ICT security technician

ICT security technicians propose and implement necessary security updates and measures whenever is required. They advise, support, inform and provide training and security awareness.

ESCO Code

3512.3

NACE Code

62.9 - Other information technology and computer service activities

Alternative Labels

ICT security technicians

cybersecurity developer

development and operations security engineer

IT security officer

cybersecurity implementer

IT security technician

DevSecOps engineer

cybersecurity solutions expert

information security implement

ICT security officer

Regulatory Aspect

To see if and how this occupation is regulated in EU Member States, EEA countries or Switzerland please consult the Regulated Professions Database of the Commission. Regulated Professions Database:

http://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/services/free-movement-professionals/qualifications-recognition_en

Skills & Competences

Essential Skills and Competences

address problems critically analyse ICT system communicate with stakeholders engage with stakeholders ensure proper document management establish an ICT security prevention plan estimate duration of work execute software tests identify ICT security risks identify ICT system weaknesses implement ICT risk management integrate system components manage alarm system manage closed-circuit television system manage system security protect ICT devices set up cybersecurity training programmes solve ICT system problems use access control software

Essential Knowledge

ICT networking hardware ICT security standards ICT system programming attack vectors audit techniques cyber attack counter-measures cyber security levels of software testing operating systems penetration testing tool procurement of ICT network equipment security engineering systems development life-cycle tools for ICT test automation web application security threats

Optional Skills and Competences

comply with legal regulations cooperate with colleagues execute ICT audits implement ICT security policies implement a firewall implement a virtual private network implement anti-virus software implement cloud security and compliance install low voltage wiring manage IT security compliances manage cloud data and storage manage keys for data protection remove computer virus or malware from a computer use back-up and recovery tools

Optional Knowledge

ABAP AJAX APL ASP.NET Assembly (computer programming) C# C++ COBOL Cisco CoffeeScript Common Lisp Erlang Groovy Haskell ICT encryption ICT network security risks ICT safety ICT security legislation Internet of Things Java (computer programming) JavaScript Lisp MATLAB ML (computer programming) Microsoft Visual C++ Objective-C OpenEdge Advanced Business Language PHP Pascal (computer programming) Perl Prolog (computer programming) Python (computer programming) R Ruby (computer programming) SAP R3 SAS language Scala Scratch (computer programming) Smalltalk (computer programming) Swift (computer programming) TypeScript VBScript Visual Basic cloud monitoring and reporting cloud security and compliance computer programming organisational resilience

Skills Group Share

Concept status

Concept Uri

http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a44a1dc5-be08-4840-8bd5-770c4ac1ca6d

Status

released

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