Security Control Assessor

• 417Apply coding and testing standards, apply security testing tools including "fuzzing" static-analysis code scanning tools, and conduct code reviews.Additional
• 457Conduct Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA) of the application’s security design for the appropriate security controls, which protect the confidentiality and integrity of Personally Identifiable Information (PII).Additional
• 537Develop methods to monitor and measure risk, compliance, and assurance efforts.Core
• 548Develop specifications to ensure risk, compliance, and assurance efforts conform with security, resilience, and dependability requirements at the software application, system, and network environment level.Core
• 566Draft statements of preliminary or residual security risks for system operation.Core
• 691Maintain information systems assurance and accreditation materials.Core
• 710Monitor and evaluate a system's compliance with information technology (IT) security, resilience, and dependability requirements.Core
• 772Perform validation steps, comparing actual results with expected results and analyze the differences to identify impact and risks.Additional
• 775Plan and conduct security authorization reviews and assurance case development for initial installation of systems and networks.Additional
• 798Provide an accurate technical evaluation of the software application, system, or network, documenting the security posture, capabilities, and vulnerabilities against relevant cybersecurity compliance.Additional
• 827Recommend new or revised security, resilience, and dependability measures based on the results of reviews.Additional
• 836AAuthorizing Official only: Determine if the security and privacy risk from operating a system or using a system, service, or application from an external provider is acceptable.Additional
• 836BReview and approve security and privacy assessment plans.Additional
• 878Verify that application software/network/system security postures are implemented as stated, document deviations, and recommend required actions to correct those deviations.Additional
• 879Verify that the software application/network/system accreditation and assurance documentation is current.Additional
• 936Develop security compliance processes and/or audits for external services (e.g., cloud service providers, data centers).Additional
• 1146Develop and Implement cybersecurity independent audit processes for application software/networks/systems and oversee ongoing independent audits to ensure that operational and Research and Development (R&D) processes and procedures are in compliance with organizational and mandatory cybersecurity requirements and accurately followed by Systems Administrators and other cybersecurity staff when performing their day-to-day activities.Additional

• 19Knowledge of cyber defense and vulnerability assessment tools, including open source tools, and their capabilities.Core
• 22* Knowledge of computer networking concepts and protocols, and network security methodologies.Core
• 27Knowledge of cryptography and cryptographic key management concepts.Additional
• 38Knowledge of organization's enterprise information security architecture system.Additional
• 40Knowledge of organization's evaluation and validation requirements.Core
• 43AKnowledge of embedded systems.Additional
• 53AKnowledge of risk assessments and authorization per Risk Management Framework processes.Core
• 55Knowledge of cybersecurity principles used to manage risks related to the use, processing, storage, and transmission of information or data.Core
• 58Knowledge of known vulnerabilities from alerts, advisories, errata, and bulletins.Core
• 63Knowledge of cybersecurity principles and organizational requirements (relevant to confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, non-repudiation).Core
• 69AKnowledge of risk management processes and requirements per the Risk Management Framework (RMF).Core
• 70Knowledge of information technology (IT) security principles and methods (e.g., firewalls, demilitarized zones, encryption).Core
• 77Knowledge of current industry methods for evaluating, implementing, and disseminating information technology (IT) security assessment, monitoring, detection, and remediation tools and procedures utilizing standards-based concepts and capabilities.Core
• 88BKnowledge of new and emerging control systems technologies.Additional
• 95BKnowledge of penetration testing principles, tools, and techniques, including specialized tools for non-traditional systems and networks (e.g., control systems).Core
• 105Knowledge of system and application security threats and vulnerabilities (e.g., buffer overflow, mobile code, cross-site scripting, Procedural Language/Structured Query Language [PL/SQL] and injections, race conditions, covert channel, replay, return-oriented attacks, malicious code).Core
• 108* Knowledge of risk management processes (e.g., methods for assessing and mitigating risk).Core
• 121Knowledge of structured analysis principles and methods.Additional
• 128Knowledge of systems diagnostic tools and fault identification techniques.Additional
• 143Knowledge of the organization’s enterprise information technology (IT) goals and objectives.Additional
• 942Knowledge of the organization's core business/mission processes.Additional
• 1034AKnowledge of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data security standards.Additional
• 1034BKnowledge of Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standards.Additional
• 1034CKnowledge of Personal Health Information (PHI) data security standards.Additional
• 1036Knowledge of applicable laws (e.g., Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Protect America Act, search and seizure laws, civil liberties and privacy laws), statutes (e.g., in Titles 10, 18, 32, 50 in U.S. Code), Presidential Directives, executive branch guidelines, and/or administrative/criminal legal guidelines and procedures relevant to work performed.Additional
• 1037Knowledge of information technology (IT) supply chain security and risk management policies, requirements, and procedures.Additional
• 1038BKnowledge of local specialized system requirements (e.g., critical infrastructure/control systems that may not use standard information technology [IT]) for safety, performance, and reliability.Additional
• 1040AKnowledge of relevant laws, policies, procedures, or governance related to critical infrastructure.Core
• 1072Knowledge of network security architecture concepts including topology, protocols, components, and principles (e.g., application of defense-in-depth, Zero Trust).Core
• 1131Knowledge of security architecture concepts and enterprise architecture reference models (e.g., Zachman, Federal Enterprise Architecture [FEA]).Additional
• 1141AKnowledge of an organization's information classification program and procedures for information compromise.Additional
• 1142Knowledge of security models (e.g., Bell-LaPadula model, Biba integrity model, Clark-Wilson integrity model).Additional
• 1157* Knowledge of national and international laws, regulations, policies, and ethics as they relate to cybersecurity.Core
• 1158* Knowledge of cybersecurity principles.Core
• 1159* Knowledge of cyber threats and vulnerabilities.Core
• 6900* Knowledge of specific operational impacts of cybersecurity lapses.Core
• 6935* Knowledge of cloud computing service models Software as Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS).Core
• 6938* Knowledge of cloud computing deployment models in private, public, and hybrid environment and the difference between on-premises and off-premises environments.Core
• 7111* Knowledge of Zero Trust Security Model Principles.Core

• 3BSkill in conducting vulnerability scans and recognizing vulnerabilities in information systems and networks.Additional
• 156Skill in applying confidentiality, integrity, and availability principles.Additional
• 183Skill in determining how a security system should work (including its resilience and dependability capabilities) and how changes in conditions, operations, or the environment will affect these outcomes.Core
• 197Skill in discerning the protection needs (i.e., security controls) of information systems and networks.Core
• 203Skill in identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.Additional
• 1039Skill in evaluating the trustworthiness of the supplier and/or product.Additional

The DCWF Tool lists no abilities for this work role.