Career Overlap Transition record
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ICT security administrator to ICT resilience manager

An ICT security administrator already meets 35% of what the ICT resilience manager role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From ICT security administrator
35 % overlap
Distant match
To ICT resilience manager
15 You already bring
13 Still to learn
42 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

68.3/ 100

1 How much of what an ICT resilience manager 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 ICT resilience manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

An ICT resilience manager role treats 7 of its required skills as things an ICT security administrator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • cyber security
  • execute ICT audits
  • lead disaster recovery exercises
  • manage IT security compliances
  • organisational resilience
  • security engineering

What stands in the way is 13 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An ICT resilience manager 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held respond to incidents in cloud communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held lead disaster recovery exercises management skills
  • already held system backup best practice 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 15 carried skills, including the 7 the ICT resilience manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 27 missing skills fall into 7 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 information skills 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn identify ICT security risks required
  • still to learn implement ICT risk management required
  • still to learn analyse business processes required
  • still to learn analyse the context of an organisation required
  • optional, not held analyse business requirements optional
  • optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
02 working with computers 3 required
  • still to learn implement ICT recovery system required
  • still to learn manage system security required
  • still to learn perform ICT security testing required
03 management skills 2 required, 5 supplementary
  • still to learn develop contingency plans for emergencies required
  • still to learn manage disaster recovery plans required
  • optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
  • optional, not held define security policies optional
  • optional, not held implement a management system optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
04 assisting and caring 2 required
  • still to learn develop information security strategy required
  • still to learn comply with legal regulations required
05 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • still to learn ICT recovery techniques required
  • optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
  • optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
  • optional, not held core banking software optional
  • optional, not held human-computer interaction optional
06 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn internal risk management policy required
  • optional, not held business process modelling optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an ICT resilience manager 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 15 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held cyber security knowledge
  • already held execute ICT audits skill
  • already held lead disaster recovery exercises skill
  • already held manage IT security compliances skill
  • already held organisational resilience knowledge
  • already held security engineering knowledge
  • already held system backup best practice knowledge
  • already held ICT network security risks knowledge
  • already held ICT safety skill
  • already held build business relationships skill
  • already held cloud security and compliance knowledge
  • already held ethical hacking principles knowledge
  • already held manage keys for data protection skill
  • already held respond to incidents in cloud skill
  • already held train employees skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held advise on strengthening security optional
  • optional, not held perform procurement processes optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
  • optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
  • optional, not held advise on strengthening security optional
  • optional, not held business process modelling optional
  • optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
  • optional, not held core banking software optional
  • optional, not held define security policies optional
  • optional, not held human-computer interaction optional
  • optional, not held analyse business requirements optional
  • optional, not held implement a management system optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
  • optional, not held perform procurement processes optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
  • optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
44 held skills the ICT resilience manager 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 security legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT security standards knowledge
  • 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 cloud monitoring and reporting 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 execute software tests skill
  • not needed by the target role identify ICT system weaknesses skill
  • not needed by the target role implement ICT security policies 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 information security strategy 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 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 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 perform ICT troubleshooting skill
  • not needed by the target role perform backups skill
  • not needed by the target role protect personal data and privacy skill
  • not needed by the target role quality assurance methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role remove computer virus or malware from a computer skill
  • not needed by the target role solve ICT system problems skill

4 further entries not listed here

7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

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

Skill to pick up Tier
  • still to learn ICT recovery techniques required
  • still to learn internal risk management policy required
  • optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
  • optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
  • optional, not held business process modelling optional
  • optional, not held core banking software optional
  • optional, not held human-computer interaction optional
Index

Other moves recorded from ICT security administrator

Full index of moves from ICT security administrator

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an ICT security administrator become an ICT resilience manager?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. An ICT security administrator already covers 35% of what an ICT resilience manager is expected to do: 15 skills carry over, 7 of which the ICT resilience manager role treats as required.

What skills does an ICT security administrator need to become an ICT resilience manager?

13 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is ICT recovery techniques.

How hard is the move from ICT security administrator to ICT resilience manager?

Its learning distance is 68.3 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.