Defense analyst vs personal security specialist

The differences between defense analysts and personal security specialists can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a defense analyst and a personal security specialist. Additionally, a defense analyst has an average salary of $86,453, which is higher than the $43,060 average annual salary of a personal security specialist.

The top three skills for a defense analyst include incident response, DOD and windows. The most important skills for a personal security specialist are customer service, emergency situations, and product knowledge.

Defense analyst vs personal security specialist overview

	Defense Analyst	Personal Security Specialist
Yearly salary	$86,453	$43,060
Hourly rate	$41.56	$20.70
Growth rate	32%	10%
Number of jobs	24,879	77,553
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 62%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Average age	42	44
Years of experience	6	6

Defense analyst vs personal security specialist salary

Defense analysts and personal security specialists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Defense Analyst	Personal Security Specialist
Average salary	$86,453	$43,060
Salary range	Between $65,000 And $114,000	Between $25,000 And $73,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between defense analyst and personal security specialist education

There are a few differences between a defense analyst and a personal security specialist in terms of educational background:

	Defense Analyst	Personal Security Specialist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 62%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	California State University - Bakersfield

Defense analyst vs personal security specialist demographics

Here are the differences between defense analysts' and personal security specialists' demographics:

	Defense Analyst	Personal Security Specialist
Average age	42	44
Gender ratio	Male, 76.2% Female, 23.8%	Male, 57.8% Female, 42.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.2% Unknown, 6.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.0% Asian, 9.6% White, 65.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 6.4% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 9.4% Asian, 8.8% White, 70.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	9%	11%

Differences between defense analyst and personal security specialist duties and responsibilities

Defense analyst example responsibilities.

Program and troubleshoot system micro controllers, card readers, alarm inputs/outputs, and manage device IP communication.
Utilize Wireshark to perform in depth intrusion analysis from packet capture (PCAP) files.
Conduct INFOCON assessments and collaborate with clients to provide recommendations regarding network security operations on DoD systems.
Review SourceFire events and perform analysis on events.
Use Wireshark, a network protocol analyzer to conduct deep TCP and UDP packet analysis of all network events.
Conduct firewall research and intrusion detection and determine false positives.

Personal security specialist example responsibilities.

Manage and navigate numerous motorcade and protective operations throughout the city of Kabul.
Provide and supervise armed security for VIP 's
Initiate and process purchase orders request using DoD EMAll.
Monitor CCTV, alarms, provide arm security for client.
Install and configure encryption modems for OOB access into customer equipment.
Monitor and respond to alerts generate in IBM QRADAR (SIEM).

Defense analyst vs personal security specialist skills

Common defense analyst skills

Incident Response, 14%
DOD, 9%
Windows, 6%
Tcp Ip, 5%
Network Security, 5%
Network Traffic, 4%

Common personal security specialist skills

Customer Service, 27%
Emergency Situations, 12%
Product Knowledge, 5%
Sales Floor, 5%
Combat, 4%
PSS, 4%

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