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Salary Survey Extra: Most common non-salary compensation

When most workers get a paycheck in 2022, the funds go straight into a bank or credit union account. The average certified IT professional probably never sees a printer-ink-and-paper paycheck stub ...

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Salary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)

In the movie The Mexican, mob fixer Leroy sums up his role in a complicated delivery scheme like this: "I'm here to regulate funkiness." To ensure, in other words, that everything goes according ...

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Salary Survey Extra: Average annual salary in 12 non-U.S. nations

The Salary Survey, each year, tends to focus a lot of attention on conditions and circumstances in the United States. We can’t entirely escape from that, since certified IT professionals who live and work ...

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Salary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)

After a pipe breaks and floods your basement TV room, a home restoration company steps in to replace the carpet, fix the drywall, repaint and provide any other needed services. We have that sort of thing ...

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Certification Survey Extra: The Internet of Things (many, many things)

The Internet of Things is big. And it's getting bigger every day. There are, according to market research firm Statista, more than 13 billion distinct devices connected to the internet. Not only that, but ...

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Happy Halloween! Take CertMag's blood-curdling cybersecurity quiz

Happy Halloween! Do you know what’s scarier than ghosts or goblins? Hackers and malware, that’s what. Halloween, it just so happens, is also the last day of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. (Do your ...

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Salary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on CCNA

Many certification programs have a flagship credential, and it isn't necessarily always tied to the program's most advanced level of specialization. The CCIE tier of certification offered by computer ...

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Salary 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 likely ...

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Salary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)

So-called hackers operate on both sides of the boundary between legal and illegal activities, but glamor and intrigue are almost always attributed to the legitimately bad actors. The allure of Robin Hood-style ...

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Certification Survey Extra: Rating computer networking certification study materials

Flexibility and convenience are important when studying for a certification exam. Most individuals have other commitments, whether professional or educational, during whatever window of time ...

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