ICT security administrator to director of compliance and information security
An ICT security administrator already meets 50% of what the director of compliance and information security role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
42.5/ 100
1 How much of what a director of compliance and information security is expected to do is already part of an ICT security administrator’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 this move works
A director of compliance and information security role treats 6 of its required skills as things an ICT security administrator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ICT security legislation
- ICT security standards
- cyber security
- implement ICT security policies
- information security strategy
- manage IT security compliances
What stands in the way is 6 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 6 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 security administrator background worth leading with.
- already held manage IT security compliances working with computers
- already held ICT security standards information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held information security strategy 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 6 carried skills, including the 6 the director of compliance and information security role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 6 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.
- still to learn implement ICT risk management required
- still to learn keep up-to-date with regulations required
- still to learn ensure compliance with policies required
- still to learn lead a team required
- still to learn ensure compliance with legal requirements required
- still to learn cooperate with colleagues required
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.
- 01 implement ICT risk management practise this
- 02 cooperate with colleagues practise this
- 03 ensure compliance with legal requirements 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 6 skills that carry over
- already held ICT security legislation knowledge
- already held ICT security standards knowledge
- already held cyber security knowledge
- already held implement ICT security policies skill
- already held information security strategy knowledge
- already held manage IT security compliances skill
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
53 held skills the director of compliance and information security role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT encryption knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT network security risks knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT safety skill
- not needed by the target role Internet of Things knowledge
- not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
- not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
- not needed by the target role assess ICT knowledge skill
- not needed by the target role attend to ICT systems quality skill
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role cloud monitoring and reporting knowledge
- not needed by the target role cloud security and compliance knowledge
- not needed by the target role computer forensics knowledge
- not needed by the target role cyber attack counter-measures knowledge
- not needed by the target role database development tools knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure proper document management 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 execute software tests skill
- not needed by the target role identify ICT system weaknesses skill
- not needed by the target role implement a firewall skill
- not needed by the target role implement a virtual private network skill
- not needed by the target role implement anti-virus software skill
- not needed by the target role implement cloud security and compliance skill
- not needed by the target role information confidentiality knowledge
- not needed by the target role internet governance knowledge
- not needed by the target role interpret technical texts skill
- not needed by the target role lead disaster recovery exercises skill
- not needed by the target role maintain ICT identity management skill
- not needed by the target role maintain database security skill
- not needed by the target role manage ICT data architecture skill
- not needed by the target role manage ICT virtualisation environments skill
- not needed by the target role manage cloud data and storage skill
- not needed by the target role manage database skill
- not needed by the target role manage keys for data protection skill
- not needed by the target role mobile device management knowledge
- not needed by the target role network standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role operating systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role organisational resilience knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform ICT troubleshooting skill
13 further entries not listed here
Other moves recorded from ICT security administrator
- ethical hacker 42% covered · substantial
- cybersecurity risk manager 39% covered · substantial
- cyber incident responder 36% covered · substantial
- ICT resilience manager 35% covered · substantial
- ICT system administrator 35% covered · substantial
- chief ICT security officer 34% covered · career change
- embedded systems security engineer 33% covered · substantial
- cloud engineer 32% covered · career change
Common questions about this move
Can an ICT security administrator become a director of compliance and information security?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An ICT security administrator already covers 50% of what a director of compliance and information security is expected to do: 6 skills carry over, 6 of which the director of compliance and information security role treats as required.
What skills does an ICT security administrator need to become a director of compliance and information security?
6 required skills are missing, plus 0 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is implement ICT risk management.
How hard is the move from ICT security administrator to director of compliance and information security?
Its learning distance is 42.5 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.