Good personal cybersecurity hygiene can help you stay safe online
In our current culture our lives are completely intertwined with the thriving, evolving, occasionally endangering monument to information technology (IT) known as the internet. On a daily basis we use …
Read ArticleSalary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on CCNA CyberOps
In June, the Cisco certification braintrust briefly turned into the Grim Reaper, sweeping a scythe through its own long list of certifications. To wit, coming up in February 2020, Cisco will unveil …
Read ArticleSalary Survey Extra: Average salary for certified IT workers by U.S. state
There are IT jobs in every U.S. state. If you have the right “very particular set of skills” — our apologies to Liam Neeson — and probably especially if those skills are backed by a certification, then you’re …
Read ArticleBuilding a Certification Program, Step 9: Five key questions about assessment design and development (Part 2)
Now that we know the process for designing and developing a good exam, we need to understand …
Read ArticleTestOut’s new ethical hacker training incorporates key principles of success
Growing up there was a steep road around the corner from my house. Next to the road was a vacant lot full of thick shrubs. For my brothers and I, the combination of the hill and vacant lot meant endless …
Read ArticleSalary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on SAS Certified Base Programmer
Originally organized under a research grant from the National Institutes of Health, SAS has grown into an industry leader in data analysis with a thriving certification program. One of the foundational …
Read ArticleCertification Survey Extra: Security certification training materials
There are a lot of different ways to prepare for a certification exam. Some tech professionals don’t really prepare at all: Many people come by the knowledge and/or skills needed to pass a certification …
Read ArticleBuilding a Certification Program, Step 9: Five key questions about assessment design and development (Part 1)
In this installment we will look at the processes involved in creating targeted certification assessments. …
Read ArticleSecurity Certification Survey: The high-stakes information security workplace
Security workers have always had an important role in society, but the pay and various working conditions haven’t always been above reproach. In the pre-imperial legions of the old Roman Republic, …
Read ArticleSalary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on LPIC-1: Linux Administrator
Based in Canada, the nonprofit Linux Professional Institute operates probably the most well-rounded, top-to-bottom Linux certification program in the industry. The cornerstone credential …
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