Cyber Security Risk Analyst

This new Apprenticeship Standard has been designed by employers and is now being delivered by Estio Training. The primary role of a Cyber Security Risk Analyst is to detect breaches in network security for escalation to incident response or other determined function. An Risk Analyst will typically use a range of automated tools to monitor networks in real time, will understand and interpret the alerts that are automatically generated by those tools, including integrating and correlating information from a variety of sources and in different forms and where necessary seek additional information to inform the Analyst’s judgement on whether or not the alert represents a security breach

Knowledge Module 1: Cyber Security Introduction AND Option 1 (Technologist): in addition to the core

Knowledge Module 2: Network and Digital Communications Theory

Knowledge Module 3: Security Case Development and Design Good Practice

Knowledge Module 4: Security Technology Building Blocks

Knowledge Module 5: Employment of Cryptography OR Option 2 (Risk Analyst): in addition to the core

Knowledge Module 6: Risk Assessment

Knowledge Module 7: Governance, Organisation, Law, Regulation & Standards