Cyber Governance Risk and Compliance Specialist (ANZSCO 262114)
On the Core Skills Occupation List
From the official Home Affairs skilled occupation lists, as at 2026-08-12. Lists change at each government update — always confirm on the official page before acting.
Which lists is Cyber Governance Risk and Compliance Specialist on?
CSOL — Core Skills Occupation List. The employer-sponsorship list — occupations on the CSOL can be nominated for the Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) and the Employer Nomination Scheme 186.
Visas this occupation can access
Being on a list makes the occupation nominatable for these visas — each visa still has its own requirements (points, age, English, a positive skills assessment, and for sponsored visas a willing employer or state).
- Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) — Temporary, employer sponsored · all occupations for the 482
- Employer Nomination Scheme visa (subclass 186) — Permanent, employer sponsored · all occupations for the 186
Skills assessment
A positive skills assessment for Cyber Governance Risk and Compliance Specialist comes from:
- Australian Computer Society Incorporated (ACS) (official site) · our guide to the ACS process
What the assessment actually involves
ACS assesses this code from a separate, dedicated cyber security page, distinct from the general IT occupations page ICT Security Specialist sits on, and its own footnote ties the description to a different Australian Bureau of Statistics numbering block (271131) rather than the legacy 262xxx family. The definition itself is narrow: leading governance, risk and compliance for cyber security, a policy-and-audit role rather than hands-on technical defence, distinct from the incident-response and vulnerability-analysis codes that sit alongside it on the same page.
Where these applications come unstuck
"Governance Risk and Compliance" sounds senior and can attract nomination on prestige rather than duty shape, but this is a CSOL-only code reaching just the 186 and 482 employer-sponsored visas, with no 189, no state or regional nomination, no temporary graduate and no student-to-skilled route at all. A generalist security manager whose duties are actually policy and audit fits this description; one whose duties are incident response or architecture does not, whatever the job title says.
An honest read on this pathway
Reaches only 186 and 482, so an employer nomination is the only route in, regardless of points score. It does appear on South Australia's combined DAMA occupation list under ICT Professionals, which is one of the few levers available to widen access to a code this visa-restricted. The same is true for all five of the newer cyber security codes on the same dedicated ACS page, so this pattern is a family trait of the 2025-introduced group, not something specific to governance and compliance duties.
Assembling an ACS application? ACS wants employment evidence that lines up exactly with the dates and duties you claim elsewhere. The Skilled Visa EOI Organiser keeps your claims consistent across the skills assessment, EOI and Form 80 — inconsistencies between them are a common cause of delay.
Talk it through with a registered agent
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