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Information security

Information security involves maintaining the security, confidentiality and integrity of information.

Quoted from the UK GDaD PCF.

Levels

1. Awareness

You can:

  • explain information security and the security controls available to protect solutions and services
2. Working

You can:

  • use information security practices and available security controls to contribute to protecting solutions and services
3. Practitioner

You can:

  • design solutions and services with security controls included, specifically engineered to mitigate security threats
4. Expert

You can:

  • design, review and quality assure solutions and services, ensuring that they are specifically engineered to mitigate security threats
  • lead others in using appropriate information security practices

Contains public sector information from the UK Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework (https://understand-digital-data-roles-skills.service.gov.uk/), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.

Closest ESCO skills

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Role levels that expect this skill

Role levelRoleBandExpected level
Apprentice DevOps engineerDevOps engineer4Awareness
Junior DevOps engineerDevOps engineer5Working
DevOps engineerDevOps engineer6Practitioner
Senior DevOps engineerDevOps engineer7Practitioner
Lead DevOps engineerDevOps engineer8bPractitioner
Principal DevOps engineerDevOps engineer8cExpert
Associate infrastructure engineerInfrastructure engineer4Awareness
Infrastructure engineerInfrastructure engineer6Awareness
Senior infrastructure engineerInfrastructure engineer7Working
Lead infrastructure engineerInfrastructure engineer8aPractitioner
Principal infrastructure engineerInfrastructure engineer8bPractitioner
Junior integration engineerIntegration engineer (health interoperability)5Awareness
Integration engineerIntegration engineer (health interoperability)6Working
Senior integration engineerIntegration engineer (health interoperability)7Practitioner
Security engineerSecurity engineer6Working
Senior security engineerSecurity engineer7Practitioner
Lead security engineerSecurity engineer8aPractitioner
Junior security operations analystSecurity operations analyst5Awareness
Security operations analystSecurity operations analyst6Working
Senior security operations analystSecurity operations analyst7Practitioner
Apprentice software developerSoftware developer4Awareness
Junior software developerSoftware developer5Working
Software developerSoftware developer6Practitioner
Senior software developerSoftware developer7Practitioner
Lead software developerSoftware developer8aPractitioner
Principal software developerSoftware developer8bExpert