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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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Advanced Cybersecurity Concepts
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Advanced Cybersecurity Concepts

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EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)

The Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification path teaches you the hacking skills necessary to successfully perform a penetration test. You’ll learn the techniques and tools used by cybercriminals and how to apply them to conduct security assessments and report your findings.
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The NIST Cybersecurity Framework skill path introduces the framework for improving infrastructure cybersecurity.

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

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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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Webinar: The business impact of cyber risk

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