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Influenced by her IT pro mother, Becky McCully has been tech-savvy since childhood. Recently she decided to pursue an IT career, with training and certifications. She hopes to inspire tech-minded girls like her mother did.

There are multiple benefits and dangers surrounding the dark web. Let’s take a look at the good, the bad and the ugly traits of the dark web.

Learn how business acumen and professional skills can advance an IT career from Maddy Martin, the education director at an AI firm.

Absolute security is an illusion. Recent high-profile events have made this clearer than ever, says MJ Shoer, executive director of the CompTIA ISAO. On the organization’s first birthday, Shoer looks back and also shares what members can expect going forward to help raise the cybersecurity resilience of the tech industry.

CompTIA recently published a Channel Readiness Assessment tool that gives tech vendors an opportunity to find their strengths and weaknesses, as well as prescriptive advice on how to improve. Two of the creators discussed why it’s important to know where you stand compared to other vendors.

Blockchain offers enormous potential in today’s tech landscape, but there’s also uncertainty around the technology and how it can be applied to solve everyday business problems. A panel of experts offered explanations and answers during CompTIA’s Councils & Communities Forum Online.

Learn about CompTIA's new data analytics certification, CompTIA Data+. Learn about it and how data analytics skills can help advance your career.

Life without technology wouldn’t be functional or enjoyable for most of us. Keep the world running by getting into IT.

If you cultivate the employees you already have, you won't always need to compete for talent from outside of your organization. Here's how to recognize and nurture your organization's high-potential employees while also focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

There’s a big difference between selling technology and helping customers solve business problems. As MSPs focus more on “solution selling” they need to evolve their businesses. A panel of MSP experts discussed their experiences and how to set up for long-term success. Here are their tips.

Learn how to create a personal brand that will allow you to market and sell your education and experience to advance your IT career.

Cybersecurity, emerging technology, solution selling, and workforce dynamics are the key trends tech firms should be embracing, according to Nancy Hammervik, executive vice president of industry relations at CompTIA, and CEO of the CompTIA Tech Career Academy, who kicked off the virtual 2021 CompTIA Communities and Councils Forum.

Potential ramifications from the SolarWinds data breach are enough to keep leading cyber executives up at night—especially since many SMBs (and the MSPs serving them) aren't prepared to respond to a major event. Here's how to help.

Infrastructure is the bedrock of IT operations. Security, mobility, agility and resiliency all depend on a solid network architecture. The CompTIA Infrastructure Career Pathway aligns CompTIA certifications with the skill sets needed by today's IT pros to support and manage IT infrastructure.

Learn the similarities and differences between the new CompTIA Server+ and CompTIA Cloud+ so you can decide which IT certification is right for you.