There are more than half a million IT job openings in the United States alone. Organizations like yours are constantly faced with how to identify candidates that could be the right fit. But what about your current team? They have valuable industry and company knowledge, are their IT skills keeping up with your rapid changing needs?
We’ve all heard the old adage that practice makes perfect. To some extent, it’s true. The more you practice anything, the better you’ll be at it. But, let’s face it – if you’re reading or studying about security threats, attacks and vulnerabilities, will it really help you when you’re faced with an actual attack? That’s one reason why CompTIA is launching the latest version of the Security+ (SY0-501) certification this month.
Following on the heels of a cybercrime and the incident with the Polish Financial Supervision Authority hack, CompTIA has launched a new certification with tenants meant to proactively protect organizations. The new CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CSA+) certification is the first of its kind to bring behavioral analytics to the forefront of assessing cyber threats along with traditional methods. This newest certification to the CompTIA family is designed to bridge the skills gap between CompTIA Security+ and CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) exams.
The CompTIA A+ 900 series exams have been here since December 2015, however they are now the law of the land when it comes to A+ certification. CompTIA retired the A+ 800 series exams on June 30, 2016 with combinations of the two series not allowed. Students must study for, take and pass the two 900 series exams (220-901 and 220-902) to achieve certification.