Getting certified in an information technology, networking, cybersecurity, or other professional credential is hard work. Nobody wants to have to do them over. Hopefully you are earning the Continuing Education Units (CEU or CPE) you need to maintain your certification status. Industry certifications are typically good for three years. To keep them in force, every certificate you achieve comes with continuing education requirements, ...
Are you pursuing a certification in cybersecurity, information technology, or any other professional certification? Or are you making training arrangements for your employees? Picking a training method that works for you is possibly one of the most important decisions you can make. Today’s article will cover your options, and some of the positives and negatives of the available options.
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.September is a busy time for me, there are a wedding anniversary, and three birthdays in my family in the first week. Then there are a panoply of other special events. At least they are special enough to be recognized in this weblog. Here they are. Please celebrate responsibly. Or not. But have some fun, we all ...
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Having trouble finding a job in Information Technology or Cybersecurity? You may be doing it wrong. Once you have a fully developed LinkedIn profile, jobs should be finding you.
On Monday we kicked off part 1 of our two part series on how to get LinkedIn to find jobs you will love. Lets look at the remaining sections.
Having trouble finding a job in Information Technology or Cybersecurity? You may be doing it wrong. Once you have a fully developed LinkedIn profile, jobs should be finding you.
Having a well developed profile on social network sites seems like a hassle, and if you are avoiding the social scene, LinkedIn needs to be an exception. Especially if you are sending resumes to ...
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I am teaching classes for candidates pursuing that pinnacle of cybersecurity certification, the CISSP. The CISSP is a challenging course of study, and the certification exam has always been daunting. When I took the exam in 2016, there were 275 questions and the exam allowed 6 hours for completion.
These days the exam lasts only 3 hours, and has ...
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As it happens I have had a wonderful 20 year career in Information technology and cybersecurity, and the career continues with new adventures. While thinking about my IT career, I came to see it as a succession of steps.
For people just starting an IT or cybersecurity career, especially students in high school and college, your teachers and professors will place a lot of emphasis on planning your career and work ...
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One of the Facebook cybersecurity groups that I follow, Cybersecurity Lounge, is set up to provide ideas and advice to people at the start of their IT career, or who are studying for, or have just passed, a certification. One member of the group told a story of a recent interview he had for an IT job. He was first ...
Today I am continuing the thread I started last week about breaking into information technology and cybersecurity as a career. Let’s begin at the beginning. No matter where you end up in your career, you can expect to start in an entry level position in a repair center, help desk, or desk side support team. To be qualified for this position you need to know how to install, configure, maintain, and ...
One of the persistent questions I am asked, as an instructor, is a variation of: “Every job I apply for wants experience, how do I get experience without a job?” The flip side of that question comes from IT managers, and sounds like: “We see too many candidates with computer degrees that lack any hands on computer experience or working knowledge of computers or networking.”
The problem is most college degree ...
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