Chief ICT security officer to director of compliance and information security
A chief ICT security officer already meets 67% of what the director of compliance and information security role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
28.3/ 100
1 How much of what a director of compliance and information security is expected to do is already part of a chief ICT security officer’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the director of compliance and information security role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A director of compliance and information security role treats 8 of its required skills as things a chief ICT security officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ICT security legislation
- ICT security standards
- cyber security
- ensure compliance with legal requirements
- implement ICT risk management
- implement ICT security policies
What stands in the way is 4 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A director of compliance and information security role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a chief ICT security officer background worth leading with.
- already held manage IT security compliances working with computers
- already held implement ICT risk management information skills
- already held ICT security standards information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held information security strategy information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held cyber security services
- already held ICT security legislation business, administration and law
All 8 carried skills, including the 8 the director of compliance and information security role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 4 missing skills fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn ensure compliance with policies required
- still to learn lead a team required
- still to learn cooperate with colleagues required
- still to learn keep up-to-date with regulations required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a director of compliance and information security role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 cooperate with colleagues practise this
- 02 ensure compliance with policies practise this
- 03 keep up-to-date with regulations practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 8 skills that carry over
- already held ICT security legislation knowledge
- already held ICT security standards knowledge
- already held cyber security knowledge
- already held ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
- already held implement ICT risk management skill
- already held implement ICT security policies skill
- already held information security strategy knowledge
- already held manage IT security compliances skill
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
73 held skills the director of compliance and information security role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT communications protocols knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT encryption knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT network security risks knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT process quality models knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT project management methodologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT recovery techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT safety skill
- not needed by the target role ICT system user requirements knowledge
- not needed by the target role Internet of Things knowledge
- not needed by the target role World Wide Web Consortium standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role advice on security risk management skill
- not needed by the target role apply operations for an ITIL-based environment skill
- not needed by the target role assess ICT knowledge skill
- not needed by the target role assessment of risks and threats knowledge
- not needed by the target role attack vectors knowledge
- not needed by the target role audit techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role cloud monitoring and reporting knowledge
- not needed by the target role cloud security and compliance knowledge
- not needed by the target role cloud technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with stakeholders skill
- not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
- not needed by the target role computer forensics knowledge
- not needed by the target role computer programming knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct impact evaluation of ICT processes on business skill
- not needed by the target role control objectives for information and related technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role coordinate technological activities skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role cyber attack counter-measures knowledge
- not needed by the target role data protection knowledge
- not needed by the target role decision support systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop information security strategy skill
- not needed by the target role educate on data confidentiality skill
- not needed by the target role engage with stakeholders skill
- not needed by the target role ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards skill
- not needed by the target role ensure cross-department cooperation skill
- not needed by the target role ensure information privacy skill
- not needed by the target role establish an ICT security prevention plan skill
- not needed by the target role establish an Information Security Management System skill
33 further entries not listed here
Common questions about this move
Can a chief ICT security officer become a director of compliance and information security?
Yes, and it is an adjacent move. A chief ICT security officer already covers 67% of what a director of compliance and information security is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 8 of which the director of compliance and information security role treats as required.
What skills does a chief ICT security officer need to become a director of compliance and information security?
4 required skills are missing, plus 0 optional ones. They fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is cooperate with colleagues.
How hard is the move from chief ICT security officer to director of compliance and information security?
Its learning distance is 28.3 out of 100, which is the adjacent band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.