Cyber security consultant plays a key role in protecting data

Roles and Responsibilities: A Cybersecurity Consultant works to protect the data. The role requires the person to develop security strategies according to the client’s business. Apart from protecting the networking infrastructure, data, and IT systems, a consultant needs to perform routine threat analysis, security tests, update cybersecurity validation procedures, manage meetings with other IT departments, estimate costs and categorize integration issues for IT teams, create technical reports, and guide IT, teams, through it. 

Average Salary (Per Annum):  – US$85,505

Qualifications:

• Adept at understanding the overall security/threat landscape and proposing solutions to mitigate risks from this environment
• A good understanding of IT infrastructure architecture
• Security certifications such as CISA, CISM, CISSP, and CGEIT
• Experience advising customers on architectures meeting industry standards such as PCI DSS, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR
• Experience working with firewalls, load balancers, proxies, VPNs, endpoint security tools AV, IPS, SSL inspection, SIEM or security monitoring platforms
• Strong knowledge of OSI Layer 7 Model, Network Architecture, and Network Topology.

Top 3 Online Courses:

CISSP – Certified Information Systems Security Professional by Simplilearn 

The CISSP certification training develops expertise in defining the IT architecture and in designing, building, and maintaining a secure business environment using globally approved information security standards. The CISSP training covers industry best practices and prepares you for the CISSP certification exam held by (ISC)².

Essentials of Cybersecurity – the University of Washington by Edx 

This course will teach you about all the roles and sectors of the cybersecurity industry, explain the relationship between management and technology in cybersecurity protection, help you identify types of security controls and the actions, apply terminology and basic concepts of cybersecurity and build a career path in this industry. 

Top Institutes Offering the Program:

• Master of Science in Cybersecurity at The George Washington University – School of Engineering and Applied Science 
• Cybersecurity and Privacy at New Jersey Institute of Technology 
• BSc Cybersecurity at International University of Applied Sciences

Top Recruiters for This Job:

Factset: FactSet is an American financial data and software company that provides integrated data and software, along with client support and learning implementation services, business advisory, data delivery, and more. 

Siemens Energy: A part of the German industrial conglomerate, Siemens Energy functions in the power generation, renewable energy, transmission, and service industries. 

Blackbaud: Blackbaud is a cloud computing provider that serves nonprofits, foundations, corporations, education institutes, healthcare organizations, and individual agents. 

Forrester: Forrester is a research and advisory firm that helps business and technology leaders use customer obsession to accelerate growth by putting their customers at the center of their leadership, strategy, and operations.

Accenture: Accenture is a multinational company that provides consulting and professional services. Its current clients include 91 of the Fortune Global 100 and more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500.