Career switch, measured
From Cybersecurity Analyst to Information Security Analyst
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 82% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Cybersecurity, AWS, Azure, Risk management; the main skills to add are CI/CD, Research, Kubernetes, LLMs.
82%
skill overlap
1,123
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillCybersecurity AnalystInformation Security Analyst
- Cybersecurity89%56%
- AWS32%51%
- Azure29%24%
- Risk management29%21%
- Auditing39%27%
- Python24%49%
- ISO standards14%13%
- Network administration16%13%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Information Security Analyst postings, rarely in Cybersecurity Analyst ones.
SkillCybersecurity AnalystInformation Security Analyst
- CI/CD7%29%
- Research9%25%
- Kubernetes–24%
- LLMs8%20%
- C++–14%
- Java–14%
- Terraform–12%
- Git–12%
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