Intrusion detection analyst vs securities consultant

The differences between intrusion detection analysts and securities 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 a securities consultant. Additionally, a securities consultant has an average salary of $92,092, 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 a securities consultant are cloud security, java, and application security.

Intrusion detection analyst vs securities consultant overview

	Intrusion Detection Analyst	Securities Consultant
Yearly salary	$86,862	$92,092
Hourly rate	$41.76	$44.27
Growth rate	32%	32%
Number of jobs	5,673	27,296
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	6	6

Intrusion detection analyst vs securities consultant salary

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

	Intrusion Detection Analyst	Securities Consultant
Average salary	$86,862	$92,092
Salary range	Between $65,000 And $115,000	Between $72,000 And $116,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	Amazon
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between intrusion detection analyst and securities consultant education

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

	Intrusion Detection Analyst	Securities Consultant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Most common major	Computer Information Systems	Business
Most common college	University of Washington	California State University - Bakersfield

Intrusion detection analyst vs securities consultant demographics

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

	Intrusion Detection Analyst	Securities Consultant
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 83.1% Female, 16.9%	Male, 85.7% Female, 14.3%
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 securities 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.

Securities consultant example responsibilities.

Have been extensively involve in ISO relate audits and have helped organizations achieve compliance and passing.
Lead multiple identity management projects integrating provisioning and roll management tools.
Standardize Splunk forwarder deployment, configuration and maintenance in Linux and windows platforms.
Install F5 Big-IP appliances for clients.
Cloud base virtualization and mobile technolgies are preferred.
Assist developers with plug-in development using Java and XML ;.

Intrusion detection analyst vs securities consultant skills

Common intrusion detection analyst skills

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

Common securities consultant skills

Cloud Security, 10%
Java, 8%
Application Security, 6%
ISO, 5%
Security Management, 4%
NIST, 4%

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