Security Consultant

As the IT profession is very broad, there are many different options to consider when choosing a career in IT.

In this section you can see what the role of an IT/information security consultant includes. Reading the job description and typical role of a security consultant below will give you a better understanding of whether you would like to pursue a career in this branch of IT and what skills you may require to do so.

The IT/Information Security Consultant job description:

• Oversees security systems for the identification and mitigation of IT threats.
• Assists with the design and development of key risk indicators and risk reporting formats.
• Gathers and defines business requirements and processes for an assigned project through conducting meetings with business users.
• Understands encryption, certification and key management.
• Analyses process flows, develops use cases, validates and documents research findings for management review. Creates a repository for requirements documents.
• Provides assistance to the implementation efforts by identifying potential issues and changes in workflow.
• Develops and executes technology deployment plans including creating manuals and training business users on new or enhanced technology solutions.

Skills a IT/Information Security Consultant may have are:

• Knowledge of penetration testing, VPN, firewalls, Checkpoint and networking including Cisco and/or Juniper Netscreen product sets.
• Authentication skills both with regards to RSA and Internet Servers.
• Internet messaging experience is also key including exposure to some of the following: Mimesweeper, Mailsweeper, Surfcontrol, Websence, Bluecoat, Messagelabs.
• Knowledge of Internet Proxy service.
• Knowledge of computer forensics.
• PKI (public key infrastructure) and IPSec (IP security) certificates

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