ICT disaster recovery analyst to ICT resilience manager
An ICT disaster recovery analyst already meets 46% of what the ICT resilience manager role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
58.9/ 100
1 How much of what an ICT resilience manager is expected to do is already part of an ICT disaster recovery analyst’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 11 of its required skills as things an ICT disaster recovery analyst already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ICT recovery techniques
- cyber security
- develop information security strategy
- identify ICT security risks
- implement ICT recovery system
- internal risk management policy
What stands in the way is 9 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 16 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 an ICT disaster recovery analyst background worth leading with.
- already held respond to incidents in cloud communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held implement ICT recovery system working with computers
- already held manage disaster recovery plans management skills
- already held system backup best practice information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held define security policies management skills
- already held ICT recovery techniques information and communication technologies (icts)
All 16 carried skills, including the 11 the ICT resilience manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 26 missing skills fall into 8 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 execute ICT audits required
- still to learn implement ICT risk management required
- 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 develop contingency plans for emergencies required
- still to learn lead disaster recovery exercises required
- optional, not held coordinate technological activities 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 perform ICT security testing required
- optional, not held ICT safety optional
- optional, not held manage keys for data protection optional
- still to learn comply with legal regulations required
- still to learn security engineering required
- optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
- optional, not held cloud security and compliance optional
- optional, not held core banking software optional
- optional, not held ethical hacking principles optional
- optional, not held human-computer interaction optional
2 further areas in the appendix
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 execute ICT audits practise this
- 03 implement ICT risk management 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 16 skills that carry over
- already held ICT recovery techniques knowledge
- already held cyber security knowledge
- already held develop information security strategy skill
- already held identify ICT security risks skill
- already held implement ICT recovery system skill
- already held internal risk management policy knowledge
- 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 system backup best practice knowledge
- already held ICT network security risks knowledge
- already held ICT process quality models knowledge
- already held build business relationships skill
- already held define security policies skill
- already held respond to incidents in cloud skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held advise on strengthening security optional
- optional, not held perform procurement processes optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held business process modelling optional
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ICT safety optional
- optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
- optional, not held advise on strengthening security optional
- optional, not held business process modelling optional
- optional, not held cloud security and compliance optional
- optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
- optional, not held core banking software optional
- optional, not held ethical hacking principles optional
- optional, not held human-computer interaction optional
- optional, not held manage keys for data protection optional
- optional, not held analyse business requirements 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
- optional, not held train employees optional
29 held skills the ICT resilience manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role Android (mobile operating systems) knowledge
- not needed by the target role BlackBerry knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT communications protocols knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT debugging tools knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT performance analysis methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT power consumption knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT problem management techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
- not needed by the target role conduct impact evaluation of ICT processes on business skill
- not needed by the target role cyber attack counter-measures knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop strategy to solve problems skill
- not needed by the target role give live presentation skill
- not needed by the target role hardware architectures knowledge
- not needed by the target role iOS knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement a virtual private network skill
- not needed by the target role information security strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role levels of software testing knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain plan for continuity of operations skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role mobile operating systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role network management system tools knowledge
- not needed by the target role optimise choice of ICT solution skill
- not needed by the target role perform backups skill
- not needed by the target role product usage risks analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role protect ICT devices skill
- not needed by the target role report analysis results skill
- not needed by the target role software anomalies knowledge
- not needed by the target role unstructured data knowledge
7 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 security engineering required
- optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
- optional, not held business process modelling optional
- optional, not held cloud security and compliance optional
- optional, not held core banking software optional
- optional, not held ethical hacking principles optional
- optional, not held human-computer interaction optional
Other moves recorded from ICT disaster recovery analyst
Common questions about this move
Can an ICT disaster recovery analyst become an ICT resilience manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An ICT disaster recovery analyst already covers 46% of what an ICT resilience manager is expected to do: 16 skills carry over, 11 of which the ICT resilience manager role treats as required.
What skills does an ICT disaster recovery analyst need to become an ICT resilience manager?
9 required skills are missing, plus 17 optional ones. They fall into 8 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 ICT disaster recovery analyst to ICT resilience manager?
Its learning distance is 58.9 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.