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Career Details :: Computer Security Specialists

Description

Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures for information systems to regulate access to computer data files and prevent unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure of information.

Experience

A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Education

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Training

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Tasks

• Develops plans to safeguard computer files against accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure and to meet emergency data-processing needs.
• Tests data-processing system to ensure functioning of data-processing activities and security measures.
• Confers with personnel to discuss issues such as computer data access needs, security violations, and programming changes.
• Writes reports to document computer security and emergency measures policies, procedures, and test results.
• Monitors use of data files and regulates access to safeguard information in computer files.
• Modifies computer security files to incorporate new software, correct errors, or change individual access status.
• Coordinates implementation of computer system plan with establishment personnel and outside vendors.

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• Numerical Tool and Process Control Programmers
  

Important Abilities

• Deductive Reasoning
• Written Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Oral Comprehension
• Information Ordering

General Work Activities

• Interacting With Computers
• Communicating With Other Workers
• Updating & Using Job-Relevant Knowledge
• Provide Consultation & Advice to Others
• Implementing Ideas, Programs, etc.

Important Skills

• Programming
  
• Writing
  
• Idea Generation
  
• Implementation Planning
  
• Technology Design
  

Frequent Work Context

• Consequence of Error
• Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
• Job-Required Social Interaction
• Indoors
• Importance of Being Exact or Accurate

Related Majors

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Accounting/Information Systems	[ add ]
Accounting/Management Information Systems	[ add ]
Administrative Data Processing	[ add ]
Administrative Information Systems	[ add ]
Business Computer Information Systems	[ add ]
Business Computer Systems	[ add ]
Business Data Processing	[ add ]
Business Information Systems	[ add ]
Computer	[ add ]
Computer Applications	[ add ]
Computer Applications/Information Systems	[ add ]
Computer Coordinate	[ add ]
Computer Information Science	[ add ]
Computer Information Systems	[ add ]
Computer Information Systems Management	[ add ]
Computer Information/Systems Management	[ add ]
Computer Management/Data Processing	[ add ]
Computer Network Systems	[ add ]
Computer Science/Business Administration	[ add ]
Computer Studies	[ add ]
Computer Systems Management	[ add ]
Computer Technology/Computer/Information Sciences	[ add ]
Computer-Based Business Majors	[ add ]
Computer/Information Management	[ add ]
Computer/Information Science	[ add ]
Computer/Information Science/Economics	[ add ]
Computer/Information Sciences	[ add ]
Computer/Office Information Systems	[ add ]
Computers	[ add ]
Computers in Education	[ add ]
Computing	[ add ]
Computing/Information	[ add ]
Computing/Information Science	[ add ]
Economics/Systems Analysis	[ add ]
Engineering/Computers	[ add ]
Information Management	[ add ]
Information Resources Management	[ add ]
Information Services Management	[ add ]
Information Systems Analysis/Development	[ add ]
Information Systems Management	[ add ]
Information/Operations Management	[ add ]
Management Computer Information Systems	[ add ]
Management Information Science	[ add ]
Management Information Systems	[ add ]
Management Information Systems/Business Data Processing	[ add ]
Management of Information Systems	[ add ]
Management of Information Technology	[ add ]
Management of Technology/Operations	[ add ]
Management Science/Information Systems	[ add ]
Management Systems	[ add ]
Management/Information Systems	[ add ]
Office Information Systems	[ add ]
Office Systems	[ add ]
Software Systems	[ add ]
Systems Management	[ add ]
Urban Administration/Computer/Information Science	[ add ]

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