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Where a digital forensics expert can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a digital forensics expert already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Digital forensics experts retrieve and analyse information from computers and other types of data storage devices. They examine digital media that may have been hidden, encrypted or damaged, in a forensic manner with the aim to identify, preserve, recover, analyse and present facts and opinions about the digital information.

Also known as computer forensics consultant, computer forensics investigator, computer forensics expert, digital forensics analyst, digital forensics specialist, digital forensics experts, ICT forensics expert, digital forensic expert, cyber forensics expert, cybersecurity analyst, information forensics expert, cybersecurity and forensic specialist.

Professionals 77 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: ethical hacker, 50%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
ethical hacker 50% covered cyber incident responder 34% covered data entry supervisor 33% covered cybersecurity risk manager 33% covered embedded systems security eng… 31% covered digital forensics expert You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from digital forensics expert, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a digital forensics expert already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A digital forensics expert needs 40 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • perform forensic preservations of digital devices working with computers
  • GDPR business, administration and law
  • penetration testing tool information and communication technologies (icts)
  • use technology for forensics working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • establish an ICT security prevention plan management skills
  • forensic intelligence services
  • gather data for forensic purposes information skills
  • computer forensics information and communication technologies (icts)
  • manage data for legal matters information skills
  • apply reverse engineering working with computers
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a digital forensics expert does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Digital forensics expert is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a digital forensics expert’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.