How ATS screens cybersecurity resumes

What recruiters filter and search on

• Required certifications such as CISSP, Security+, GCIH or OSCP, often with an "or" between them
• Security clearance level and status for government and defense roles
• Tools and frameworks: SIEM and EDR products, NIST, ISO 27001, MITRE ATT&CK

Name things the way the posting does

• List certifications by full name and acronym in a Certifications section: "Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)"
• State a clearance precisely: level and that it is active
• Name the product, not the category: "Splunk" and "CrowdStrike Falcon", not only "SIEM" and "EDR"

What trips up parsers in this field

• No Certifications section, so certifications are buried in a paragraph
• Inconsistent cert names ("Sec+" vs "Security+")
• Clearance mentioned only in a cover letter

How PassMyResume scores this field

Keywords 40%, credentials 30%, formatting 15%, content alignment 15%. Credentials only count when the posting requires one; otherwise that weight moves to keywords. The full formula.

The scanner knows 226 terms specific to this field, such as CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, and credentials like GIAC Certified Incident Handler, GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst, GIAC Penetration Tester.