What is the difference between a security analyst and a security engineer?

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Security Analyst vs Engineer: Where to Start

The Armed Forces typically have corporals and privates, who serve necessary but different roles in battle. The corporal has more experience, deploys the tactical work, and is close to the action. Newcomers start off as privates, sometimes they observe rather than act, and they can be a step or two from the action.A security engineer (corporal), whose salary is typically $5,000 to $15,000 higher, and a security analyst (private) are in similar positions. They both work on corporate defense systems doing the bulk of the work to ensure that data is protected. They differ in responsibilities, their positions on the corporate hierarchy, and how close there are to the front battle lines.

Defending the Perimeter

Like demarcation lines on battlefields, corporations establish various defense perimeters, layers of protection, on top of their computer systems. In the past, they fortified the entry points, the network entrances and exits. In many cases, they created a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), a buffer zone between where their systems ended and the information coming from the outside into the enterprise network began. The idea was to check all the newcomers and make sure that they were not bringing any malware into the organization. Most businesses invested a lot of time, money, and manpower into fortifying this area.