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information system security officer

Learned from 12 real résumés for this role.

Across 12 real U.S. résumés for a information system security officer, the most distinctive skills are Xacta, Authorization To Operate and Nist Sp 800-34 — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Xacta
25% have it · 2027.0× vs average
Authorization To Operate
25% have it · 1621.6× vs average
Nist Sp 800-34
25% have it · 1351.3× 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.

xacta
2027.0×
25% · N=3
authorization to operate
1621.6×
25% · N=3
nist sp 800-34
1351.3×
25% · N=3
nist compliance
1013.5×
25% · N=3
privacy impact analysis
675.7×
25% · N=3
pii
552.8×
25% · N=3
poam
540.5×
25% · N=3
nist sp 800-53
377.1×
50% · N=6
pia
467.8×
25% · N=3
privacy impact assessment
450.4×
25% · N=3
pta
434.4×
25% · N=3
security risk assessment
405.4×
25% · 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 System Security Officer need?

In 12 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Xacta (25% have it), Authorization To Operate (25% have it), Nist Sp 800-34 (25% have it), Nist Compliance (25% have it), Software/Hardware Installation (25% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

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

From real dated work history, the most common next roles are Lead It Security Analyst (50% of moves, N=6), Senior Security Analyst (25% of moves, N=3), It Security Specialist (25% of moves, N=3).

What roles lead into Information System Security Officer?

The roles that most often feed into this one are It Security Analyst (1% of arrivals, N=9), Senior Information Security Analyst (8% of arrivals, N=3).

Does this page show Information System Security Officer 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. 12 of them are Information System Security Officer 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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