Chief ICT security officer to ICT resilience manager
A chief ICT security officer already meets 62% of what the ICT resilience manager role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
43.8/ 100
1 How much of what an ICT resilience manager 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 ICT resilience manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An ICT resilience manager role treats 14 of its required skills as things a chief ICT security officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ICT recovery techniques
- comply with legal regulations
- cyber security
- develop information security strategy
- execute ICT audits
- identify ICT security risks
What stands in the way is 6 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 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An ICT resilience manager 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 lead disaster recovery exercises management skills
- already held manage disaster recovery plans management skills
- already held ICT recovery techniques information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held ICT safety working with computers
- already held ethical hacking principles information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held manage keys for data protection working with computers
All 23 carried skills, including the 14 the ICT resilience manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 6 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 analyse business processes required
- still to learn analyse the context of an organisation required
- optional, not held analyse business requirements optional
- optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
- still to learn implement ICT recovery system required
- still to learn perform ICT security testing required
- still to learn develop contingency plans for emergencies required
- optional, not held define security policies optional
- optional, not held implement a management system optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- still to learn system backup best practice required
- optional, not held core banking software optional
- optional, not held human-computer interaction optional
- optional, not held advise on strengthening security optional
- optional, not held respond to incidents in cloud optional
- optional, not held build business relationships optional
- optional, not held perform procurement processes optional
- optional, not held business process modelling optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an ICT resilience manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 develop contingency plans for emergencies practise this
- 02 implement ICT recovery system practise this
- 03 perform ICT security testing 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 23 skills that carry over
- already held ICT recovery techniques knowledge
- already held comply with legal regulations skill
- already held cyber security knowledge
- already held develop information security strategy skill
- already held execute ICT audits skill
- already held identify ICT security risks skill
- already held implement ICT risk management skill
- already held internal risk management policy knowledge
- already held lead disaster recovery exercises skill
- already held manage IT security compliances skill
- already held manage disaster recovery plans skill
- already held manage system security skill
- already held organisational resilience knowledge
- already held security engineering knowledge
- already held ICT network security risks knowledge
- already held ICT process quality models knowledge
- already held ICT safety skill
- already held ICT system user requirements knowledge
- already held cloud security and compliance knowledge
- already held coordinate technological activities skill
- already held ethical hacking principles knowledge
- already held manage keys for data protection skill
- already held train employees skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on strengthening security optional
- optional, not held business process modelling optional
- optional, not held core banking software optional
- optional, not held define security policies optional
- optional, not held human-computer interaction optional
- optional, not held respond to incidents in cloud optional
- optional, not held analyse business requirements optional
- optional, not held build business relationships optional
- optional, not held implement a management system optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held perform procurement processes optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
58 held skills the ICT resilience manager 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 project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT project management methodologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT security legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT security standards 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 technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with stakeholders 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 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 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 compliance with legal requirements 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
- not needed by the target role ethics knowledge
- not needed by the target role forecast organisational risks skill
- not needed by the target role identify legal requirements skill
- not needed by the target role implement ICT security policies skill
- not needed by the target role implement a firewall skill
- not needed by the target role implement a virtual private network skill
18 further entries not listed here
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn system backup best practice required
- optional, not held business process modelling optional
- optional, not held core banking software optional
- optional, not held human-computer interaction optional
Other moves recorded from chief ICT security officer
Common questions about this move
Can a chief ICT security officer become an ICT resilience manager?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A chief ICT security officer already covers 62% of what an ICT resilience manager is expected to do: 23 skills carry over, 14 of which the ICT resilience manager role treats as required.
What skills does a chief ICT security officer need to become an ICT resilience manager?
6 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is develop contingency plans for emergencies.
How hard is the move from chief ICT security officer to ICT resilience manager?
Its learning distance is 43.8 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.