Salary Survey Extra: Big Data certification spending
They say that there’s no such thing as a free lunch. And you have to ask yourself, “What would be their incentive to lie?” Like, maybe the “they” who keep on saying all of these things are actually “Big Lunch” …
Read ArticleEC-Council launches hands-on penetration tester cert exam
Imagine that, several months ago, say in January or February, a certified penetration tester had conducted a thorough examination of the digital perimeter at Equifax. It’s possible that nothing would be different …
Read ArticleYou can’t strike it rich collecting and analyzing Big Data without a plan
The mystique of Big Data is that, given sufficient data and applied mathematics, we can finally unpack the chaos and understand the true effects of our actions (Clarke, 2016). We can identify the butterfly flapping …
Read ArticleSalary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
Not to wax overly altruistic, but open source technology development is one of those energetically collaborative endeavors that harnesses the noblest impulses of the human spirit and gives one …
Read ArticleThe best Big Data certifications for IT newcomers
Historically, I’ve considered myself an “old school” database administrator (DBA). For me, database performance must be a second priority behind a tightly controlled schema that constrains data …
Read ArticleTest your knowledge of ethical hacking topics
IT-related security is a topic that increases in importance each and every day, and newly uncovered flaws routinely make the evening news. Sometimes there are weaknesses discovered in software …
Read ArticleHappy Labor Day from your friends at Certification Magazine!
Like many other workers in the United States, the members of the CertMag team are enjoying a day off from work in observance of Labor Day. We will return to our normal schedule and activities …
Read ArticleSalary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on (ISC)² CSSLP
Software development is often plagued by what Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards once described as the “need for speed.” Technology changes quickly, and developers must often …
Read ArticleSalary Survey Extra: Odds and ends from our Big Data survey
Every so often it’s time to write one of these Salary Survey Extra pieces and we don’t have an organizing theme. Usually that’s because we just want to share some of the stuff from those Not So …
Read ArticleUnfaithful, or Twitter-pation Gone Awry: The rest of the story
You’ve seen the seeds of their emotionally devastating breakup on Twitter. You know where to craft the next hilarious link in the sad story of this week’s hottest meme. But did you ever wonder how it all …
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