How to become an OT Cybersecurity Engineer
Cyber and OT security (central)
Secures a data centre’s operational technology from the cyber security team: inventory, separation of networks, vulnerabilities, access, events and audits.
There’s a page for this role in , with its licences and local details.
What the role does
Secures the site’s operational technology from the cyber security function: inventory, segmentation, vulnerabilities, access, events and audits.
What a shift looks like
Office hours, with on-call for incidents. Asset lists, access reviews, monitoring events, audits, and helping sites fix what’s found.
What employers call it
- Security Operations Engineer, Cloud Security (hyperscale)
- Senior Information Security Engineer, OT/IoT (colocation and wholesale)
Skills
The level the role needs in each, on FacilityVR’s five levels from Aware to Authority.
Network deployment and operations
- IP addressing and subnetting Independent
Cyber and OT security
- OT security standards Authority
- Respond to an OT security event Authority
- Govern logical access to control systems Leads others
- IT and OT ownership boundaries Leads others
- Keep the OT asset inventory Leads others
- Patch OT through vendors Leads others
- Segment control networks Leads others
- Support security audits Leads others
Emergency response
- Recognise and report a suspected cyber incident Leads others
Licences and credentials
Licences depend on the country you work in, and sometimes the state. The role’s page for Australia lists them there.
Ways in and ways on
From another data centre role
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Sources and licences
- Critical Facilities reference framework © Facility Labs. (CC BY 4.0)