Job Description of a Security Consultant A SECURITY CONSULTANT MAY REFER TO A CONSULTANT IN ANY NUMBER OF SECURITY SPECIALTIES, THOUGH IT MOST LIKELY REFERS TO A SECURITY CONSULTANT SPECIALIZING IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) THE SECURITY CONSULTANT WHO SPECIALIZES IN IT IS ABLE TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT A SECURITY SYSTEM THAT BEST SERVES THE NEEDS OF A CLIENT FIRM.
A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE OR A RELATED DISCIPLINE IS THE MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIREMENT. THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS PROJECTS AN ABOVE-AVERAGE GROWTH RATE FOR THIS INDUSTRY FROM 2008 TO 2018.
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES A security consultant is responsible for implementing and managing an information encryption system for a client firm. The consultant must interview various heads of departments with the client firm to determine the company's specific needs. Once a security plan is designed, it is implemented and maintained by the security consultant's firm. Periodic server maintenance and research on increasing data security is a part of the daily job function. A security consultant may also work with other IT project managers to ensure that operating costs are within the client firm's budget.
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE Extensive knowledge in of databases is consultant must most basic based languages. The security consultant virus and worm WiFi security system.
data encryption, design and maintenance necessary. In particular, the security have knowledge of performance tuning views, indexes, SQL and PLSQL. The programming languages required are C++, scripting, HTML and webmust have knowledge of defense and designing a