Occupation AtlasIT auditor
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/cdd3d773-75a4-4f35-bd1d-1ac720afcf9d
IT auditor
IT auditors perform audits of information systems, platforms, and operating procedures in accordance with established corporate standards for efficiency, accuracy and security. They evaluate ICT infrastructure in terms of risk to the organisation and establish controls to mitigate loss. They determine and recommend improvements in the current risk management controls and in the implementation of system changes or upgrades.
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Job Zone
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- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
CEIConventional · Enterprising · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional7.00
- E Enterprising3.87
- I Investigative3.57
- S Social2.13
- R Realistic1.14
- A Artistic1.08
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Accountants and Auditors (13-2011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (19)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- ICT process quality models
- ICT quality policy
- ICT security legislation
- ICT security standards
- analyse ICT system
- audit techniques
- develop audit plan
- engineering processes
- ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards
- execute ICT audits
- improve business processes
- legal requirements of ICT products
- organisational resilience
- perform ICT security testing
- perform quality audits
- prepare financial auditing reports
- product life-cycle
- quality standards
- systems development life-cycle
Optional (18)
- ICT accessibility standards
- ICT network security risks
- ICT project management
- World Wide Web Consortium standards
- apply information security policies
- cloud technologies
- communicate analytical insights
- cyber security
- define organisational standards
- develop ICT workflow
- develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements
- identify ICT security risks
- identify legal requirements
- inform on workplace safety standards
- information security strategy
- manage IT security compliances
- monitor technology trends
- protect personal data and privacy
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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