IT auditor to ICT resilience manager
An IT auditor already meets 24% of what the ICT resilience manager role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
76.8/ 100
1 How much of what an ICT resilience 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 resilience manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An ICT resilience manager role treats 6 of its required skills as things an IT auditor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- cyber security
- execute ICT audits
- identify ICT security risks
- manage IT security compliances
- organisational resilience
- perform ICT security testing
What stands in the way is 14 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 8 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 IT auditor background worth leading with.
- already held perform ICT security testing working with computers
- already held identify ICT security risks information skills
- already held manage IT security compliances working with computers
- already held organisational resilience business, administration and law
- already held ICT network security risks information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held ICT process quality models information and communication technologies (icts)
All 8 carried skills, including the 6 the ICT resilience manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 34 missing skills fall into 8 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 develop contingency plans for emergencies required
- still to learn lead disaster recovery exercises 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
- 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
- still to learn ICT recovery techniques required
- still to learn system backup best practice required
- optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
- optional, not held cloud security and compliance optional
- optional, not held core banking software optional
- optional, not held ethical hacking principles optional
- optional, not held human-computer interaction optional
- still to learn implement ICT recovery system required
- still to learn manage system security required
- optional, not held ICT safety optional
- optional, not held manage keys for data protection optional
- still to learn develop information security strategy required
- still to learn comply with legal regulations required
- still to learn internal risk management policy required
- optional, not held business process modelling optional
2 further areas in the appendix
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.
- 01 ICT recovery techniques study this
- 02 develop contingency plans for emergencies practise this
- 03 develop information security strategy 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 8 skills that carry over
- already held cyber security knowledge
- already held execute ICT audits skill
- already held identify ICT security risks skill
- already held manage IT security compliances skill
- already held organisational resilience knowledge
- already held perform ICT security testing skill
- already held ICT network security risks knowledge
- already held ICT process quality models knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn security engineering required
- optional, not held advise on strengthening security optional
- optional, not held respond to incidents in cloud optional
- optional, not held build business relationships optional
- optional, not held perform procurement processes optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ICT safety 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 cloud security and compliance 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 ethical hacking principles optional
- optional, not held human-computer interaction optional
- optional, not held manage keys for data protection optional
- optional, not held respond to incidents in cloud optional
- optional, not held analyse business requirements optional
- optional, not held build business relationships 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
- optional, not held train employees optional
29 held skills the ICT resilience manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT accessibility standards 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 ICT security legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT security standards 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 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 information security strategy knowledge
- 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 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
10 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 ICT recovery techniques required
- still to learn internal risk management policy required
- still to learn security engineering required
- still to learn system backup best practice required
- optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
- optional, not held business process modelling optional
- optional, not held cloud security and compliance optional
- optional, not held core banking software optional
- optional, not held ethical hacking principles optional
- optional, not held human-computer interaction optional
Common questions about this move
Can an IT auditor become an ICT resilience manager?
Yes, and it is a career change move. An IT auditor already covers 24% of what an ICT resilience manager is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 6 of which the ICT resilience manager role treats as required.
What skills does an IT auditor need to become an ICT resilience manager?
14 required skills are missing, plus 20 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is ICT recovery techniques.
How hard is the move from IT auditor to ICT resilience manager?
Its learning distance is 76.8 out of 100, which is the career change 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.