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In two years since becoming an IT-Ready alum, Christina Maxwell has nearly doubled her salary, bought her own car, and found a new sense of self-confidence – all while becoming a go-to tech pro. The program changed her life “monumentally”.

A recent CompTIA research study revealed the cybersecurity skills IT pros need to build their knowledge base and careers.

As MSPs increasingly become the focus of hackers and ransomware attacks, some are finding that even being associated as an MSP doesn’t carry the same cachet it once did. So they're forging new identities.

In the second half of a recent podcast conversation, executives from workforce development agency C2 Global explain how certifications connected to IT support technician courses get displaced and disadvantaged workers in Texas and Florida into jobs more quickly.

If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s to expect the unexpected—except, perhaps, when it comes to CompTIA's Tech Town Index. The 3rd annual report ranks the top 20 places in the US for IT pros to live and work, providing guidance on where opportunity intersects with affordability for both tech workers and tech companies. The 2020 report also covers remote work and how this trend is impacting the landscape of Tech Towns across the country.

Multi-vendor environments are quickly becoming the new normal. How does this impact IT pros? Time to prep yourself with broader, vendor-neutral skill sets.

Competitive recruiting tactics, scarcity of highly skilled IT talent, and continued remote work conditions have spurred employers to adapt how they recruit and maintain tech workers. Here's how.

By removing barriers to learning through a custom training program, CompTIA Tech and workforce development agency C2 Global are narrowing the tech skills gap with IT support technician courses for displaced and disadvantaged workers in Texas and Florida.

IT project management methodologies can also be applied in other industries. That’s why I got CompTIA Project+ even though I don’t work in IT.

During Cybersecurity Awareness Month, CompTIA podcasts tackled a range of related topics—from navigating how tech firms are meeting new security challenges to the world of cybercrimes and more. Find out what we overheard in October.

Ian Clark changed careers from food service to IT in just 6 months. Here’s how he did it – and how you can, too.

Is the pandemic motivating you to change careers and pursue a tech job? Gain a competitive edge in the eyes of prospective employers by earning IT certifications at CompTIA Tech.

Cross-layered detection and response (XDR) takes security solutions to the next level by helping IT pros weed through the fog of more.

Now’s the time for solution providers—and any tech company—to learn how emerging technologies can be integrated into current offerings and solve customers’ real-world business problems.

If you’re involved in the business of technology and have customer and partner data that needs to be protected, an ISAO is a great way to get the information you need. Are you taking the steps you should to be cyber safe?