Transferable skills

Skills from other areas that can apply to different careers

Security analyst transferable skills

Communication
- They will often need to describe certain threats, risks, or vulnerabilities to people who may not have a technical background.
- For example, security analysts may be tasked with interpreting and communicating policies and procedures to other employees (or analysts may be asked to report findings to supervisors, so the appropriate actions can be taken to secure the organization).
Collaboration
- Security analysts often work in teams with engineers, digital forensic investigators and program managers.
- For example, if you are working to roll out a new security feature, you will likely have a project manager, an engineer, and an ethical hacker on your team.
Analysis
- Analyze complex scenarios that they may encounter.
- For example, a security analyst may need to make recommendations about how different tools can support efficiency and safeguard an organization’s internal network.
Problem solving
- Identifying a security problem and then diagnosing it and providing solutions is a necessary skill to keep business operations safe. Understanding threat actors and identifying trends can provide insight on how to handle future threats.

Skills that require knowledge of specific tools, procedures, and policies

Programming languages
- Security analysts can use programming to automate tasks and identify error messages.
Security information and event management (SIEM) tools
- Security professionals use SIEM tools to identify and analyze security threats, risks, and vulnerabilities.
- For example, a SIEM tool may alert you that an unknown user has accessed the system.
Computer forensics
- Digital forensic investigators will attempt to identify, analyze, and preserve criminal evidence within networks, computers, and electronic devices.

Any information used to infer and individual’s identity.

A specific type of PII that falls under stricter handling guidelines.