Security Management Specialists
Conduct security assessments for organizations, and design security systems and processes. May specialize in areas such as physical security, personnel security, and information security. May work in fields such as health care, banking, gaming, security engineering, or manufacturing.
Also called: Consultant, Physical Security Specialist, Security Analyst, Security Consultant
Knowledge:
- public safety and security
- law and government
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
- product and service development
Skills:
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Analytical Thinking
- Initiative
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Stress Tolerance
Technology:
Network monitoring software
Development environment software
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Ruby
Operating system software
