New (ISC)² reports puts cybersecurity hiring shortfall at 2.9 million
Cybersecurity hiring efforts have been coming up short for a while now. With security breaches and cyberattacks mounting everywhere you look, businesses and organizations are anxious to find …
Read ArticleComputer Networking Survey: IoT drives employment boom
Ben Kenobi once explained the capital-F Force to young Luke Skywalker as being “an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us; it binds the galaxy together.” Now imagine yourself …
Read ArticleSalary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on ISACA CGEIT
“Governance” is one of those terms that everyone recognizes as having a place in IT, but for which nobody can rattle off a brilliant pithy definition. Fortunately for everyone out there, we have an excellent article …
Read ArticleCertification Survey Extra: My first computer networking certification
Before you can climb the computer networking ladder to expert-level certifications with six-figure salaries, you have start at the bottom and gradually build up your skills. That doesn’t always mean going …
Read ArticleTop 10 reasons to take the 2019 Salary Survey
We get it. Your life is busy. You work hard. You have other obligations. Maybe it’s family. Maybe it’s continuing education. Maybe it’s community service. Maybe it’s plugging into an audiobook or podcast …
Read ArticleCybersecurity educators are making a difference on an emerging battlefield
Equifax, Yahoo!, the National Security Agency, Verizon, the U.S. Department of Defense, Home Depot, Target, Edmodo, VeriFone, eBay, TJX Companies, Uber, JPMorgan Chase, Sony PlayStation, Jimmy John’s …
Read ArticleSalary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on MCSA Windows 10
There has been quite a lot of change in the Microsoft certification world over the past couple of years, as well as in the wider Microsoft realm. With the company having already announced the end of its …
Read ArticleCertification Survey Extra: Effective computer networking certification prep
Almost nobody rolls out of bed in the morning, decides to get a certification, and walks out of the testing center that night having accomplished their not-so-long-held goal. Passing a certification …
Read ArticleNominations now being accepted for 2019 Red Hat Innovation Awards
There’s a neverending tug-of-war in the business world between sticking with what works (and has always worked) and reinventing the wheel and discovering new and better ways to get things done. If something …
Read ArticleOctober is National Cyber Security Awareness Month
There’s a lot going on in October. Major League Baseball basically spends the entire month (minus a week or so, depending on how divisional matchups play out) crowning its next World Series champion. For …
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