Description
Who is the Cybersecurity Specialist?
The Digital Sentinel. With solid and broad skills on infrastructures and systems, it monitors the network and IT services to prevent and reduce the risks of attacks and cyber incidents that can damage companies and organizations.
Professional Profile
The current level of interconnection between all the different corporate information systems (including design, production, administration, purchasing and sales) makes data and information increasingly exposed to risks and threats, both external and internal to the company.
In this context, the Higher Cybersecurity Specialist works to guarantee the cardinal principles of cybersecurity: confidentiality, integrity and availability of an organisation’s digital information. The activity of the cybersecurity technician is developed on several fronts: the understanding of potential threats from cyber-attacks; the implementation of security measures to prevent intrusions, breaches and other incidents; the rapid and effective response to incidents and emergency situations; raising the awareness of end users and the organisation as a whole about the importance of data protection; and the dissemination of a culture of awareness.
Courses are activated subject to approval by the FVG Region
Activities
The course is structured into progressive modules, designed to develop the essential skills required by companies for a Cybersecurity Specialist.
- Professionally use IT technologies and systems, to manage servers (Windows and Linux), networks, security, databases, virtualisation technologies and containers, cloud architectures, i.e. the infrastructures that store data and deliver services, which must be secured.
- Use scripting and programming languages to detect potentially dangerous code within applications and write applications that automate the management, monitoring and analysis of systems.
- Assessing the security status of systems (Security Assessment), carrying out vulnerability tests and analyses and preparing appropriate prevention and intervention plans (Remediation and Mitigation plan), also acting on user awareness and organisational aspects.
- Manage security and incidents to infrastructure, data and services, through network and log monitoring (SIEM), implementation of access and security policies, incident analysis, data protection, restoration and verification in case of data loss or damage.
- Working in teams with Agile methodologies, collaborating with development and systems administration teams, participating in all security management activities: from the analysis and evaluation of infrastructures and systems to the implementation of security and prevention measures, and incident response.
Technologies and Tools
- SO administration: Windows, Linux
- Networking: Cisco, Sophos, Grandstream equipment
- Languages: Python, PowerShell, Bash, Pyhon, PHP, Javascript, C#
- DB: Postgres/MSSQL/MariaDB
- Virtualisation, containers and cloud: VMWare, AWS, MS Azure, Docker, Kubernetes
- Storage architectures and hyperconverged infrastructures: NAS (in simulation), SUSE, Harvester, Longhorn
- Penetration testing tools and environments (e.g. linux kali)
- Security audits, vulnerability assessment (kali tools)
- Configuration of hardware and software security systems for protecting corporate networks
- Security reports
- Mitigation and remediation plan
- Data breach management
- Project management: Git, Agile methodologies (Kanban, Scrum), Trello, Google Suite
Career Opportunities
Cybersecurity Specialists are qualified for positions within a range of organizations, including:
- security consulting companies for networking and IT services
- data centre security teams and SOCs (Security Operation Centres)
- software houses that include a cybersecurity division
- ICT departments of industrial or service companies, typically medium to large.
These roles are diverse and demand a high degree of specialization, substantial experience, and ongoing professional development. Career progression from entry-level positions, such as security administrator or security specialist, can lead to roles such as:
- Ethical Hacker / Penetration Tester
- Malware Analyst
- Vulnerability Assessor
- Security Administrator / Security Specialist / Information Security Expert
- Security Analyst
- Security Consultant
- Secure Code Auditor
- ICT Security Manager
Furthermore, Cybersecurity Specialists are well-prepared for traditional systems administration positions, such as:
- Network Specialist
- System Administrator
- Systems Analyst / System Architect
- Cloud Specialist / Cloud Architect
- SOC (Securty Operation Centre) Manager
- IT Consultant
- Freelance cybersecurity specialist