# Tools & technology — ICT security technician Source: O*NET 30.3 'Software Skills' for 15-1299.05. | Software | Category | Hot technology | |---|---|---| | Docker | Application server software | yes | | GitHub | Application server software | yes | | Kubernetes | Application server software | yes | | Amazon Web Services AWS CloudFormation | Cloud-based management software | yes | | Chef | Configuration management software | yes | | IBM Terraform | Configuration management software | yes | | Puppet | Configuration management software | yes | | Atlassian JIRA | Content workflow software | yes | | Elasticsearch | Data base management system software | yes | | MongoDB | Data base management system software | yes | | NoSQL | Data base management system software | yes | | Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services SSRS | Data base reporting software | yes | | Amazon Web Services AWS software | Data base user interface and query software | yes | | IBM DB2 | Data base user interface and query software | yes | | Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | yes | | Microsoft SQL Server | Data base user interface and query software | yes | | ServiceNow | Data base user interface and query software | yes | | Structured query language SQL | Data base user interface and query software | yes | | C | Development environment software | yes | | Go | Development environment software | yes | | Microsoft Azure software | Development environment software | yes | | Microsoft PowerShell | Development environment software | yes | | Ruby | Development environment software | yes | | Microsoft SharePoint | Document management software | yes | | Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | yes | | Jenkins CI | Enterprise application integration software | yes | | Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services SSIS | Enterprise application integration software | yes | | Splunk Enterprise | Enterprise system management software | yes | | Ansible software | Expert system software | yes | | Git | File versioning software | yes | | Microsoft Visio | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes | | Microsoft Active Directory | Internet directory services software | yes | | C# | Object or component oriented development software | yes | | C++ | Object or component oriented development software | yes | | Oracle Java | Object or component oriented development software | yes | | Perl | Object or component oriented development software | yes | | Python | Object or component oriented development software | yes | | R | Object or component oriented development software | yes | | Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes | | Apple iOS | Operating system software | yes | | Apple macOS | Operating system software | yes | | Bash | Operating system software | yes | | Linux | Operating system software | yes | | Microsoft Windows | Operating system software | yes | | Microsoft Windows Server | Operating system software | yes | | Red Hat Enterprise Linux | Operating system software | yes | | Shell script | Operating system software | yes | | UNIX | Operating system software | yes | | UNIX Shell | Operating system software | yes | | Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | yes | | Atlassian Confluence | Project management software | yes | | Microsoft Teams | Project management software | yes | | Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes | | Border Gateway Protocol BGP | Switch or router software | yes | | JavaScript | Web platform development software | yes | | JavaScript Object Notation JSON | Web platform development software | yes | | PHP | Web platform development software | yes | | React | Web platform development software | yes | | IBM Tivoli software | Access software | | | Single sign-on SSO | Authentication server software | | | Platform as a service PaaS | Cloud-based data access and sharing software | | | Google Cloud software | Cloud-based management software | | | Reporting software | Data base reporting software | | | Software libraries | Development environment software | | | Web application software | Development environment software | | | Enterprise application integration EAI software | Enterprise application integration software | | | Management information systems MIS | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | | | Tanium software | Enterprise system management software | | | Geographic information system GIS systems | Geographic information system | | | Active directory software | Internet directory services software | | | Network directory services software | Internet directory services software | | | Oracle Unified Directory | Internet directory services software | | | IBM QRadar SIEM | Network monitoring software | | | Microsoft Azure Sentinel | Network monitoring software | | | Snort | Network monitoring software | | | Tcpdump | Network monitoring software | | | Wireshark | Network monitoring software | | | Firewall software | Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software | | | IBM Resource Access Control Facility RACF | Network security or virtual private network VPN management software | | | Intrusion detection system IDS | Network security or virtual private network VPN management software | | | Ubuntu | Operating system software | | | ArcSight Enterprise Threat and Risk Management | Risk management data and analysis software | | | McAfee Enterprise Security Manager | Risk management data and analysis software | | | Microsoft Defender Antivirus | Transaction security and virus protection software | | | Microsoft Security Esssentials | Transaction security and virus protection software | | | Tenable Nessus | Transaction security and virus protection software | | | IBM Middleware | Transaction server software | | | RESTful API | Web platform development software | | | Security assertion markup language SAML | Web platform development software | | | Collaborative editing software | Word processing software | | ## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 18 ads, as of 2026-07-12) Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs. ### Tools - eMASS — **22 %** - Splunk — **17 %** - ACAS — **17 %**