IT auditor to ICT auditor manager
An 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.
51.9/ 100
1 How much of what an ICT auditor manager 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 ICT auditor manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An ICT auditor manager role treats 12 of its required skills as things an IT auditor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- 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. An ICT auditor manager 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 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 may need to learn
The 22 missing skills fall into 6 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 perform contract compliance audits required
- still to learn 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
- still to learn 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
- still to learn 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
- still to learn ensure compliance with legal requirements required
- optional, not held develop information security strategy optional
- optional, not held ensure information privacy optional
- still to learn control objectives for information and related technology required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an 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 study this
- 02 attack vectors study this
- 03 implement ICT risk management 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 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.
- still to learn control objectives for information and related technology required
- still to learn 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
Common questions about this move
Can an IT auditor become an ICT auditor manager?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An IT auditor already covers 55% of what an ICT auditor manager is expected to do: 20 skills carry over, 12 of which the ICT auditor manager role treats as required.
What skills does an IT auditor need to become an ICT auditor manager?
7 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is control objectives for information and related technology.
How hard is the move from IT auditor to ICT auditor manager?
Its learning distance is 51.9 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.