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ICT auditor manager to director of compliance and information security

An ICT auditor manager already meets 58% of what the director of compliance and information security role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

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

From ICT auditor manager

Partial match

To director of compliance and information security

7 You already bring

5 Still to learn

12 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

35.9/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a director of compliance and information security 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 director of compliance and information security role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A director of compliance and information security role treats 7 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
ensure compliance with legal requirements
implement ICT risk management
implement ICT security policies

What stands in the way is 5 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 7 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 an ICT auditor manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

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 cyber security services
already held ICT security legislation business, administration and law
already held implement ICT security policies working with computers

All 7 carried skills, including the 7 the director of compliance and information security role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 5 missing skills fall into 4 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 management skills 2 required

still to learn ensure compliance with policies required
still to learn lead a team required

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required

still to learn cooperate with colleagues required

03 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required

still to learn information security strategy required

04 information skills 1 required

still to learn keep up-to-date with regulations required

Table 4

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.

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

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 7 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 ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
already held implement ICT risk management skill
already held implement ICT security policies skill
already held manage IT security compliances skill

0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

35 held skills the director of compliance and information security 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 develop information security strategy skill
not needed by the target role ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards skill
not needed by the target role ensure information privacy skill
not needed by the target role execute ICT audits skill
not needed by the target role identify legal requirements skill
not needed by the target role implement corporate governance skill
not needed by the target role information confidentiality knowledge
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 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 train employees skill
not needed by the target role use markup languages skill
not needed by the target role web programming knowledge

1 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 security strategy required

Index

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an ICT auditor manager become a director of compliance and information security?

Yes, and it is a moderate move. An ICT auditor manager already covers 58% of what a director of compliance and information security is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 7 of which the director of compliance and information security role treats as required.

What skills does an ICT auditor manager need to become a director of compliance and information security?

5 required skills are missing, plus 0 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is information security strategy.

How hard is the move from ICT auditor manager to director of compliance and information security?

Its learning distance is 35.9 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.