Cyber security manager
Cyber security managers lead the organization's approach to protecting its systems, data, and services from cyber threats. They set security policy, manage cyber risk, oversee security operations and engineering, lead the response to major cyber incidents, and build a security-aware culture. In health care, they make sure clinical services can keep running safely, and recover quickly, when an attack happens.
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- Cyber security
- UK GDaD PCF role
- None: this reference defines the role
- ESCO occupations
- cybersecurity risk manager (ISCO-08 2529); chief ICT security officer (ISCO-08 2529)
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- Role document · Role data
Levels
| Band | Role level | UK GDaD PCF level | Civil Service grades | Job evaluation points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8a | Cyber security manager | — | — | 566 |
| 8b | Senior cyber security manager | — | — | 606 |
| 8c | Head of cyber security | — | — | 646 |
| 8d | Chief information security officer | — | — | 716 |
In a digital health care organization
- A cyber attack on a health care organization can stop clinical systems and put patients at risk, so cyber security is part of patient safety and business continuity.
- Health care organizations often have to meet sector cyber security standards and report serious incidents to the relevant authorities.
- Clinical staff need fast access to systems, so security policies are designed with clinicians and tested for usability.
- Security depends on many suppliers, including clinical system suppliers and shared services, so supplier assurance is a core part of the role.
- Medical devices and legacy systems create long-lasting risks that are managed with clinical engineering and clinical safety teams.
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cybersecurity risk manager
Cybersecurity risk managers identify, analyse, assess, estimate and mitigate cybersecurity-related risks of ICT infrastructures such as systems or services. They manage these aspects by planning risk analysis, applying, reporting, assessing, communicating, and treating them. They establish a risk management strategy for the organisation and ensure that risks remain at an acceptable level for the organisation by selecting mitigation actions and controls.
Essential skills and knowledge (22)
Skills and competences
- advice on security risk management
- communicate with stakeholders
- engage with stakeholders
- ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards
- establish an ICT security prevention plan
- establish an Information Security Management System
- implement ICT risk management
- manage system security
Knowledge
- ICT network security risks
- ICT performance analysis methods
- ICT security standards
- assessment of risks and threats
- attack vectors
- cyber attack counter-measures
- cyber security
- ethical hacking principles
- information security strategy
- internal risk management policy
- risk management
- security engineering
- security threats
Other
Optional skills and knowledge (50)
Skills and competences
- define security policies
- define technology strategy
- design for organisational complexity
- develop information security strategy
- develop with cloud services
- execute ICT audits
- identify ICT security risks
- implement ICT security policies
- implement a firewall
- implement a virtual private network
- implement anti-virus software
- implement cloud security and compliance
- implement spam protection
- lead disaster recovery exercises
- manage disaster recovery plans
- manage keys for data protection
- remove computer virus or malware from a computer
- solve ICT system problems
- use ICT ticketing system
- use an application-specific interface
- use back-up and recovery tools
Knowledge
- ICT encryption
- ICT problem management techniques
- ICT process quality models
- ICT project management
- ICT quality policy
- ICT recovery techniques
- ICT security legislation
- ICT system user requirements
- Internet of Things
- Open source model
- Outsourcing model
- audit techniques
- cloud monitoring and reporting
- cloud security and compliance
- computer forensics
- decision support systems
- domain name service
- hybrid model
- information confidentiality
- internet governance
- investment analysis
- legal requirements of ICT products
- levels of software testing
- mobile device management
- organisational resilience
- service-oriented modelling
- systems development life-cycle
- tools for ICT test automation
- web application security threats
chief ICT security officer
Chief ICT security officers protect company and employee information against unauthorized access. They also define the Information System security policy, manage security deployment across all Information Systems and ensure the provision of information availability.
Essential skills and knowledge (47)
Skills and competences
- advice on security risk management
- communicate with stakeholders
- comply with legal regulations
- develop information security strategy
- educate on data confidentiality
- engage with stakeholders
- ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards
- ensure compliance with legal requirements
- ensure cross-department cooperation
- ensure information privacy
- establish an ICT security prevention plan
- establish an Information Security Management System
- forecast organisational risks
- identify ICT security risks
- implement ICT risk management
- implement ICT security policies
- implement corporate governance
- lead disaster recovery exercises
- maintain plan for continuity of operations
- manage IT security compliances
- manage disaster recovery plans
- manage system security
- monitor developments in field of expertise
- monitor technology trends
- utilise decision support system
Knowledge
- ICT network security risks
- ICT process quality models
- ICT project management
- ICT project management methodologies
- ICT security legislation
- ICT security standards
- assessment of risks and threats
- attack vectors
- audit techniques
- cyber attack counter-measures
- cyber security
- data protection
- decision support systems
- ethical hacking principles
- ethics
- information confidentiality
- information security strategy
- internal risk management policy
- organisational resilience
- risk management
- security engineering
Other
Optional skills and knowledge (34)
Skills and competences
- apply operations for an ITIL-based environment
- assess ICT knowledge
- conduct impact evaluation of ICT processes on business
- coordinate technological activities
- create solutions to problems
- execute ICT audits
- identify legal requirements
- implement a firewall
- implement a virtual private network
- implement anti-virus software
- implement cloud security and compliance
- manage digital identity
- manage keys for data protection
- manage staff
- optimise choice of ICT solution
- protect personal data and privacy
- train employees
- use different communication channels
Knowledge
- ICT communications protocols
- ICT encryption
- ICT infrastructure
- ICT recovery techniques
- ICT system user requirements
- Internet of Things
- World Wide Web Consortium standards
- cloud monitoring and reporting
- cloud security and compliance
- cloud technologies
- computer forensics
- computer programming
- control objectives for information and related technology
- internet governance
- software anomalies
- web application security threats
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