CompTIA Blog

  • Secure System Design: Why Plug and Play Is a Dangerous Game

    Sep 24, 2018, 14:35 PM by Debra B. McCraw
    In today’s world, it’s not out of the realm of possibility for hackers to be able to access a device and cause harm. CompTIA Security+, and the new CompTIA CertMaster Learn for Security+, address many of the cybersecurity issues related to IoT, including secure systems design.
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  • What Jobs Can I Get with a CompTIA Certification? 5 Functional Areas of IT

    Sep 21, 2018, 19:12 PM by Emily Matzelle
    Since our certifications are vendor neutral, CompTIA-certified IT pros work in a wide range of professions. Today, we take a look at the top five functional areas for CompTIA-certified professionals, as reported by Global Knowledge.
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  • How CompTIA IT Fundamentals+ Helps You Find Your Place in IT: One Career Changer’s Story

    Sep 19, 2018, 21:17 PM by Steve Harper
    I wish CompTIA IT Fundamentals+ had been around in its current form when I got into IT. The new version of CompTIA IT Fundamentals+ exposes candidates to a wide variety of technologies.
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  • Video: Fast Track Your IT Career with CompTIA eLearning

    Sep 18, 2018, 21:43 PM by CompTIA
    Learning just got easier with CompTIA’s comprehensive eLearning platform, CompTIA CertMaster Learn. CompTIA CertMaster Learn is designed to help you develop IT skills, advance your IT career and prepare for certification exams.
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  • 10 Tech Trends You Should Be Watching

    Sep 18, 2018, 20:09 PM by CompTIA
    From Internet of Things to artificial intelligence, these innovations have the greatest potential to make near-term impacts on business.
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  • Escaping the Cybersecurity Metrics Matrix

    Sep 17, 2018, 19:54 PM by James Stanger
    C-level folks want to get complete, consistent information. They have very good intuition for information they feel doesn't quite work for their position. It's up to the techies to use consistent language so everyone's on the same page when it comes to managing risk.
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  • National Hispanic Heritage Month Comes at a Time of Alarming Trends

    Sep 17, 2018, 19:48 PM by Graciela Perera
    As National Hispanic Heritage Month began over the weekend and runs through October 15, CompTIA Advancing Diversity in Technology Executive Council member and associate professor in the computer science department at Northeastern Illinois University Graciela Perera offers her thoughts on where the Hispanic American community is today.
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  • Five Do’s and Don’ts that Foster Diversity, Inclusion and Retention

    Sep 14, 2018, 22:35 PM by Yvette Steele
    When organizations launch a diversity and inclusion initiative, they believe that it is not only the right thing to do but more importantly know it makes great business sense. What steps should your organization take toward success and what are common mistakes to avoid?
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  • 3 Steps to a Successful Cloud Migration Strategy

    Sep 14, 2018, 15:58 PM by Michelle Lange
    Execute a successful cloud migration across any service or deployment model using these tips from cloud computing expert DuWayne Harrison, who spoke at ChannelCon 2018.
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  • How to Deal With Conflict Among Your Employees

    Sep 12, 2018, 22:01 PM by Yvette Steele
    Conflict costs American businesses $359 billion annually in lost productivity. Get your business out of this unproductive cycle.
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  • Data Packets Don’t Lie: Exploring the Promises of SD-WAN

    Sep 12, 2018, 19:24 PM by David Landsberger
    In this follow-up piece to my training session at ChannelCon, I’m going to lay out the various angles that service providers attempt to use as wedges with their customer base as well as the questions that end users need to respond with when they hear this type of rhetoric.
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  • How to Prepare for, and Survive, Hurricane Michael

    Sep 11, 2018, 21:07 PM by Daniel Margolis
    Hurricane Michael strengthened from a tropical storm to a hurricane over the weekend and looks to hit the Gulf Coast this week. It will likely make landfall on the northeast Florida coastline as a Category 3 storm by midweek. Run down this thorough list of ways to prepare and stay safe.
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  • Tariffs on Tech Will Not Stop Bad Actor: CompTIA Asks U.S. to Remove Vital Technology from New Tariffs

    Sep 11, 2018, 14:31 PM by Stefanie Holland
    The Trump Administration’s escalating trade war with China is hurting the information technology sector, the American consumer, and the U.S. economy. As the leading voice of the information technology industry, the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), filed comments with the U.S. Trade Representative asking that a number of important products be removed from the latest list of U.S. products potentially affected by new tariffs.
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  • How to Start Selling Emerging Technologies

    Sep 7, 2018, 18:33 PM by Annette Taber
    CompTIA’s Industry Advisory Councils convened recently with a stated goal – determining best practices for selling emerging technologies, including routes to market in the drone space and smart cities.
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  • Let the Penguin Prevail: A New CompTIA Linux+ for New Times

    Sep 7, 2018, 14:54 PM by Kristin Ludwig
    Many IT jobs demand Linux skills, so there has never been a better time to acquire and validate Linux skills than right now. CompTIA has taken a hard look at the current version of CompTIA Linux+ and made the changes necessary to modernize the exam for today’s times.
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