Occupation AtlasICT security administrator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0464b062-cea6-4164-b10d-956c61956ae7
ICT security administrator
ICT security administrators plan and carry out security measures to protect information and data from unauthorised access, deliberate attack, theft and corruption.
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Job Zone
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
ECIEnterprising · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising5.23
- C Conventional5.06
- I Investigative4.39
- S Social3.06
- R Realistic2.00
- A Artistic1.66
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 Business Continuity Planners (13-1199.04): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (25)
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 network security risks
- ICT safety
- Internet of Things
- apply company policies
- attend to ICT systems quality
- cyber attack counter-measures
- database development tools
- ensure proper document management
- ethical hacking principles
- identify ICT system weaknesses
- internet governance
- interpret technical texts
- maintain ICT identity management
- maintain database security
- manage ICT data architecture
- manage IT security compliances
- mobile device management
- network standards
- operating systems
- organisational resilience
- perform ICT troubleshooting
- quality assurance methodologies
- security engineering
- solve ICT system problems
- system backup best practice
Optional (34)
- ICT encryption
- ICT infrastructure
- ICT security legislation
- ICT security standards
- address problems critically
- assess ICT knowledge
- build business relationships
- cloud monitoring and reporting
- cloud security and compliance
- computer forensics
- cyber security
- execute ICT audits
- execute software tests
- implement ICT security policies
- implement a firewall
- implement a virtual private network
- implement anti-virus software
- implement cloud security and compliance
- information confidentiality
- information security strategy
- lead disaster recovery exercises
- manage ICT virtualisation environments
- manage cloud data and storage
- manage database
- manage keys for data protection
- perform backups
- protect personal data and privacy
- remove computer virus or malware from a computer
- respond to incidents in cloud
- store digital data and systems
- telecom regulations
- train employees
- use scripting programming
- web application security threats
O*NET equivalents
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