ICT resilience manager to ICT disaster recovery analyst
An ICT resilience manager already meets 41% of what the ICT disaster recovery analyst role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
64.3/ 100
1 How much of what an ICT disaster recovery analyst 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 ICT disaster recovery analyst role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An ICT disaster recovery analyst role treats 10 of its required skills as things an ICT resilience manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ICT recovery techniques
- build business relationships
- define security policies
- develop information security strategy
- identify ICT security risks
- implement ICT recovery system
What stands in the way is 11 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 disaster recovery analyst 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 respond to incidents in cloud communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held define security policies management skills
- 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 ICT recovery techniques information and communication technologies (icts)
All 16 carried skills, including the 10 the ICT disaster recovery analyst role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 29 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 ICT debugging tools required
- still to learn ICT performance analysis methods required
- still to learn ICT problem management techniques required
- optional, not held Android (mobile operating systems) optional
- optional, not held BlackBerry optional
- optional, not held ICT power consumption optional
- optional, not held iOS optional
- optional, not held information security strategy optional
- optional, not held levels of software testing optional
- optional, not held mobile operating systems optional
- optional, not held network management system tools optional
- optional, not held software anomalies optional
- optional, not held unstructured data optional
- still to learn optimise choice of ICT solution required
- still to learn perform backups required
- still to learn protect ICT devices required
- optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
- still to learn conduct impact evaluation of ICT processes on business required
- still to learn report analysis results required
- still to learn maintain plan for continuity of operations required
- optional, not held develop strategy to solve problems optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- still to learn product usage risks analysis required
- optional, not held cyber attack counter-measures optional
- still to learn apply company policies required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an ICT disaster recovery analyst role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ICT debugging tools study this
- 02 ICT performance analysis methods study this
- 03 ICT problem management techniques 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 16 skills that carry over
- already held ICT recovery techniques knowledge
- already held build business relationships skill
- already held define security policies skill
- already held develop information security strategy skill
- already held identify ICT security risks skill
- already held implement ICT recovery system skill
- already held manage IT security compliances skill
- already held manage disaster recovery plans skill
- already held manage system security skill
- already held system backup best practice knowledge
- already held ICT network security risks knowledge
- already held ICT process quality models knowledge
- already held cyber security knowledge
- already held internal risk management policy knowledge
- already held organisational resilience knowledge
- already held respond to incidents in cloud skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
- optional, not held ICT infrastructure optional
- optional, not held hardware architectures optional
- optional, not held give live presentation optional
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held Android (mobile operating systems) optional
- optional, not held BlackBerry optional
- optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
- optional, not held ICT infrastructure optional
- optional, not held ICT power consumption optional
- optional, not held cyber attack counter-measures optional
- optional, not held hardware architectures optional
- optional, not held iOS optional
- optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
- optional, not held information security strategy optional
- optional, not held levels of software testing optional
- optional, not held mobile operating systems optional
- optional, not held network management system tools optional
- optional, not held software anomalies optional
- optional, not held unstructured data optional
- optional, not held develop strategy to solve problems optional
- optional, not held give live presentation optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
26 held skills the ICT disaster recovery analyst role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT safety skill
- not needed by the target role ICT system user requirements knowledge
- 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 business process modelling knowledge
- not needed by the target role cloud security and compliance knowledge
- not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate technological activities skill
- not needed by the target role core banking software knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop contingency plans for emergencies skill
- not needed by the target role ethical hacking principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role execute ICT audits skill
- not needed by the target role human-computer interaction knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement ICT risk management skill
- not needed by the target role implement a management system skill
- not needed by the target role lead disaster recovery exercises skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage keys for data protection 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 security engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
18 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 debugging tools required
- still to learn ICT performance analysis methods required
- still to learn ICT problem management techniques required
- still to learn product usage risks analysis required
- optional, not held Android (mobile operating systems) optional
- optional, not held BlackBerry optional
- optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
- optional, not held ICT infrastructure optional
- optional, not held ICT power consumption optional
- optional, not held cyber attack counter-measures optional
- optional, not held hardware architectures optional
- optional, not held iOS optional
- optional, not held information security strategy optional
- optional, not held levels of software testing optional
- optional, not held mobile operating systems optional
- optional, not held network management system tools optional
- optional, not held software anomalies optional
- optional, not held unstructured data optional
Common questions about this move
Can an ICT resilience manager become an ICT disaster recovery analyst?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An ICT resilience manager already covers 41% of what an ICT disaster recovery analyst is expected to do: 16 skills carry over, 10 of which the ICT disaster recovery analyst role treats as required.
What skills does an ICT resilience manager need to become an ICT disaster recovery analyst?
11 required skills are missing, plus 18 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 debugging tools.
How hard is the move from ICT resilience manager to ICT disaster recovery analyst?
Its learning distance is 64.3 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.