IT auditor to director of compliance and information security
An IT auditor already meets 42% of what the director of compliance and information security role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
49.7/ 100
1 How much of what a director of compliance and information security is expected to do is already part of an IT auditor’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 5 of its required skills as things an IT auditor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ICT security legislation
- ICT security standards
- cyber security
- information security strategy
- manage IT security compliances
What stands in the way is 7 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 5 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 IT auditor 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
All 5 carried skills, including the 5 the director of compliance and information security role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 7 missing skills fall into 5 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
- still to learn implement ICT security policies 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 implement ICT security policies practise this
- 03 cooperate with colleagues 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 5 skills that carry over
- already held ICT security legislation knowledge
- already held ICT security standards knowledge
- already held cyber security knowledge
- already held information security strategy knowledge
- already held manage IT security compliances skill
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
32 held skills the director of compliance and information security role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT accessibility standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT network security risks knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT process quality models knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT quality policy knowledge
- not needed by the target role World Wide Web Consortium standards 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 audit techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role cloud technologies knowledge
- 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 ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards skill
- not needed by the target role execute ICT audits skill
- not needed by the target role identify ICT security risks skill
- not needed by the target role identify legal requirements skill
- 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 monitor technology trends skill
- not needed by the target role organisational resilience 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 protect personal data and privacy skill
- not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role systems development life-cycle knowledge
Common questions about this move
Can an IT auditor become a director of compliance and information security?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An IT auditor already covers 42% of what a director of compliance and information security is expected to do: 5 skills carry over, 5 of which the director of compliance and information security role treats as required.
What skills does an IT auditor need to become a director of compliance and information security?
7 required skills are missing, plus 0 optional ones. They fall into 5 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 IT auditor to director of compliance and information security?
Its learning distance is 49.7 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.