Table 1Transition record

IT auditortochief ICT security officer

A IT auditor already meets 25% of what the chief ICT security officer role asks for. The move turns on 34 required skills not yet in the profile.

From IT auditor

25%

Overlap1

To chief ICT security officer

18 Skills carried over

34 Required, not held

83.6 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

25%

Learning distance A rebuild

83.6/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the chief ICT security officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the IT auditor 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 chief ICT security officer role treats 13 of its required skills as things a IT auditor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

ICT network security risks
ICT process quality models
ICT project management
ICT security legislation
ICT security standards
audit techniques

What stands in the way is 34 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 18 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 a IT auditor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards assisting and caring
already held identify ICT security risks information skills
already held manage IT security compliances working with computers
already held identify legal requirements information skills
already held organisational resilience business, administration and law
already held ICT project management business, administration and law

All 18 carried skills, including the 13 the chief ICT security officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 63 missing skills fall into 12 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 and communication technologies (icts) 6 required, 11 supplementary

required, not held attack vectors required
required, not held data protection required
required, not held decision support systems required
required, not held ethical hacking principles required
required, not held information confidentiality required
required, not held assessment of risks and threats required

optional, not held ICT encryption optional
optional, not held ICT recovery techniques optional
optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
optional, not held Internet of Things optional
optional, not held cloud monitoring and reporting optional
optional, not held cloud security and compliance 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 computer programming optional

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held implement corporate governance required
required, not held communicate with stakeholders required
required, not held educate on data confidentiality required
required, not held engage with stakeholders required
required, not held ensure cross-department cooperation required

optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
optional, not held train employees optional
optional, not held use different communication channels optional

03 assisting and caring 5 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held develop information security strategy required
required, not held ensure information privacy required
required, not held establish an Information Security Management System required
required, not held comply with legal regulations required
required, not held ensure compliance with legal requirements required

optional, not held apply operations for an ITIL-based environment optional

04 working with computers 4 required, 5 supplementary

required, not held ICT safety required
required, not held implement ICT security policies required
required, not held manage system security required
required, not held 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 manage keys for data protection optional
optional, not held optimise choice of ICT solution optional

05 management skills 4 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held establish an ICT security prevention plan required
required, not held lead disaster recovery exercises required
required, not held maintain plan for continuity of operations required
required, not held manage disaster recovery plans required

optional, not held assess ICT knowledge optional
optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
optional, not held manage staff optional

06 information skills 4 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held advice on security risk management required
required, not held implement ICT risk management required
required, not held forecast organisational risks required
required, not held monitor developments in field of expertise required

optional, not held implement cloud security and compliance optional
optional, not held conduct impact evaluation of ICT processes on business optional

6 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

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.

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

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 18 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held ICT network security risks knowledge
already held ICT process quality models knowledge
already held ICT project management knowledge
already held ICT security legislation knowledge
already held ICT security standards knowledge
already held audit techniques knowledge
already held cyber security knowledge
already held ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards skill
already held identify ICT security risks skill
already held information security strategy knowledge
already held manage IT security compliances skill
already held monitor technology trends skill
already held organisational resilience knowledge
already held World Wide Web Consortium standards knowledge
already held cloud technologies knowledge
already held execute ICT audits skill
already held identify legal requirements skill
already held protect personal data and privacy skill

The 6 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 business, administration and law 3 required

required, not held ICT project management methodologies required
required, not held internal risk management policy required
required, not held risk management required

08 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held security engineering required

optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
optional, not held ICT infrastructure optional

09 arts and humanities 1 required

required, not held ethics required

10 services 1 required

required, not held cyber attack counter-measures required

11 core skills and competences 1 supplementary

optional, not held manage digital identity optional

12 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary

optional, not held control objectives for information and related technology optional

29 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

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 ICT recovery techniques optional
optional, not held ICT system user requirements 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 security and compliance optional
optional, not held computer forensics optional
optional, not held coordinate technological activities 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 manage keys for data protection 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 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 manage digital identity optional
optional, not held manage staff optional
optional, not held train employees optional
optional, not held use different communication channels optional

19 held skills the chief ICT security officer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role ICT accessibility standards knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT quality policy knowledge
not needed by the target role analyse ICT system skill
not needed by the target role apply information security policies skill
not needed by the target role communicate analytical insights skill
not needed by the target role define organisational standards skill
not needed by the target role develop ICT workflow skill
not needed by the target role develop audit plan skill
not needed by the target role develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements skill
not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
not needed by the target role improve business processes skill
not needed by the target role inform on workplace safety standards skill
not needed by the target role legal requirements of ICT products knowledge
not needed by the target role perform ICT security testing skill
not needed by the target role perform quality audits skill
not needed by the target role prepare financial auditing reports skill
not needed by the target role product life-cycle knowledge
not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
not needed by the target role systems development life-cycle knowledge

26 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 acquire Tier

required, not held ICT project management methodologies required
required, not held attack vectors required
required, not held cyber attack counter-measures required
required, not held data protection required
required, not held decision support systems required
required, not held ethical hacking principles required
required, not held information confidentiality required
required, not held internal risk management policy required
required, not held assessment of risks and threats required
required, not held ethics required
required, not held risk management required
required, not held security engineering 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 ICT recovery techniques optional
optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
optional, not held Internet of Things optional
optional, not held cloud monitoring and reporting optional
optional, not held cloud security and compliance 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 computer programming optional

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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.