Knowledge of telecommunications principles and practices
Work roles with this Knowledge
Cybersecurity Policy and Planning
Category: Oversight and GovernanceNICE Framework ID: OG-WRL-002Responsible for developing and maintaining cybersecurity plans, strategy, and policy to support and align with organizational cybersecurity initiatives and regulatory compliance.
Cybersecurity Workforce Management
Category: Oversight and GovernanceNICE Framework ID: OG-WRL-003Responsible for developing cybersecurity workforce plans, assessments, strategies, and guidance, including cybersecurity-related staff training, education, and hiring processes. Makes adjustments in response to or in anticipation of changes to cybersecurity-related policy, technology, and staffing needs and requirements. Authors mandated workforce planning strategies to maintain compliance with legislation, regulation, and policy.
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.
Privacy Compliance
Category: Oversight and GovernanceNICE Framework ID: OG-WRL-008Responsible for developing and overseeing an organization’s privacy compliance program and staff, including establishing and managing privacy-related governance, policy, and incident response needs.
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.
Enterprise Architecture
Category: Design and DevelopmentNICE Framework ID: DD-WRL-002Responsible for developing and maintaining business, systems, and information processes to support enterprise mission needs. Develops technology rules and requirements that describe baseline and target architectures.
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.
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 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.
Threat Analysis
Category: Protection and DefenseNICE Framework ID: PD-WRL-006Responsible for collecting, processing, analyzing, and disseminating cybersecurity threat assessments. Develops cybersecurity indicators to maintain awareness of the status of the highly dynamic operating environment.
Source: Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework) (NIST SP 800-181 Rev 1) (Version: 2.0.0)