Skills you'll need for Incident Response Analyst — and how to close the gap
This page lists the skills the Incident Response Analyst role relies on, in O*NET importance order, and points to a grounded way to build each one. Importance describes how central a skill is to the role, not pay or hiring odds.
Skills this role needs
Importance below is the O*NET role-skill rating recorded in our seed data (1-5). Build a skill through deliberate practice plus study; the skill page collects the grounded roles and cited resources for it.
| Skill | Importance | Build it via |
|---|---|---|
| Incident response | 5/5 importance (O*NET) | Incident response skill page · CompTIA Security+ |
| Security monitoring | 5/5 importance (O*NET) | Security monitoring skill page · CompTIA Security+ |
| Security fundamentals | 4/5 importance (O*NET) | Security fundamentals skill page · CompTIA Security+ |
| Troubleshooting | 3/5 importance (O*NET) | Troubleshooting skill page · CompTIA Security+ |
The cited credential above (CompTIA Security+) is a study path whose published objectives help build these skills. No credential or course guarantees a skill or a job.
If you're coming from another field
No career-changer feeder backgrounds are recorded for Incident Response Analyst in our pathway data yet. The target skill set is the one listed above, regardless of where you start.
For the full from-your-background view, see the feeder gap matrix, which lists each target role's required skill set per feeder background.
Sources
- CompTIA — A+ Core 1 and 2 Certification V15: https://www.comptia.org/en-us/certifications/a/core-1-and-2-v15/
- CompTIA — Security+ Certification: https://www.comptia.org/en-us/certifications/security/
- National Center for ONET Development — ONET Database: https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
Citation Ledger
| ID | Supports | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIT-01 | Importance 5/5 for Incident response in Incident Response Analyst | ONET role-skill rating (ONET role-skill data) | O*NET |
| CIT-02 | Importance 5/5 for Security monitoring in Incident Response Analyst | ONET role-skill rating (ONET role-skill data) | O*NET |
| CIT-03 | Importance 4/5 for Security fundamentals in Incident Response Analyst | ONET role-skill rating (ONET role-skill data) | O*NET |
| CIT-04 | Importance 3/5 for Troubleshooting in Incident Response Analyst | ONET role-skill rating (ONET role-skill data) | O*NET |
| CIT-05 | CompTIA Security+ is a cited study path toward these skills | Role-certification mapping (RoleMath role mapping) | CompTIA Security+ |