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By Leslie Hague
| June 25, 2012
Craig Pearce
Craig Pearce
Security Architect for e-Secure, Australia, working at Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) Which exams have you helped develop?
CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP), CompTIA Security+ and CompTIA Linux+ Powered by LPI. What do you get out of volunteering with CompTIA as a subject matter expert?
For me, it’s the networking, the exchange of ideas and concepts between like-minded individuals. I also liked giving back to the industry. For me, it was also a ...
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By Jim Staats
| June 22, 2012
Takeaway of the week is the suggestion to view the current IT job market in the "glass is half-full" mode. Reports on the overall IT job market might not be glowing, but it's certainly doing a lot better than other industries in today's economy. IT prospects continue to grow at a steady pace. Let's just hope that forecasts of IT skills gaps are a thing of the past in the near future. Wanted: Cybersecurity Skills Amid a growing spate of cybersecurity attacks to both government and corporate netw ...
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By Janet Pinkerton
| June 21, 2012
Indianapolis Public Schools students Christopher Williams, Nigel Leitzell, China Harris, Andrea Williams, and Scott Patrick earned their CompTIA Strata IT Fundamentals certifications after an enrichment class in conjunction with Harrison College.
Harrison College's offer to teach a CompTIA Strata IT Fundamentals technology class to a group of Indianapolis public high school students was a handshake deal that became a success. Thanks in no small part to the students' aptitude and hung ...
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By Jim Staats
| June 15, 2012
Takeaway of the week is that it remains good to be in the IT job market, if one has to be in a job market at all. Choices abound, given the right skills and aptitude. This goes for anywhere in the globe, given the right skills. Dice: Tech Job Market Rises Above Despite economic woes, the job market for IT pros remains hot, a new Dice hiring survey indicates. According to the survey, nearly three-quarters of IT-focused recruiters and hiring managers expected to build out tech staffs in the last ...
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By Anna Matthai
| June 12, 2012
For recent generations the digital era is not an emerging trend but simply the status quo. Previous generations have had to learn or "un-learn" and part ways with legacy technologies before adopting new technologies, but Gen Y (aka "millennials" born 1982-1994) and Gen Z (aka "digital natives" born 1995-2011) have been immersed in the technologies of the digital era since day one. Downloading an app or trying to get to what she needs on a computer is second nature to my six-year-old daughter who ...
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By Jim Staats
| June 08, 2012
Takeaway of the week is a reminder to constantly maintain and expand your personal skill set. Otherwise, you might just take a long fall down that ever-growing "tech skills gap" separating you from that next great job. Widening Tech Skills Gap Signals Changing Jobs Market
The growing space separating those IT job openings and the candidates with the necessary expertise is the clearest sign yet that this segment of the job market is in the midst of a veritable revolution, experts say.
As tale ...
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By Janet Pinkerton
| June 05, 2012
Instructor-led training courseware for the CompTIA A+ certification exam is now available in Portuguese from Logical Operations. The courseware is available in print and electronic versions for both instructors and students.
A platinum content provider in the CompTIA Authorized Partner Program (CAPP), Logical Operations offers a Portuguese version of the CompTIA A+ courseware in product bundles containing: Stand-alone courseware certified with a 5.0/5.0 ProCert rating e-Book: Digital replica ...
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By Jim Staats
| June 04, 2012
When it comes down to it, any professional accreditation is only as good as its relevance in the field. According to veteran security engineer Jeremy Hoel, the new CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) certification covers the big picture for today's needs.
"It's very useful," said Hoel. "It seemed to be much more focused on the reality of what tools go where and why and how multiple parts fit together."
Hoel, a senior security engineer for global IT services provider PE Systems Inc. ...
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By Jim Staats
| June 01, 2012
Takeaway of the week is that it's good -- very good -- to be a cybersecurity pro. To say you're wanted is an understatement. What is also clearly wanted, more and more, is a 212-area code tech headquarters. College degree? These days, not as much. What's a College Degree Worth?
Recent and not-so-recent circumstances point to a decline in value of the college degree -- and traditional education as a whole -- as the end-all, be-all foundation in the tech world.
At least that's the view of one ...
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By Janet Pinkerton
| May 31, 2012
High school students learn about potential careers at Harvey Mudd College's Women Engineers and Scientists of Tomorrow event in February. Photo: Schenck and Schenck Photography Through her advice and her own career story, Maria Klawe, president of STEM-centric Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif., offers many insights about how women can secure the experience, knowledge and support for successful IT or STEM-related careers. Take hard-core computer science courses—lots of them—an ...
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