ICT disaster recovery analyst to ICT security administrator

• already held ICT network security risks knowledge
• already held apply company policies skill
• already held cyber attack counter-measures knowledge
• already held manage IT security compliances skill
• already held organisational resilience knowledge
• already held system backup best practice knowledge
• already held ICT infrastructure knowledge
• already held build business relationships skill
• already held cyber security knowledge
• already held implement a virtual private network skill
• already held information security strategy knowledge
• already held perform backups skill
• already held respond to incidents in cloud skill

• optional, not held ICT encryption optional
• optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
• optional, not held ICT security standards optional
• optional, not held assess ICT knowledge optional
• optional, not held cloud monitoring and reporting optional
• optional, not held cloud security and compliance optional
• optional, not held computer forensics optional
• optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
• optional, not held execute software tests optional
• optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
• optional, not held implement a firewall optional
• optional, not held implement anti-virus software optional
• optional, not held implement cloud security and compliance optional
• optional, not held information confidentiality optional
• optional, not held lead disaster recovery exercises optional
• optional, not held manage ICT virtualisation environments optional
• optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
• optional, not held manage keys for data protection optional
• optional, not held telecom regulations optional
• optional, not held use scripting programming optional
• optional, not held web application security threats optional
• optional, not held address problems critically optional
• optional, not held manage database optional
• optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional
• optional, not held remove computer virus or malware from a computer optional
• optional, not held store digital data and systems optional
• optional, not held train employees optional

• 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 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 ICT process quality models knowledge
• not needed by the target role ICT recovery techniques knowledge
• not needed by the target role conduct impact evaluation of ICT processes on business skill
• not needed by the target role define security policies skill
• not needed by the target role develop information security strategy skill
• 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 identify ICT security risks skill
• not needed by the target role implement ICT recovery system skill
• not needed by the target role internal risk management policy 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 disaster recovery plans skill
• not needed by the target role manage staff skill
• not needed by the target role manage system security 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 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

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

• still to learn Internet of Things required
• still to learn database development tools required
• still to learn ethical hacking principles required
• still to learn internet governance required
• still to learn mobile device management required
• still to learn network standards required
• still to learn operating systems required
• still to learn quality assurance methodologies required
• still to learn security engineering required
• optional, not held ICT encryption optional
• optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
• optional, not held ICT security standards optional
• optional, not held cloud monitoring and reporting optional
• optional, not held cloud security and compliance optional
• optional, not held computer forensics optional
• optional, not held information confidentiality optional
• optional, not held telecom regulations optional
• optional, not held web application security threats optional

Yes, and it is a career change move. An ICT disaster recovery analyst already covers 23% of what an ICT security administrator is expected to do: 13 skills carry over, 6 of which the ICT security administrator role treats as required.

19 required skills are missing, plus 27 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information and communication technologies (icts). The single most important is ICT safety.

Its learning distance is 81.8 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.