Knowledge ID: K0736
Knowledge of information technology (IT) security principles and practices
Work roles with this Knowledge
Cybersecurity Curriculum Development
Category: Oversight and GovernanceNICE Framework ID: OG-WRL-004Responsible for developing, planning, coordinating, and evaluating cybersecurity awareness, training, or education content, methods, and techniques based on instructional needs and requirements.
Cybersecurity Instruction
Category: Oversight and GovernanceNICE Framework ID: OG-WRL-005Responsible for developing and conducting cybersecurity awareness, training, or education.
Cybersecurity Legal Advice
Category: Oversight and GovernanceNICE Framework ID: OG-WRL-006Responsible for providing cybersecurity legal advice and recommendations, including monitoring related legislation and regulations.
Product Support Management
Category: Oversight and GovernanceNICE Framework ID: OG-WRL-009Responsible for planning, estimating costs, budgeting, developing, implementing, and managing product support strategies in order to field and maintain the readiness and operational capability of systems and components.
Secure Project Management
Category: Oversight and GovernanceNICE Framework ID: OG-WRL-011Responsible for overseeing and directly managing technology projects. Ensures cybersecurity is built into projects to protect the organization’s critical infrastructure and assets, reduce risk, and meet organizational goals. Tracks and communicates project status and demonstrates project value to the organization.
Security Control Assessment
Category: Oversight and GovernanceNICE Framework ID: OG-WRL-012Responsible for conducting independent comprehensive assessments of management, operational, and technical security controls and control enhancements employed within or inherited by a system to determine their overall effectiveness.
Systems Authorization
Category: Oversight and GovernanceNICE Framework ID: OG-WRL-013Responsible for operating an information system at an acceptable level of risk to organizational operations, organizational assets, individuals, other organizations, and the nation.
Systems Security Management
Category: Oversight and GovernanceNICE Framework ID: OG-WRL-014Responsible for managing the cybersecurity of a program, organization, system, or enclave.
Cybersecurity Architecture
Category: Design and DevelopmentNICE Framework ID: DD-WRL-001Responsible for ensuring that security requirements are adequately addressed in all aspects of enterprise architecture, including reference models, segment and solution architectures, and the resulting systems that protect and support organizational mission and business processes.
Secure Systems Development
Category: Design and DevelopmentNICE Framework ID: DD-WRL-004Responsible for the secure design, development, and testing of systems and the evaluation of system security throughout the systems development life cycle.
Systems Requirements Planning
Category: Design and DevelopmentNICE Framework ID: DD-WRL-006Responsible for consulting with internal and external customers to evaluate and translate functional requirements and integrating security policies into technical solutions.
Technology Research and Development
Category: Design and DevelopmentNICE Framework ID: DD-WRL-008Responsible for conducting software and systems engineering and software systems research to develop new capabilities with fully integrated cybersecurity. Conducts comprehensive technology research to evaluate potential vulnerabilities in cyberspace systems.
Data Analysis
Category: Implementation and OperationNICE Framework ID: IO-WRL-001Responsible for analyzing data from multiple disparate sources to provide cybersecurity and privacy insight. Designs and implements custom algorithms, workflow processes, and layouts for complex, enterprise-scale data sets used for modeling, data mining, and research purposes.
Knowledge Management
Category: Implementation and OperationNICE Framework ID: IO-WRL-003Responsible for managing and administering processes and tools to identify, document, and access an organization’s intellectual capital.
Network Operations
Category: Implementation and OperationNICE Framework ID: IO-WRL-004Responsible for planning, implementing, and operating network services and systems, including hardware and virtual environments.
Systems Administration
Category: Implementation and OperationNICE Framework ID: IO-WRL-005Responsible for setting up and maintaining a system or specific components of a system in adherence with organizational security policies and procedures. Includes hardware and software installation, configuration, and updates; user account management; backup and recovery management; and security control implementation.
Systems Security Analysis
Category: Implementation and OperationNICE Framework ID: IO-WRL-006Responsible for developing and analyzing the integration, testing, operations, and maintenance of systems security. Prepares, performs, and manages the security aspects of implementing and operating a system.
Defensive Cybersecurity
Category: Protection and DefenseNICE Framework ID: PD-WRL-001Responsible for analyzing data collected from various cybersecurity defense tools to mitigate risks.
Source: Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework) (NIST SP 800-181 Rev 1) (Version: 1.0.0)