Test your knowledge of (ISC)² CISSP certification topics, Part 2
Effective May 1, 2021, the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) credential from (ISC)² was updated. In the previous installment of this two-part series, we looked at …
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One of the most valued vendor-neutral security certifications today is the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) credential offered by cybersecurity professional …
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A mentor can assist your certification or career advancement goals
Several years ago, the term “mentoring” saw a spike in popularity. Some of that was because within the realm of human resources and organizational behavior, there is always a phrase …
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Test your knowledge of professional interviewing guidelines
Quite often, if you work at an organization long enough, then you start getting looped in on visits with potential employees and asked to participate in interviewing them. While this is particularly …
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Test your knowledge of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) concepts
The Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) has been around and widely accepted for quite a while. Questions about it appear on numerous certification exams associated with networking, including the Cisco
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Test your knowledge of software licensing concepts
When it comes to software, the money that you spend — or save — on licensing can be substantial. Because of this, you are seeing questions on the topic starting to appear on certification exams …
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Who is winning the cybersecurity war?
I am puzzled. It seems as though news outlets, industry reports, and vendors galore keep talking more and more about large companies or organizations being hacked — yet very few of those businesses …
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Test your knowledge of Scrum software development principles
A plethora of certifications are available that are either wholly about the Scrum method of agile software development, or that include questions on it. The Scrum framework …
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Test your knowledge of IT name changes
Over the years, I’ve noticed many shifts in what things are called and the changes in language have always fascinated me. My first recollection of this was moving as a kid from one home to another. There …
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Test your knowledge of Natural Language Processing (NLP)
One of the technologies that regularly pops up on lists of what you should know (or learn) to increase your IT skills is NLP: Natural Language Processing. While this has been around for a while …
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