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ICT auditor manager to data protection officer

An ICT auditor manager already meets 26% of what the data protection officer role asks for. The move turns on 23 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From ICT auditor manager

Distant match

To data protection officer

10 You already bring

23 Still to learn

49 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance A rebuild

78.8/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a data protection officer is expected to do is already part of an ICT auditor manager’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 data protection officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A data protection officer role treats 10 of its required skills as things an ICT auditor manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

ICT security legislation
ICT security standards
cyber security
develop information security strategy
ensure compliance with legal requirements
ensure information privacy

What stands in the way is 23 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A data protection officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT auditor manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held ensure information privacy assisting and caring
already held develop information security strategy assisting and caring
already held identify legal requirements information skills
already held ICT security standards information and communication technologies (icts)
already held cyber security services
already held ICT security legislation business, administration and law

All 10 carried skills, including the 10 the data protection officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 39 missing skills fall into 10 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.

Skill to pick up Tier

01 business, administration and law 5 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn GDPR required
still to learn internal risk management policy required
still to learn internal auditing required
still to learn legal research required
still to learn legal terminology required

optional, not held legal case management optional
optional, not held risk management optional

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 5 supplementary

still to learn advise on government policy compliance required
still to learn cooperate with colleagues required
still to learn provide legal advice required
still to learn use consulting techniques required

optional, not held analyse legal enforceability optional
optional, not held assist with litigation matters optional
optional, not held maintain internal communication systems optional
optional, not held support managers optional
optional, not held write work-related reports optional

03 assisting and caring 4 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn apply information security policies required
still to learn respect data protection principles required
still to learn protect personal data and privacy required
still to learn respond to enquiries required

optional, not held apply system organisational policies optional

04 information skills 3 required, 4 supplementary

still to learn manage data for legal matters required
still to learn keep up-to-date with regulations required
still to learn monitor legislation developments required

optional, not held address identified risks optional
optional, not held estimate impact of risks optional
optional, not held conduct impact evaluation of ICT processes on business optional
optional, not held document project progress optional

05 management skills 3 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn develop training programmes required
still to learn define organisational standards required
still to learn develop organisational policies required

optional, not held perform project management optional

06 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required

still to learn data protection required
still to learn information security strategy required

4 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a data protection officer 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 10 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held ICT security legislation knowledge
already held ICT security standards knowledge
already held cyber security knowledge
already held develop information security strategy skill
already held ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
already held ensure information privacy skill
already held identify legal requirements skill
already held implement ICT security policies skill
already held information confidentiality knowledge
already held train employees skill

The 4 learning areas not shown above

Skill to pick up Tier

07 arts and humanities 1 required

still to learn data ethics required

08 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required

still to learn information governance compliance required

09 working with computers 2 supplementary

optional, not held manage keys for data protection optional
optional, not held perform data cleansing optional

10 core skills and competences 1 supplementary

optional, not held manage digital identity optional

16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held address identified risks optional
optional, not held estimate impact of risks optional
optional, not held manage keys for data protection optional
optional, not held analyse legal enforceability optional
optional, not held apply system organisational policies optional
optional, not held assist with litigation matters optional
optional, not held conduct impact evaluation of ICT processes on business optional
optional, not held document project progress optional
optional, not held legal case management optional
optional, not held maintain internal communication systems optional
optional, not held manage digital identity optional
optional, not held perform data cleansing optional
optional, not held perform project management optional
optional, not held risk management optional
optional, not held support managers optional
optional, not held write work-related reports optional

32 held skills the data protection officer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role AJAX 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 quality policy knowledge
not needed by the target role JavaScript knowledge
not needed by the target role PHP 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 build business relationships skill
not needed by the target role cloud technologies knowledge
not needed by the target role coach employees skill
not needed by the target role control objectives for information and related technology knowledge
not needed by the target role develop ICT test suite skill
not needed by the target role develop ICT workflow skill
not needed by the target role develop audit plan skill
not needed by the target role ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards skill
not needed by the target role execute ICT audits skill
not needed by the target role implement ICT risk management skill
not needed by the target role implement corporate governance skill
not needed by the target role information structure knowledge
not needed by the target role legal requirements of ICT products knowledge
not needed by the target role manage IT security compliances skill
not needed by the target role manage changes in ICT system skill
not needed by the target role manage standard enterprise resource planning system skill
not needed by the target role monitor technology trends skill
not needed by the target role organisational resilience knowledge
not needed by the target role perform contract compliance audits skill
not needed by the target role prepare financial auditing reports skill
not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
not needed by the target role systems development life-cycle knowledge
not needed by the target role use markup languages skill
not needed by the target role web programming knowledge

11 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 pick up Tier

still to learn information governance compliance required
still to learn GDPR required
still to learn data protection required
still to learn information security strategy required
still to learn internal risk management policy required
still to learn data ethics required
still to learn internal auditing required
still to learn legal research required
still to learn legal terminology required
optional, not held legal case management optional
optional, not held risk management optional

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an ICT auditor manager become a data protection officer?

Yes, and it is a career change move. An ICT auditor manager already covers 26% of what a data protection officer is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 10 of which the data protection officer role treats as required.

What skills does an ICT auditor manager need to become a data protection officer?

23 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by business, administration and law. The single most important is information governance compliance.

How hard is the move from ICT auditor manager to data protection officer?

Its learning distance is 78.8 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.