The most important and basic skill required to become a Security Auditor is Auditing Computer Applications because the job is all about auditing. Other skills required would be:
- Knowledge of regulatory and industry data security standards
- Operating Systems such as Windows, UNIX and Linux
- Databases (MSSQL and ORACLE)
- C, C++, C#, Java, python PHP programming languages
- ACL, IDEA and/or similar software programs for data analysis
- Fidelis, ArcSight, Niksun, Websense, ProofPoint, BlueCoat and/or similar auditing and network defense tools
- Firewall and intrusion detection/prevention protocols