What Are the Must-Have Skills, Jobs and Theories?
The document is broken into three main sections. The IT Security Competency Area defines 14 segments of IT security; breaks down each one’s key functions; and provides recommendations for management, evaluation, and design and implementation. The segments include: Data security Digital forensics Enterprise continuity Incident management IT security training and awareness IT systems operations and maintenance Network security and telecommunications Personnel security Physical and environmental security Procurement Regulatory and standards compliance Risk management Strategic management System and application security The second section is the core of the document; it’s the IT Security Essential Body of Knowledge. It provides key terms within each competency area that every information security professional should know inside and out and be able to recite effortlessly. Under data security, for example, the EBK lists almost 30 terms, including access control, privacy, user provisioning an
