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Certification Magazine - January 2018

Radioteacher — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 13:10:40 GMT

The January 2018 edition Certification Magazine has five (ISC)2 certifications in the top twenty on page 22.

Listed on page 25 as the next "Big Thing" has CCSP and CISSP as number 1 and 2.

Well done (ISC)2!

http://certmag.com/digital/January2018/index.html

Paul

Re: Certification Magazine - January 2018

Kaity — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 21:24:54 GMT

Thanks, Paul! We're very excited!

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Bayshob — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 10:33:31 GMT

This is good news. Thanks for the info

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VJ — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 14:22:28 GMT

Very cool!!

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ro83 — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 14:31:38 GMT

I personally was a little bit disappointed because I can not find CSSLP from the top 75. It is really good job by (ISC)2 anyway because there was so many certifications at high positions.

Re: Certification Magazine - January 2018

Bayshob — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 14:47:08 GMT

The certifications are not ranked according to level of competence but according to people's quest to earn them. For example CCNA is rated above CCNP and CCIE on the list. We all know CCNP and CCIE are higher than CCNA but because more people are eager to do CCNA, it is rated higher on this particular list. Its good to know that a lot of people are crazy about achieving CCSP and CISSP

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Mariesa91991 — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 16:43:42 GMT

That's great! Well done, ICS2!

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planois — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 19:01:31 GMT

That is very cool. Well done!

Re: Certification Magazine - January 2018

Radioteacher — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 00:47:35 GMT

The magazine had over 900 different certifications submitted.

I am sure that picking the top 75 was very difficult. If you would like to see your certifications make the list, the first step is to fill out their survey. I have been doing the survey for over a decade.

Maybe the CCNA holder pay is high because the person has many years in IT and a few other certifications. Or maybe the CCNA holder has moved into a management position over the years.

Paul

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parinab — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 17:54:06 GMT

Thanks for sharing. Very informative specially the current pay scale of each IT certifications available in the market.

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srcr — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 09:16:13 GMT

Nice to see that I made the correct decision to go for my CISSP end 2016.

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Bayshob — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 11:04:45 GMT

Good to know CISSP is highly rated

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Radioteacher — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 14:29:51 GMT

I have found that it is never too late to train up and earn an important certification.

In 1994, I achieved my first certification, a Novell CNE. At the time there were about 70,000 CNE's out there. Over the next five years, I earned four Novell CNE's more plus a Master CNE.

At the time I remember thinking that it was late to earn the Novell CNE and I was wrong. If anyone thinks since there are 78,000+ CISSP's in the US it is too late now to earn one now, they are wrong.

Paul Guido, CISSP, CCSP

P.S. Not that I would go out and get a CNE-3 right now.

Re: Certification Magazine - January 2018

txlincoln — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 17:43:34 GMT

Way to roll ISC 2, way to roll.

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Nothwindtrader — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 11:45:15 GMT

Well, lots of my certifications didn't make that list. But then again, being analyst #907 for a given cert should give an early indication it's not that "sexy".

It's important to understand that those are the certifications held by the largest number of survey responders, which does not say all too much about the quality of the certification but merely the quantity of its holders.

The quantity is not based on the quality of the certification, but largely on HR expectations, which makes that a self-fulfilling prophecy: The more often they hear the name of a given, popular certification, the more likely they are asking for it.

Likely it would be a good idea picking certification after average base salary; but call me old-fashioned - I pick them on my interest in the BOK.

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CowardlyLion — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 15:07:18 GMT

Flash?

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CowardlyLion — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 15:12:01 GMT

Would it be possible to post a pdf or HTML5 version of the magazines? I don't allow Flash on my machine for obvious reasons.

Thanks.

Re: Certification Magazine - January 2018

Kaity — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 15:50:08 GMT

We weren't able to find a PDF of the magazine, I'm sorry. You may want to contact the magazine directly to see if they can send it? editor@certmag.com

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Radioteacher — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 14:36:43 GMT

One of the things I get from such a list of certifications is trends in education and directions I might want to explore.

I had never heard of the Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) and it looks very intriguing to me. I work at a what would be considered a small shop so I have to keep my eyes open for new directions and opportunities as they present themselves.

https://iapp.org/certify/cipp/

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Ravenshroud — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 01:52:18 GMT

My MS Mail Admin cert made all the difference!! (Ha)

I used to be a cert chaser, but then quality certs like those from ISC2 came along, at the turn of the century, and now I just focus on those.