Intrusion detection analyst vs information security consultant

The differences between intrusion detection analysts and information security consultants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both an intrusion detection analyst and an information security consultant. Additionally, an information security consultant has an average salary of $103,316, which is higher than the $86,862 average annual salary of an intrusion detection analyst.

The top three skills for an intrusion detection analyst include SIEM, incident response and firewall. The most important skills for an information security consultant are risk assessments, risk management, and SQL.

Intrusion detection analyst vs information security consultant overview

	Intrusion Detection Analyst	Information Security Consultant
Yearly salary	$86,862	$103,316
Hourly rate	$41.76	$49.67
Growth rate	32%	32%
Number of jobs	5,673	113,409
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	6	6

Intrusion detection analyst vs information security consultant salary

Intrusion detection analysts and information security consultants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Intrusion Detection Analyst	Information Security Consultant
Average salary	$86,862	$103,316
Salary range	Between $65,000 And $115,000	Between $76,000 And $138,000
Highest paying City	-	Carson City, NV
Highest paying state	-	Pennsylvania
Best paying company	-	eBay
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between intrusion detection analyst and information security consultant education

There are a few differences between an intrusion detection analyst and an information security consultant in terms of educational background:

	Intrusion Detection Analyst	Information Security Consultant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Most common major	Computer Information Systems	Computer Science
Most common college	University of Washington	Stanford University

Intrusion detection analyst vs information security consultant demographics

Here are the differences between intrusion detection analysts' and information security consultants' demographics:

	Intrusion Detection Analyst	Information Security Consultant
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 83.1% Female, 16.9%	Male, 71.0% Female, 29.0%
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 intrusion detection analyst and information security consultant duties and responsibilities

Intrusion detection analyst example responsibilities.

Manage endpoint encryption, antivirus/anti-malware host IPS, process documentation, incident management.
Monitor security events in the SIEM and other general office tools.
Monitor and analyze network communication traffic with ArcSight SIEM in a SOC/CERT/CSIRT.
Monitor day-to-day operations of the sensors (SourceFire, EEMSG IronPorts, and ArcSight) locate at supporting customer's locations.
Perform packet analysis utilizing Wireshark.
Used ArcSight for SEM level rule tuning.

Information security consultant example responsibilities.

Manage the conversion to a hybrid NAS/disk/tape CommVault base backup environment resulting in decreasing backup windows and improving recovery objectives.
Perform privacy and security assessments and HIPAA compliance analysis of cloud-base medical service; draft legal opinion letter regarding same.
Provide guidance to different teams for closing critical infrastructure, network and application security vulnerabilities report in 3rd party security audit.
Defined/Creat tables, process SQL backup restore via export/import.
Select and on-board audit firm to perform management SOX testing.
Perform ISO testing to ensure compliance with security framework controls.

Intrusion detection analyst vs information security consultant skills

Common intrusion detection analyst skills

SIEM, 11%
Incident Response, 10%
Firewall, 8%
SOC, 6%
Security Events, 6%
ArcSight, 5%

Common information security consultant skills

Risk Assessments, 6%
Risk Management, 6%
SQL, 6%
NIST, 6%
Infrastructure, 6%
Subject Matter Expertise, 6%

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