, manage security deployment across all Information Systems and ensure the provision of information availability.
What carries over
11 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
36 skillsEssential for a chief ICT security officer and not for a data protection officer. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- advice on security risk management
- assessment of risks and threats
- attack vectors
- audit techniques
- communicate with stakeholders
- comply with legal regulations
- cyber attack counter-measures
- decision support systems
- educate on data confidentiality
- engage with stakeholders
- ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards
- ensure cross-department cooperation
- establish an ICT security prevention plan
- establish an Information Security Management System
- ethical hacking principles
- ethics
- forecast organisational risks
- ICT network security risks
- ICT process quality models
- ICT project management
- ICT project management methodologies
- ICT safety
- identify ICT security risks
- implement corporate governance
- implement ICT risk management
- lead disaster recovery exercises
- maintain plan for continuity of operations
- manage disaster recovery plans
- manage IT security compliances
- manage system security
- monitor developments in field of expertise
- monitor technology trends
- organisational resilience
- risk management
- security engineering
- utilise decision support system
← data protection officerchief ICT security officer →The other way round
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How far are you from being a chief ICT security officer?
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.