Table 1Transition record

cybersecurity risk managertoIT auditor

A cybersecurity risk manager already meets 46% of what the IT auditor role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From cybersecurity risk manager

46%

Overlap1

To IT auditor

15 Skills carried over

9 Required, not held

56.6 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

46%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

56.6/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 Share of the IT auditor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cybersecurity risk manager 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 IT auditor role treats 10 of its required skills as things a cybersecurity risk manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

ICT process quality models
ICT quality policy
ICT security legislation
ICT security standards
audit techniques
ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards

What stands in the way is 9 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A IT auditor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cybersecurity risk manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held ICT quality policy business, administration and law
already held ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards assisting and caring
already held identify ICT security risks information skills
already held organisational resilience business, administration and law
already held ICT project management business, administration and law
already held ICT process quality models information and communication technologies (icts)

All 15 carried skills, including the 10 the IT auditor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 missing skills fall into 8 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 management skills 3 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held develop audit plan required
required, not held improve business processes required
required, not held perform quality audits required

optional, not held develop ICT workflow optional
optional, not held define organisational standards optional

02 working with computers 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held analyse ICT system required
required, not held perform ICT security testing required

optional, not held manage IT security compliances optional

03 business, administration and law 2 required

required, not held product life-cycle required
required, not held quality standards required

04 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held prepare financial auditing reports required

optional, not held identify legal requirements optional
optional, not held monitor technology trends optional

05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required

required, not held engineering processes required

06 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary

optional, not held communicate analytical insights optional
optional, not held develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements optional
optional, not held inform on workplace safety standards optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a IT auditor 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 15 skills that carry over

Skill Type

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 audit techniques knowledge
already held ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards skill
already held execute ICT audits skill
already held legal requirements of ICT products knowledge
already held organisational resilience knowledge
already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
already held ICT network security risks knowledge
already held ICT project management knowledge
already held cyber security knowledge
already held identify ICT security risks skill
already held information security strategy knowledge

The 2 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 information and communication technologies (icts) 3 supplementary

optional, not held ICT accessibility standards optional
optional, not held cloud technologies optional
optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional

08 assisting and caring 2 supplementary

optional, not held apply information security policies optional
optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional

13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held ICT accessibility standards optional
optional, not held apply information security policies optional
optional, not held cloud technologies optional
optional, not held communicate analytical insights optional
optional, not held develop ICT workflow optional
optional, not held manage IT security compliances optional
optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
optional, not held define organisational standards optional
optional, not held develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements optional
optional, not held identify legal requirements optional
optional, not held inform on workplace safety standards optional
optional, not held monitor technology trends optional
optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional

57 held skills the IT auditor role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role ICT encryption knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT performance analysis methods knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT problem management techniques 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 Open source model knowledge
not needed by the target role Outsourcing model knowledge
not needed by the target role advice on security risk management skill
not needed by the target role assessment of risks and threats knowledge
not needed by the target role attack vectors 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 computer forensics knowledge
not needed by the target role cyber attack counter-measures knowledge
not needed by the target role decision support systems knowledge
not needed by the target role define security policies skill
not needed by the target role define technology strategy skill
not needed by the target role design for organisational complexity skill
not needed by the target role develop information security strategy skill
not needed by the target role develop with cloud services skill
not needed by the target role domain name service knowledge
not needed by the target role engage with stakeholders 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 hybrid model knowledge
not needed by the target role implement ICT risk management skill
not needed by the target role implement ICT security policies 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 implement spam protection skill
not needed by the target role information confidentiality knowledge
not needed by the target role internal risk management policy knowledge
not needed by the target role internet governance knowledge
not needed by the target role investment analysis knowledge

17 further entries not listed here

6 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 engineering processes required
required, not held product life-cycle required
required, not held quality standards required
optional, not held ICT accessibility standards optional
optional, not held cloud technologies optional
optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional

Index

Other moves recorded from cybersecurity risk manager

Full index of moves from cybersecurity risk manager

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.