Information assurance officer vs senior security analyst

The differences between information assurance officers and senior security analysts can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both an information assurance officer and a senior security analyst. Additionally, an information assurance officer has an average salary of $105,312, which is higher than the $103,571 average annual salary of a senior security analyst.

The top three skills for an information assurance officer include IAM, DOD and RMF. The most important skills for a senior security analyst are NIST, incident response, and cloud security.

Information assurance officer vs senior security analyst overview

	Information Assurance Officer	Senior Security Analyst
Yearly salary	$105,312	$103,571
Hourly rate	$50.63	$49.79
Growth rate	32%	32%
Number of jobs	140,531	61,108
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 53%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	6	6

Information assurance officer vs senior security analyst salary

Information assurance officers and senior security analysts have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Information Assurance Officer	Senior Security Analyst
Average salary	$105,312	$103,571
Salary range	Between $77,000 And $143,000	Between $79,000 And $135,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Coinbase
Best paying industry	-	Government

Differences between information assurance officer and senior security analyst education

There are a few differences between an information assurance officer and a senior security analyst in terms of educational background:

	Information Assurance Officer	Senior Security Analyst
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 53%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Most common major	Information Technology	Business
Most common college	Georgetown University	Stanford University

Information assurance officer vs senior security analyst demographics

Here are the differences between information assurance officers' and senior security analysts' demographics:

	Information Assurance Officer	Senior Security Analyst
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 80.3% Female, 19.7%	Male, 76.5% Female, 23.5%
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, 9.2% Unknown, 6.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.0% Asian, 9.6% White, 65.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between information assurance officer and senior security analyst duties and responsibilities

Information assurance officer example responsibilities.

Work directly with IAM to resolve network issues, manage audit records and ensure audit software conforms to specify guidelines.
Lead implementation for new DAR solution for global disk encryption, developing management policy to prevent document and data leakage.
Receive IAVA's and STIG vulnerabilities from VMS.
Ensure that the network security infrastructure are configured according to DISA STIGS.
Coordinate security procedures with the IAM and initiate investigative procedures for security incidents.
Conduct annual reviews of ISs require as required by FISMA.

Senior security analyst example responsibilities.

Supervise and manage information security assets associate with DISA STIGS and HBSS.
Utilize Unix utilities and management packages to analyze and manage traffic flow in the corporate backbone.
Manage GLBA security awareness and training program and annual information security awareness activities.
Introduce dashboards to identify preemptive attacks on corporate perimeter using intrusion detection and web application firewall technologies.
Evaluate DoD security tools; determine compatibility issues with existing network configuration/infrastructure, and present conclusions to management.
Contribute in defining time tables and SIEM project plans.

Information assurance officer vs senior security analyst skills

Common information assurance officer skills

IAM, 9%
DOD, 8%
RMF, 7%
Security Policies, 6%
Security Procedures, 6%
Security Posture, 5%

Common senior security analyst skills

NIST, 7%
Incident Response, 5%
Cloud Security, 4%
Encryption, 4%
Firewall, 4%
Switches, 4%

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