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Overview
Chief ICT security officers protect company and employee information from unauthorized access. They define information security policy, manage security deployment across information systems and keep information available for the organisation.
In job descriptions, look for information security strategy, ICT security risks, risk management, data protection, security standards, disaster recovery plans and cross-department cooperation.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Chief ICT security officer work centres on protecting company and employee information across information systems. The role often connects security policy, access control, risk assessment, security deployment, incident preparation, continuity planning and communication with managers, technical teams and business owners.
Skills and specializations
Useful skills include building information security strategy, identifying ICT security risks, managing system security, applying security standards, protecting data confidentiality and coordinating recovery exercises. Some roles lean toward governance and audit, while others stay closer to technical security architecture and operational response.
Salary context
For pay comparison, separate advisory security work from responsibility for a full security programme. A role that owns policy, cross-department enforcement, risk decisions, resilience planning and recovery readiness usually carries different expectations from a role focused on monitoring or supporting one system area.
Career paths
Career development can move from security engineering, network security, risk management, audit or ICT project leadership into broader security governance. Strong next steps usually build evidence of policy ownership, incident preparation, stakeholder communication and the ability to turn technical risk into management decisions.
Good to know
Read adverts for the systems covered, reporting line, decision authority and expected incident role. Also check whether the job owns an information security management system, disaster recovery exercises, supplier security, data privacy work or education on confidentiality for staff.
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Alternative labels
information security manager
CISO
information security administrator
IT security officer
ICT security officer
chief information security officer
ISO
chief ICT security officers
cybersecurity programme director
information security officer
head of IT security
head IT security officer
head of information security
Occupation group
Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified (2529)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/276ba420-ef09-4a0e-b215-2c2e2f80ad28 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2529.1 |
| ISCO group | 2529 |
| Concept type | Occupation |