# Competences — digital forensics expert

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0c448a27-10ec-43ba-b880-d9938bade424).

## Essential

- **apply reverse engineering** (skill/competence)
- **attack vectors** (knowledge)
- **audit techniques** (knowledge)
- **check methods** (knowledge)
- **computer forensics** (knowledge)
- **cyber attack counter-measures** (knowledge)
- **cyber security** (knowledge)
- **develop information security strategy** (skill/competence)
- **digital data processing** (nan)
- **educate on data confidentiality** (skill/competence)
- **establish an ICT security prevention plan** (skill/competence)
- **forensic intelligence** (knowledge)
- **gather data for forensic purposes** (skill/competence)
- **GDPR** (knowledge)
- **ICT infrastructure** (knowledge)
- **ICT network security risks** (knowledge)
- **ICT security legislation** (knowledge)
- **ICT security standards** (knowledge)
- **identify ICT security risks** (skill/competence)
- **identify ICT system weaknesses** (skill/competence)
- **implement ICT network diagnostic tools** (skill/competence)
- **information confidentiality** (knowledge)
- **levels of software testing** (knowledge)
- **manage data for legal matters** (skill/competence)
- **manage IT security compliances** (skill/competence)
- **operating systems** (knowledge)
- **penetration testing tool** (knowledge)
- **perform forensic preservations of digital devices** (skill/competence)
- **perform ICT security testing** (skill/competence)
- **present evidence** (skill/competence)
- **provide ICT consulting advice** (skill/competence)
- **query languages** (knowledge)
- **resource description framework query language** (knowledge)
- **secure sensitive customer's information** (skill/competence)
- **security engineering** (knowledge)
- **security threats** (knowledge)
- **tools for ICT test automation** (knowledge)
- **use scripting programming** (skill/competence)
- **use software for data preservation** (skill/competence)
- **use technology for forensics** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- Aircrack (penetration testing tool) (knowledge)
- analyse network configuration and performance (skill/competence)
- Backbox (penetration testing tool) (knowledge)
- BlackArch (knowledge)
- Cain and Abel (penetration testing tool) (knowledge)
- cloud technologies (knowledge)
- collect cyber defence data (skill/competence)
- data storage (knowledge)
- design computer network (skill/competence)
- hardware architectures (knowledge)
- hardware platforms (knowledge)
- ICT encryption (knowledge)
- implement ICT security policies (skill/competence)
- information architecture (knowledge)
- information security strategy (knowledge)
- John The Ripper (penetration testing tool) (knowledge)
- Kali Linux (knowledge)
- LDAP (knowledge)
- legal requirements of ICT products (knowledge)
- LINQ (knowledge)
- Maltego (knowledge)
- manage cloud data and storage (skill/competence)
- MDX (knowledge)
- Metasploit (knowledge)
- N1QL (knowledge)
- Nessus (knowledge)
- Nexpose (knowledge)
- OWASP ZAP (knowledge)
- Parrot Security OS (knowledge)
- perform data mining (skill/competence)
- Samurai Web Testing Framework (knowledge)
- SPARQL (knowledge)
- THC Hydra (knowledge)
- use different communication channels (skill/competence)
- WhiteHat Sentinel (knowledge)
- Wireshark (knowledge)
- XQuery (knowledge)