Analysing & Advising

For a Cyber Security Specialist, Analysing & Advising means systematically investigating business and IT issues in a Security or Resilence perspective and translating insights into clear, well‑founded recommendations. You iteratively and methodically explore the external environment, business processes, revenue models, data and IT systems in a security perspective to validate, improve or identify new solutions that fit stakeholder and client requirements. Throughout this process, you maintain an investigative, critical attitude and apply relevant standards. Your advice explicitly addresses the societal and ethical impact of proposed choices and is communicated convincingly, using formats and language tailored to different target audiences.

Starting Points

Level 2 Learning Outcome Analysing and Advising

You investigate issues in a methodical way, identify core problems, and advise on solutions with clear justification.

Success criteria:

AA1: You start your analysis with a clear research question and a conscious choice for your approach.
AA2: You demonstrate an investigative and critical attitude by questioning found sources and AI output.
AA3: You identify core problems by separating main and side issues and show awareness of the societal context in which the issue occurs.
AA4: You advise convincingly by using clear, well-founded arguments.
AA5: You consciously adapt your communication to the target audience, in form and language use.

Level 3 Learning Outcome Analysing and Advising

You investigate complex issues methodically, analyse core problems from multiple perspectives and formulate well‑founded, convincing advice in which you weigh alternatives and specify consequences.

Success criteria:

AA1: You independently determine a research approach that fits the complex issue and adjust it based on what you encounter.
AA2: You demonstrate an inquisitive and critical attitude by questioning sources, AI results, the problem definition and your own assumptions.
AA3: You analyse issues from multiple perspectives and consciously weigh societal and ethical consequences.
AA4: You formulate a well‑founded advice in which you weigh alternatives, identify risks and make a substantiated recommendation.
AA5: You consciously adapt your communication to different target groups with differing interests, in both form and language use.

Products

The following products can demonstrate the Analysing & Advising learning outcomes (often combining several aspects of analysis and advice):