Intrusion detection analyst vs personal security specialist

The differences between intrusion detection 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 an intrusion detection analyst and a personal security specialist. Additionally, an intrusion detection analyst has an average salary of $86,862, which is higher than the $43,060 average annual salary of a personal security specialist.

The top three skills for an intrusion detection analyst include SIEM, incident response and firewall. The most important skills for a personal security specialist are customer service, emergency situations, and product knowledge.

Intrusion detection analyst vs personal security specialist overview

	Intrusion Detection Analyst	Personal Security Specialist
Yearly salary	$86,862	$43,060
Hourly rate	$41.76	$20.70
Growth rate	32%	10%
Number of jobs	5,673	77,553
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Average age	42	44
Years of experience	6	6

Intrusion detection analyst vs personal security specialist salary

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

	Intrusion Detection Analyst	Personal Security Specialist
Average salary	$86,862	$43,060
Salary range	Between $65,000 And $115,000	Between $25,000 And $73,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between intrusion detection analyst and personal security specialist education

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

	Intrusion Detection Analyst	Personal Security Specialist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Most common major	Computer Information Systems	Business
Most common college	University of Washington	California State University - Bakersfield

Intrusion detection analyst vs personal security specialist demographics

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

	Intrusion Detection Analyst	Personal Security Specialist
Average age	42	44
Gender ratio	Male, 83.1% Female, 16.9%	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 intrusion detection analyst and personal security specialist 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.

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).

Intrusion detection analyst vs personal security specialist skills

Common intrusion detection analyst skills

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

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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