Research and innovation

Keeping actively informed of industry developments to make creative and cost-effective use of emerging technologies and tools, aligned with business goals and user needs.

Quoted from the UK GDaD PCF.

Levels

1. Awareness: This skill level is currently not defined.
2. Working: You can:

advise on developments to security properties in technology
identify new technologies and design their use in a business context
3. Practitioner: You can:

contribute to and inform developments on security properties in technology
identify new technologies and design the use of these in the business context across the organisation
engage with the broader security community
4. Expert: This skill level is currently not defined.

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Closest ESCO skills

monitor technology trends (close match)
keep up with the latest information systems solutions (close match)

Contains ESCO v1.2.1 data (https://esco.ec.europa.eu/). © European Union. Reuse authorised under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.

Role levels that expect this skill

Role level	Role	Band	Expected level
Security architect	Security architect	8a	Working
Lead security architect	Security architect	8b	Practitioner
Principal security architect	Security architect	8c	Practitioner