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cybersecurity risk manager

Cybersecurity risk managers identify, analyse, assess, estimate and mitigate cybersecurity-related risks of ICT infrastructures such as systems or services.

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Description

Cybersecurity risk managers identify, analyse, assess, estimate and mitigate cybersecurity-related risks of ICT infrastructures such as systems or services. They manage these aspects by planning risk analysis, applying, reporting, assessing, communicating, and treating them. They establish a risk management strategy for the organisation and ensure that risks remain at an acceptable level for the organisation by selecting mitigation actions and controls.

Theoretical Knowledge
ESSENTIALTheoretical knowledge required
attack vectorsassessment of risks and threatsinternal risk management policyinformation security strategyICT security standardsethical hacking principlesICT network security riskscyber securitysecurity engineeringsecurity threatsrisk managementcyber attack counter-measuresICT performance analysis methods
OPTIONALAdjacent knowledge that strengthens fit
levels of software testingaudit techniquesOpen source modelhybrid modelcloud security and compliancedecision support systemsICT recovery techniquescloud monitoring and reportingICT project managementICT process quality modelsInternet of ThingsICT security legislationICT system user requirementscomputer forensicsweb application security threatslegal requirements of ICT productsorganisational resilienceinformation confidentialityinvestment analysissystems development life-cycleICT problem management techniquesmobile device managementdomain name serviceICT encryptionOutsourcing modelservice-oriented modellingICT quality policytools for ICT test automationinternet governance
Practical Skills
ESSENTIALApplied skills & competences
communicate with stakeholdersestablish an Information Security Management Systemadvice on security risk managementengage with stakeholdersmanage system securityimplement ICT risk managementensure adherence to organisational ICT standardsICT safetyestablish an ICT security prevention plan
OPTIONALOptional competences
lead disaster recovery exercisesuse an application-specific interfaceimplement cloud security and compliancemanage disaster recovery plansdevelop information security strategyuse ICT ticketing systemimplement spam protectiondesign for organisational complexityuse back-up and recovery toolsdevelop with cloud servicesimplement a virtual private networkimplement ICT security policiesremove computer virus or malware from a computerexecute ICT auditsidentify ICT security risksimplement a firewallsolve ICT system problemsimplement anti-virus softwaremanage keys for data protectiondefine security policiesdefine technology strategy

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SKILLS OVERVIEW

72 total
22 essential · 50 optional

Data Source: Unified Global Standards (ISCED, ISCO, O*NET, ESCO)

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