Cyber Security Technologist – Level 4

Overview

Cyber Security Technologists apply an understanding of cyber security to protect organisations, systems, information, personal data and people from attacks and unauthorised access. Cyber Security Technologists all require an understanding of security concepts and technology and how to mitigate risks arising from threats.

The Cyber Security Technologist Standard has 3 distinct pathways; Cyber Security Engineer, Cyber Risk Analyst, and Cyber Defender & Responder.

The Cyber Security Engineer is the most technology focused role in the occupation and will typically design, build and test secure networks or security products or systems with a particular focus on the security aspects of the design.

The Cyber Risk Analyst focuses on risk assessment, analysis and giving advice on risk mitigations. The roles may support formal security governance, regulatory & compliance (GRC).

The Cyber Defender & Responder is more operationally focused, configuring and operating secure systems to prevent security breaches or monitoring systems to detect and respond to security breaches.