Why certify? One man’s journey from learner to leader to educator
I recently hit a major career milestone: 20 years of working in and around the IT field. As I reflect on that time, it occurs to me that I’ve held a wide variety of IT certifications during those two decades and …
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2017 in Review: The top cybersecurity news stories
2017 was quite a year in the world of cybersecurity! From the politicization of cyberwarfare to several major data breaches, hardly a week went by that cybersecurity issues didn’t appear on the front pages …
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The right cert can provide a strong foundation for your cybersecurity career
Cybersecurity professionals are used to managing crises, from the latest ransomware attack streaking across the Internet to a critical security vulnerability that requires patching hundreds …
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Solving the cybersecurity staffing shortage
Cybersecurity is at a critical juncture. Organizations around the world increasingly recognize the importance of cybersecurity to their reputation and ongoing operations, driven by mainstream media …
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Half-a-billion reasons not to use free e-mail
On September 26, 2016, Yahoo! announced to the world that they were the victim of the largest systematic account compromise in the history of the Internet. Attackers managed to penetrate …
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Still got it: CISSP certification a must for aspiring security professionals
Rumors of the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification’s demise are greatly exaggerated. In January 2015, I published an article on this site …
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Connect to the red-hot hiring realm of network security with these top certs
New network security threats arise on almost a daily basis, as users explore new ways of working and hackers develop increasingly sophisticated tools and techniques. Modern users expect …
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The science (and certification) of writing secure code
The world runs on code. From online banking to electronic voting systems and from self-driving cars to medical devices, almost every aspect of modern life relies upon software …
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Russian hackers only latest attackers in ongoing cyberbattle
During the summer of 2016, it was hard to browse a major news site without coming across dire warnings about hacking activity originating in Russia and targeted …
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Your firm is not safe from APTs, and what to do about that
One week ago, my most recent prior contribution to Certification Magazine, Two Cybersecurity Questions Most Organizations Aren’t Asking, looked at how …
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