ICT resilience manager to chief ICT security officer
An ICT resilience manager already meets 31% of what the chief ICT security officer role asks for. The move turns on 31 required skills not yet in the profile.
79.3/ 100
1 How much of what a chief ICT security officer is expected to do is already part of an ICT resilience 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 chief ICT security officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A chief ICT security officer role treats 16 of its required skills as things an ICT resilience manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ICT network security risks
- ICT process quality models
- ICT safety
- comply with legal regulations
- cyber security
- develop information security strategy
What stands in the way is 31 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 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A chief ICT security officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT resilience manager background worth leading with.
- already held lead disaster recovery exercises management skills
- already held manage disaster recovery plans management skills
- already held ICT recovery techniques information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held ICT safety working with computers
- already held ethical hacking principles information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held manage keys for data protection working with computers
All 23 carried skills, including the 16 the chief ICT security officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 58 missing skills fall into 12 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 ICT security standards required
- still to learn attack vectors required
- still to learn data protection required
- still to learn decision support systems required
- still to learn information confidentiality required
- still to learn information security strategy required
- still to learn assessment of risks and threats required
- optional, not held ICT encryption optional
- optional, not held Internet of Things optional
- optional, not held cloud monitoring and reporting optional
- optional, not held cloud technologies optional
- optional, not held computer forensics optional
- optional, not held internet governance optional
- optional, not held software anomalies optional
- optional, not held web application security threats optional
- optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
- optional, not held computer programming optional
- still to learn implement corporate governance required
- still to learn communicate with stakeholders required
- still to learn educate on data confidentiality required
- still to learn engage with stakeholders required
- still to learn ensure cross-department cooperation required
- optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- still to learn ICT project management required
- still to learn ICT project management methodologies required
- still to learn ICT security legislation required
- still to learn audit techniques required
- still to learn risk management required
- still to learn advice on security risk management required
- still to learn forecast organisational risks required
- still to learn monitor developments in field of expertise required
- still to learn monitor technology trends required
- optional, not held implement cloud security and compliance optional
- optional, not held conduct impact evaluation of ICT processes on business optional
- optional, not held identify legal requirements optional
- still to learn ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards required
- still to learn ensure information privacy required
- still to learn establish an Information Security Management System required
- still to learn ensure compliance with legal requirements required
- optional, not held apply operations for an ITIL-based environment optional
- optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional
- still to learn implement ICT security policies required
- still to learn utilise decision support system required
- optional, not held implement a firewall optional
- optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
- optional, not held implement anti-virus software optional
- optional, not held optimise choice of ICT solution optional
6 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a chief ICT security officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 establish an ICT security prevention plan practise this
- 02 ICT project management study this
- 03 ICT project management methodologies study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 23 skills that carry over
- already held ICT network security risks knowledge
- already held ICT process quality models knowledge
- already held ICT safety skill
- already held comply with legal regulations skill
- already held cyber security knowledge
- already held develop information security strategy skill
- already held ethical hacking principles knowledge
- already held identify ICT security risks skill
- already held implement ICT risk management skill
- already held internal risk management policy knowledge
- already held lead disaster recovery exercises skill
- 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 security engineering knowledge
- already held ICT recovery techniques knowledge
- already held ICT system user requirements knowledge
- already held cloud security and compliance knowledge
- already held coordinate technological activities skill
- already held execute ICT audits skill
- already held manage keys for data protection skill
- already held train employees skill
The 6 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn establish an ICT security prevention plan required
- still to learn maintain plan for continuity of operations required
- optional, not held assess ICT knowledge optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- still to learn ethics required
- still to learn cyber attack counter-measures required
- optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
- optional, not held ICT infrastructure optional
- optional, not held manage digital identity optional
- optional, not held control objectives for information and related technology optional
27 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply operations for an ITIL-based environment optional
- optional, not held control objectives for information and related technology optional
- optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
- optional, not held ICT encryption optional
- optional, not held ICT infrastructure optional
- optional, not held Internet of Things optional
- optional, not held assess ICT knowledge optional
- optional, not held cloud monitoring and reporting optional
- optional, not held cloud technologies optional
- optional, not held computer forensics optional
- optional, not held implement a firewall optional
- optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
- optional, not held implement anti-virus software optional
- optional, not held implement cloud security and compliance optional
- optional, not held internet governance optional
- optional, not held optimise choice of ICT solution optional
- optional, not held software anomalies optional
- optional, not held web application security threats optional
- optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
- optional, not held computer programming optional
- optional, not held conduct impact evaluation of ICT processes on business optional
- optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
- optional, not held identify legal requirements optional
- optional, not held manage digital identity optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
19 held skills the chief ICT security officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on strengthening security skill
- not needed by the target role analyse business processes skill
- not needed by the target role analyse business requirements skill
- not needed by the target role analyse the context of an organisation skill
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role business process modelling knowledge
- not needed by the target role core banking software knowledge
- not needed by the target role define security policies skill
- not needed by the target role develop contingency plans for emergencies skill
- not needed by the target role human-computer interaction knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement ICT recovery system skill
- not needed by the target role implement a management system skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role perform ICT security testing skill
- not needed by the target role perform procurement processes skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
- not needed by the target role respond to incidents in cloud skill
- not needed by the target role system backup best practice knowledge
27 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 ICT project management required
- still to learn ICT project management methodologies required
- still to learn ICT security legislation required
- still to learn ICT security standards required
- still to learn attack vectors required
- still to learn cyber attack counter-measures required
- still to learn data protection required
- still to learn decision support systems required
- still to learn information confidentiality required
- still to learn information security strategy required
- still to learn assessment of risks and threats required
- still to learn audit techniques required
- still to learn ethics required
- still to learn risk management required
- optional, not held control objectives for information and related technology optional
- optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
- optional, not held ICT encryption optional
- optional, not held ICT infrastructure optional
- optional, not held Internet of Things optional
- optional, not held cloud monitoring and reporting optional
- optional, not held cloud technologies optional
- optional, not held computer forensics optional
- optional, not held internet governance optional
- optional, not held software anomalies optional
- optional, not held web application security threats optional
- optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
- optional, not held computer programming optional
Common questions about this move
Can an ICT resilience manager become a chief ICT security officer?
Yes, and it is a career change move. An ICT resilience manager already covers 31% of what a chief ICT security officer is expected to do: 23 skills carry over, 16 of which the chief ICT security officer role treats as required.
What skills does an ICT resilience manager need to become a chief ICT security officer?
31 required skills are missing, plus 27 optional ones. They fall into 12 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information and communication technologies (icts). The single most important is establish an ICT security prevention plan.
How hard is the move from ICT resilience manager to chief ICT security officer?
Its learning distance is 79.3 out of 100, which is the career change 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.