IT auditortoICT auditor manager
A IT auditor already meets 55% of what the ICT auditor manager role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
55%
51.9/ 100
1 Share of the ICT auditor manager 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 this move works
A ICT auditor manager role treats 12 of its required skills as things a IT auditor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- ICT project management
- audit techniques
- cyber security
- develop ICT workflow
- develop audit plan
- ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards
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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ICT auditor manager 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.
- already held develop audit plan management skills
- already held develop ICT workflow management skills
- already held ICT quality policy business, administration and law
- already held ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards assisting and caring
- already held identify legal requirements information skills
- already held manage IT security compliances working with computers
All 20 carried skills, including the 12 the ICT auditor manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 22 missing skills fall into 6 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.
- required, not held implement ICT risk management required
- required, not held perform contract compliance audits required
- required, not held attack vectors required
- optional, not held AJAX optional
- optional, not held JavaScript optional
- optional, not held PHP optional
- optional, not held information confidentiality optional
- optional, not held information structure optional
- optional, not held web programming optional
- required, not held build business relationships required
- optional, not held develop ICT test suite optional
- optional, not held implement corporate governance optional
- optional, not held coach employees optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- required, not held manage standard enterprise resource planning system required
- optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
- optional, not held manage changes in ICT system optional
- optional, not held use markup languages optional
- required, not held ensure compliance with legal requirements required
- optional, not held develop information security strategy optional
- optional, not held ensure information privacy optional
- required, not held control objectives for information and related technology required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a ICT auditor manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 control objectives for information and related technology knowledge · occupation specific
- 02 attack vectors knowledge · sector specific
- 03 implement ICT risk management skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 20 skills that carry over
- already held ICT project management knowledge
- already held audit techniques knowledge
- already held cyber security knowledge
- already held develop ICT workflow skill
- already held develop audit plan skill
- already held ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards skill
- already held execute ICT audits skill
- already held identify legal requirements skill
- already held manage IT security compliances skill
- already held monitor technology trends skill
- already held prepare financial auditing reports skill
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held ICT process quality models knowledge
- already held ICT quality policy knowledge
- already held ICT security legislation knowledge
- already held ICT security standards knowledge
- already held cloud technologies knowledge
- already held legal requirements of ICT products knowledge
- already held organisational resilience knowledge
- already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held AJAX optional
- optional, not held JavaScript optional
- optional, not held PHP optional
- optional, not held develop ICT test suite optional
- optional, not held develop information security strategy optional
- optional, not held ensure information privacy optional
- optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
- optional, not held implement corporate governance optional
- optional, not held information confidentiality optional
- optional, not held information structure optional
- optional, not held manage changes in ICT system optional
- optional, not held use markup languages optional
- optional, not held web programming optional
- optional, not held coach employees optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
17 held skills the ICT auditor manager 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 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 communicate analytical insights skill
- not needed by the target role define organisational standards 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 identify ICT security risks 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 information security strategy 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 product life-cycle knowledge
- not needed by the target role protect personal data and privacy skill
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held control objectives for information and related technology required
- required, not held attack vectors required
- optional, not held AJAX optional
- optional, not held JavaScript optional
- optional, not held PHP optional
- optional, not held information confidentiality optional
- optional, not held information structure optional
- optional, not held web programming optional
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.