From ethical hacker to chief ICT security officer
14 of the 47 essential skills of a chief ICT security officer are already essential for a ethical hacker — about 30% 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.
- 14
- skills carry over
- 33
- would be new
- 30%
- 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
14 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- attack vectors
- communicate with stakeholders
- cyber attack counter-measures
- cyber security
- engage with stakeholders
- ethical hacking principles
- ethics
- ICT network security risks
- ICT security standards
- identify ICT security risks
- implement ICT risk management
- information security strategy
- manage system security
- security engineering
What would be new
33 skillsEssential for a chief ICT security officer and not for a ethical hacker. 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
- audit techniques
- comply with legal regulations
- data protection
- decision support systems
- develop information security strategy
- educate on data confidentiality
- ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards
- ensure compliance with legal requirements
- ensure cross-department cooperation
- ensure information privacy
- establish an ICT security prevention plan
- establish an Information Security Management System
- forecast organisational risks
- ICT process quality models
- ICT project management
- ICT project management methodologies
- ICT safety
- ICT security legislation
- implement corporate governance
- implement ICT security policies
- information confidentiality
- internal risk management policy
- lead disaster recovery exercises
- maintain plan for continuity of operations
- manage disaster recovery plans
- manage IT security compliances
- monitor developments in field of expertise
- monitor technology trends
- organisational resilience
- risk management
- utilise decision support system
Other moves from ethical hacker
2 roles- ICT security technician17 skills in common
- digital forensics expert15 skills in common
← ethical hackerchief ICT security officer →The other way round
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How far are you from being a chief ICT security officer?
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