Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

digital forensics experttoembedded systems security engineer

A digital forensics expert already meets 31% of what the embedded systems security engineer role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.

From digital forensics expert
31%
Overlap1
To embedded systems security engineer
12 Skills carried over
21 Required, not held
74.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

31%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

74.9/ 100

1 Share of the embedded systems security engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the digital forensics expert profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A embedded systems security engineer role treats 10 of its required skills as things a digital forensics expert already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ICT network security risks
  • ICT security standards
  • cyber attack counter-measures
  • identify ICT security risks
  • identify ICT system weaknesses
  • information security strategy

What stands in the way is 21 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A embedded systems security engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a digital forensics expert background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held perform ICT security testing working with computers
  • already held identify ICT system weaknesses working with computers
  • already held cyber attack counter-measures services
  • already held identify ICT security risks information skills
  • already held ICT encryption information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held manage IT security compliances working with computers

All 12 carried skills, including the 10 the embedded systems security engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 29 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 working with computers 6 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held develop ICT device driver required
  • required, not held analyse ICT system required
  • required, not held develop software prototype required
  • required, not held execute software tests required
  • required, not held use software libraries required
  • required, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools required
  • optional, not held ICT safety optional
  • optional, not held debug software optional
  • optional, not held integrate system components optional
02 information and communication technologies (icts) 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held Internet of Things required
  • required, not held software anomalies required
  • required, not held computer programming required
  • required, not held digital systems required
  • optional, not held ethical hacking principles optional
03 information skills 4 required
  • required, not held interpret technical texts required
  • required, not held keep up with the latest information systems solutions required
  • required, not held perform risk analysis required
  • required, not held report test findings required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held use software design patterns required
  • required, not held create flowchart diagram required
  • optional, not held design user interface optional
  • optional, not held develop creative ideas optional
05 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held define security policies required
  • required, not held define technical requirements required
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required
  • required, not held embedded systems required
  • required, not held safety engineering required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a embedded systems security engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ICT network security risks knowledge
  • already held ICT security standards knowledge
  • already held cyber attack counter-measures knowledge
  • already held identify ICT security risks skill
  • already held identify ICT system weaknesses skill
  • already held information security strategy knowledge
  • already held manage IT security compliances skill
  • already held perform ICT security testing skill
  • already held provide ICT consulting advice skill
  • already held security engineering knowledge
  • already held ICT encryption knowledge
  • already held cloud technologies knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held monitor system performance required
08 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held organisational resilience optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ICT safety optional
  • optional, not held debug software optional
  • optional, not held design user interface optional
  • optional, not held ethical hacking principles optional
  • optional, not held integrate system components optional
  • optional, not held organisational resilience optional
  • optional, not held develop creative ideas optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
65 held skills the embedded systems security engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Aircrack (penetration testing tool) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Backbox (penetration testing tool) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role BlackArch knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Cain and Abel (penetration testing tool) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role GDPR knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT security legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role John The Ripper (penetration testing tool) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Kali Linux knowledge
  • not needed by the target role LDAP knowledge
  • not needed by the target role LINQ knowledge
  • not needed by the target role MDX knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Maltego knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Metasploit knowledge
  • not needed by the target role N1QL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Nessus knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Nexpose knowledge
  • not needed by the target role OWASP ZAP knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Parrot Security OS knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SPARQL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Samurai Web Testing Framework knowledge
  • not needed by the target role THC Hydra knowledge
  • not needed by the target role WhiteHat Sentinel knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Wireshark knowledge
  • not needed by the target role XQuery knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse network configuration and performance skill
  • not needed by the target role apply reverse engineering skill
  • not needed by the target role attack vectors knowledge
  • not needed by the target role audit techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role check methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collect cyber defence data skill
  • not needed by the target role computer forensics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cyber security knowledge
  • not needed by the target role data storage knowledge
  • not needed by the target role design computer network skill
  • not needed by the target role develop information security strategy skill
  • not needed by the target role digital data processing skill
  • not needed by the target role educate on data confidentiality skill
  • not needed by the target role establish an ICT security prevention plan skill
  • not needed by the target role forensic intelligence knowledge

25 further entries not listed here

8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held Internet of Things required
  • required, not held embedded systems required
  • required, not held software anomalies required
  • required, not held computer programming required
  • required, not held digital systems required
  • required, not held safety engineering required
  • optional, not held ethical hacking principles optional
  • optional, not held organisational resilience optional
Index

Other moves recorded from digital forensics expert

Full index of moves from digital forensics expert

Note

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.