Table 1Transition record

chief ICT security officertoICT auditor manager

A chief ICT security officer already meets 59% of what the ICT auditor manager role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From chief ICT security officer

59%

Overlap1

To ICT auditor manager

23 Skills carried over

7 Required, not held

46.5 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

59%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

46.5/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the ICT auditor manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the chief ICT security officer 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 ICT auditor manager role treats 12 of its required skills as things a chief ICT security officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

ICT project management
attack vectors
audit techniques
control objectives for information and related technology
cyber security
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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 23 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 chief ICT security officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held control objectives for information and related technology social sciences, journalism and information
already held ensure information privacy assisting and caring
already held ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards assisting and caring
already held develop information security strategy assisting and caring
already held implement corporate governance communication, collaboration and creativity
already held identify legal requirements information skills

All 23 carried skills, including the 12 the ICT auditor manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 information skills 2 required

required, not held perform contract compliance audits required
required, not held prepare financial auditing reports required

02 management skills 2 required

required, not held develop ICT workflow required
required, not held develop audit plan required

03 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held quality standards required

optional, not held ICT quality policy optional
optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional

04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held build business relationships required

optional, not held develop ICT test suite optional
optional, not held coach employees optional

05 working with computers 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held manage standard enterprise resource planning system required

optional, not held manage changes in ICT system optional
optional, not held use markup languages optional

06 information and communication technologies (icts) 6 supplementary

optional, not held AJAX optional
optional, not held JavaScript optional
optional, not held PHP optional
optional, not held information structure optional
optional, not held web programming optional
optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional

Table 4

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.

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

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 23 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held ICT project management knowledge
already held attack vectors knowledge
already held audit techniques knowledge
already held control objectives for information and related technology knowledge
already held cyber security knowledge
already held ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards skill
already held ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
already held execute ICT audits skill
already held identify legal requirements skill
already held implement ICT risk management skill
already held manage IT security compliances skill
already held monitor technology trends skill
already held ICT process quality models knowledge
already held ICT security legislation knowledge
already held ICT security standards knowledge
already held cloud technologies knowledge
already held develop information security strategy skill
already held ensure information privacy skill
already held implement ICT security policies skill
already held implement corporate governance skill
already held information confidentiality knowledge
already held organisational resilience knowledge
already held train employees skill

12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held AJAX optional
optional, not held ICT quality policy optional
optional, not held JavaScript optional
optional, not held PHP optional
optional, not held develop ICT test suite 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 legal requirements of ICT products optional
optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional

58 held skills the ICT auditor manager role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role ICT communications protocols knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT encryption knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT network security risks knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT project management methodologies knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT recovery techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT safety skill
not needed by the target role ICT system user requirements knowledge
not needed by the target role Internet of Things knowledge
not needed by the target role World Wide Web Consortium standards knowledge
not needed by the target role advice on security risk management skill
not needed by the target role apply operations for an ITIL-based environment skill
not needed by the target role assess ICT knowledge skill
not needed by the target role assessment of risks and threats knowledge
not needed by the target role cloud monitoring and reporting knowledge
not needed by the target role cloud security and compliance knowledge
not needed by the target role communicate with stakeholders skill
not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
not needed by the target role computer forensics knowledge
not needed by the target role computer programming knowledge
not needed by the target role conduct impact evaluation of ICT processes on business skill
not needed by the target role coordinate technological activities skill
not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
not needed by the target role cyber attack counter-measures knowledge
not needed by the target role data protection knowledge
not needed by the target role decision support systems knowledge
not needed by the target role educate on data confidentiality skill
not needed by the target role engage with stakeholders skill
not needed by the target role ensure cross-department cooperation skill
not needed by the target role establish an ICT security prevention plan skill
not needed by the target role establish an Information Security Management System skill
not needed by the target role ethical hacking principles knowledge
not needed by the target role ethics knowledge
not needed by the target role forecast organisational risks skill
not needed by the target role identify ICT security risks skill
not needed by the target role implement a firewall skill
not needed by the target role implement a virtual private network skill
not needed by the target role implement anti-virus software skill
not needed by the target role implement cloud security and compliance skill
not needed by the target role information security strategy knowledge

18 further entries not listed here

9 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 quality standards required
optional, not held AJAX optional
optional, not held ICT quality policy optional
optional, not held JavaScript optional
optional, not held PHP optional
optional, not held information structure optional
optional, not held web programming optional
optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional

Index

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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.