Salary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on ISACA CSX Fundamentals
Of all the skills gaps in the IT industry, including the overall IT skills gap, the one that is of highest concern to the greatest number of people is almost certainly the cybersecurity skills gap. The …
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Certification Survey Extra: The top asset of Linux for PC users
It’s been said that Linux is the backbone of the modern internet, running most of the computers that do the heavy lifting of providing a web for all of us to surf. Nearly all supercomputers, whether …
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Salary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on EC-Council CCISO
For a long time CEO, CFO, and COO — chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial officer — formed an unimpeachable trinity of chief officers for your average corporation. You might …
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Salary Survey Extra: Let us never speak of 2020 again
It would be nice to think that, in the histories that will — fingers crossed — someday be written about the early 2000s, some thoughtful historian will describe 2020 as the year after which humanity …
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Salary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on MCSE: Core Infrastructure
The tangled web of Microsoft certifications got a whole lot simpler earlier this year on Jan. 31, when all remaining MCSA, MCSD, and MCSE certifications were relegated to the dustbin …
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Certification Survey Extra: Rating Linux certification study materials
Forrest Gump’s mama always told him that life is like a box of chocolates. The point, for Forrest and his mama — in that one movie about Forrest’s (fictional) life that won all of the Oscars — is …
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Salary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on CompTIA A+
The 6th-century Chinese teacher Lao Tzu is believed to have originated the saying, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” That proverbial first step, for many who embark …
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Salary Survey Extra: Salaries by employment tier, Part 2
In 2020, streaming video colossus Netflix paid $20 million for the rights to air a taping of rock star Bruce Springsteen’s acclaimed one-man Broadway show. A chunk of that hefty sum no doubt flowed …
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Salary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on Fortinet Network Security Expert (NSE) Level 1
There is a computer network at most people’s fingertips even when they aren’t holding a phone …
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Certification Survey Extra: Linux certification training materials
It’s not uncommon among certified IT professionals to take and pass a certification exam without so much as cracking the cover of a study guide, downloading a single video walkthrough, or sitting through …
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