Table 1Transition record

ICT security administratortodirector of compliance and information security

A 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.

From ICT security administrator

50%

Overlap1

To director of compliance and information security

6 Skills carried over

6 Required, not held

42.5 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

50%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

42.5/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the director of compliance and information security role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT security administrator profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A director of compliance and information security role treats 6 of its required skills as things a ICT security administrator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

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

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 a ICT security administrator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

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

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 6 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 information skills 2 required

required, not held implement ICT risk management required
required, not held keep up-to-date with regulations required

02 management skills 2 required

required, not held ensure compliance with policies required
required, not held lead a team required

03 assisting and caring 1 required

required, not held ensure compliance with legal requirements required

04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required

required, not held cooperate with colleagues required

Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 6 skills that carry over

Skill Type

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

Skill to acquire Tier

53 held skills the director of compliance and information security role does not ask for

Skill Type

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

Index

Other moves recorded from ICT security administrator

Full index of moves from ICT security administrator

Note

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.