# Competences — director of compliance and information security

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/b1ed68f8-8d51-4bcc-8825-bd554859480f).

## Essential

- **cooperate with colleagues** (skill/competence)
- **cyber security** (knowledge)
- **ensure compliance with legal requirements** (skill/competence)
- **ensure compliance with policies** (skill/competence)
- **ICT security legislation** (knowledge)
- **ICT security standards** (knowledge)
- **implement ICT risk management** (skill/competence)
- **implement ICT security policies** (skill/competence)
- **information security strategy** (knowledge)
- **keep up-to-date with regulations** (skill/competence)
- **lead a team** (skill/competence)
- **manage IT security compliances** (skill/competence)

## Optional

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 22 ads, as of 2026-07-11)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Hard skills

- risk management — **50 %**
- incident response — **32 %**
- risk assessment — **23 %**
- regulatory compliance — **18 %**
- vulnerability management — **18 %**

### Methods

- iso 27001 — **27 %**

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