Cybersecurity consultant

The cybersecurity consultant role includes a variety of mid-level information security positions focused on helping organizations improve their cybersecurity.

What does a cybersecurity consultant do?

Cybersecurity consultant duties vary depending on the needs of the client, but the core principal is evaluating and communicating an organization’s cybersecurity risk. Knowledge of security standards and frameworks is useful.

It is one of three mid-level, core cybersecurity roles mapped directly to the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education’s CyberSeek model.

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IAPP CIPP/E

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NIST Cybersecurity Framework

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Overview

Common job titles

Security specialist
Security consultant
Physical security consultant
Personnel security consultant

U.S. job openings

17,768

Most-requested skills

Information security
Surveillance
Information systems
Oracle
Project management
Asset protection
Python
Prevention of criminal activity
Security operations

Additional resources

Podcast: How to launch a career in application security

Dan Cornell, chief technology officer at Denim Group, discusses his career journey and some of the steps you can take to begin a career in Application Security (AppSec).

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