Keys to attracting and retaining cybersecurity talent

Federal agencies need to invest strategically and heavily in their benefits strategy if they’re going to successfully compete for cybersecurity talent, according to the Center for Cyber Safety and Education Global Information Security Workforce Study (GISWS). One of the largest studies of the information security profession ever conducted, the survey of over 19,600 information security professionals included responses from 2,620 U.S. Department of Defense, federal civilian and federal contractor employees. When asked to rate the … More Continue reading Keys to attracting and retaining cybersecurity talent

Cloud Foundry launches its developer certification program

a foundry for clouds Cloud Foundry, a massive open source project that allows enterprises to host their own platform-as-a-service for running cloud applications in their own data center or in a public cloud, today announced the launch of its “Cloud Foundry Certified Developer” program. The Cloud Foundry Foundation calls this “the world’s largest cloud-native developer certification… Read More Continue reading Cloud Foundry launches its developer certification program

Tindie Chat: All About Certifications

The chat functionality on Hackaday.io is quickly turning into the nexus of all things awesome. This Tuesday, February 28th, everyone’s favorite robotic dog is talking certifications. Everything from FCC to UL to OSH to CE and the other CE is on the table. If you want to build hardware, and especially if you want to build a product, this is the talk for you. Join us for the next Tindie Chat on Hackaday.io.

Every month or so, we round up Tindie sellers, buyers, and the Tindie curious to talk about the issues facing hardware creators. We meet up in …read more

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CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst certification to include behavioral analytics

CompTIA unveiled a vendor-neutral certification, CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CSA+), that brings behavioral analytics to the forefront of assessing cyber threats. The CompTIA CSA+ certification will offer broad-spectrum validation of knowledge and skills required to configure and use cyber-threat detection tools, perform data analysis and interpret the results to identify vulnerabilities, threats and risks to an organization. It certifies knowledge of a data-driven approach to information security. “The Internet of Things is not only bringing greatly … More Continue reading CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst certification to include behavioral analytics