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information security specialist

Learned from 18 real résumés for this role.

Across 18 real U.S. résumés for a information security specialist, the most distinctive skills are Soc2, Iso/Iec 27001 and Soc 2 Type Ii — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Soc2
17% have it · 1801.8× vs average
Iso/Iec 27001
17% have it · 1801.8× vs average
Soc 2 Type Ii
17% have it · 1081.1× vs average

Based on Futureful's analysis of 102,822 U.S. résumés (2026).

Skill fingerprint

ranked by distinctiveness

The skills that most define this role, more common here than across all résumés. The bar shows how distinctive; the % is how many people in the role have it.

soc2
1801.8×
17% · N=3
iso/iec 27001
1801.8×
17% · N=3
soc 2 type ii
1081.1×
17% · N=3
security plan
569.0×
33% · N=6
solution implementation
600.6×
17% · N=3
pc deployment
405.4×
17% · N=3
compliance audits
318.0×
17% · N=3
system security
204.0×
33% · N=6
it controls
261.6×
17% · N=3
vulnerability mitigation
257.4×
17% · N=3
compliance monitoring
235.0×
17% · N=3
tcp
123.3×
33% · N=6
gdpr
167.2×
17% · N=3
rsa
130.8×
17% · N=3

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

Common questions

Straight answers, every one backed by the real counts on this page.

What skills does a Information Security Specialist need?

In 18 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Soc2 (17% have it), Iso/Iec 27001 (17% have it), Soc 2 Type Ii (17% have it), Security Plan (33% have it), Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery (17% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

What do people in Information Security Specialist roles move on to next?

From real dated work history, the most common next roles are It Security Analyst Iii (8% of moves, N=3), Senior It Security Analyst (8% of moves, N=3), Security Analyst (8% of moves, N=3).

What roles lead into Information Security Specialist?

The roles that most often feed into this one are Information Security Architect (17% of arrivals, N=3), It Helpdesk Analyst (17% of arrivals, N=3).

Does this page show Information Security Specialist salary?

No. Résumés do not carry pay, so Futureful holds no compensation data for this role and never invents a dollar figure. Every statistic here is a skill or career-move count backed by real résumés.

Where does this data come from?

The Futureful Career Atlas is built from 102,822 real US résumés, aggregated with no personal data. 18 of them are Information Security Specialist résumés. Every number on this page is a count of real people, and thin pages are kept out of search. Full method: futureful.app/careers/methodology.

Every figure on this page is a real count over real résumés (N = résumés behind it). No salary is shown, we hold no compensation data, so every claim is a skill or frequency truth, never a dollar promise. How we count · Explore more roles →

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