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SSOC 2024 unit

Manufacturing Verified · 21 Mar 2024

25244

Digital forensics specialist

Digital forensics specialist conducts complex post-incident forensic analysis to investigate causes of intrusion, attack, loss or breach occurring in an organisation. He/she identifies and defines forensic issues and root causes. He/she develops reports that detail incident timeline, evidence, findings, conclusions and recommendations. He/she supports the design of a breach notification process after a security incident to minimise damage and downtime when attacks and exploits occur. He/she selects, tests and deploys security products and collects information about Internet-based criminal activities. He/she recommends corrective actions to prevent and mitigate internal control failures.

Level

unit

Mapped ISCO

1

Source

SingStat

In this unit group: sibling units

Official data

Official nameSingapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSOC 2024)
Issuing authorityDepartment of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS)
Tax authorityInland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) (IRAS)
PurposeClassifies occupations in Singapore for labour statistics, workforce planning, and international reporting.
Active versionSSOC 2024 (21 Mar 2024)
Hierarchy levelUnit (final leaf, 5-digit)
Sourcehttps://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic
Prior versionsSSIC 2020, SSIC 2015

Definition & tasks

Digital forensics specialist conducts complex post-incident forensic analysis to investigate causes of intrusion, attack, loss or breach occurring in an organisation. He/she identifies and defines forensic issues and root causes. He/she develops reports that detail incident timeline, evidence, findings, conclusions and recommendations. He/she supports the design of a breach notification process after a security incident to minimise damage and downtime when attacks and exploits occur. He/she selects, tests and deploys security products and collects information about Internet-based criminal activities. He/she recommends corrective actions to prevent and mitigate internal control failures.

Tasks

No tasks listed.

Examples

Under this unit

•Ÿ  Cyber forensics investigation specialist •Ÿ  Digital forensics analyst

Elsewhere

•Ÿ  Cyber incident investigation specialist, see 25246 •Ÿ  Cyber threat investigation specialist, see 25247

Hierarchy context

2→25→252→2524→25244 Digital forensics specialist

Correspondence tables

SSOC 2020

  • 25244 — Digital forensics specialist
  • 25246 — Cyber incident investigation specialist
  • 25247 — Threat analysis specialist

ISCO-08

  • 2529 — Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified

Alphabetical index entries

Data source: Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic). Official SSOC 2024 workbooks.

Last refresh: 21 Mar 2024. Version: SSOC 2024.

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