Please take our 2019 Security Certification Survey
We live in a world, in 2019, that is constantly at peril of the next seismic shiver caused by this or that information security breach. Even when information security is not in the headlines, it is often at the root …
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Salary Survey Extra: Do certified IT pros have college degrees?
It’s a verifiable fact that not everyone who works in the IT realm, whether directly for a technology company or as IT staff somewhere outside the tech business world, has a college or university …
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Big Data Certification Survey: Byte-sized data won’t satisfy our swelling appetite
Humans have always loved large amounts of data. The historian Livy, writing at the dawn of Rome’s …
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Salary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on ISACA CRISC
This year marks the 50th anniversary of IT governance and cybersecurity association ISACA, and one of the hallmarks of that half-century in operation is a thriving professional certification program. ISACA …
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Salary Survey Extra: Salary and depth of IT experience (Non-U.S. workers)
Last week in this space we looked at the correlation between the number of years certified IT professionals have worked in IT and the total amount of their average (and median annual) salaries. Those numbers …
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Salary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on TestOut Security Pro
Every business and organization needs people who can play a part in the overall effort to protect IT assets from hackers and other digital malefactors. The Security Pro certification (No. 75 on our most recent …
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Salary Survey Extra: Salary and depth of IT experience (U.S. workers)
There are many different factors employers consider when making a hiring decision. One of the weightiest, however, is the extent of a given candidate’s practical professional experience. A skilled …
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Salary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on CompTIA CySA+
Cybersecurity has become one of the foremost concerns for every business and every organization, and executives and CIOs are looking for any edge they can get. Analysts, skilled cybersecurity professionals …
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Salary Survey Extra: Most widely offered non-monetary compensation
We most often talk about compensation in terms of dollars and cents. Salary is the most visible, most directly quantifiable element of what any tech worker’s employer provides in exchange for hours worked …
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Salary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
There’s a romantic allure to so-called “ethical hacking” that sets it a notch or two above more ordinary, garden-variety cybersecurity topics. Ethical hackers get to embrace the roguish hacker persona …
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