CySA+: Hiring qualified professionals helps offset skill shortages
Introduction: The growing shortage of qualified CySA+ professionals
Today, there are literally thousands of jobs going unfilled because of the lack of qualified cybersecurity candidates. With a high demand for employees that can prove their knowledge and skills in this fast-growing IT sector, the importance of acquiring a certification is increasing as professionals use it to stand out in the crowd when applying for jobs and to boost their promotion potential in their current company.
Employers recognize the benefits of not only filling roles with professionals with credentials but also of training their existing employees. This is important to build a skilled workforce and to boost employee retention.
More and more employers nowadays are looking for technically- and analytically-minded professionals to fill roles as cybersecurity analysts. These employers need professionals with experience and related qualifications and who have a track record of showing competencies that relate to the job. Adding a CompTIA’s CySA+ certification is sure to help a professional interested in this line of work to increase their chances of securing a good position in any organization.
CySA+ overview
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is a non-profit trade association that focuses on educating and certifying IT professionals. The Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) is one of the newer additions to the CompTIA certification portfolio, designed to meet the ever-growing need for experienced, qualified cyber- and information security analysts.
CompTIA certifications such as CySA+ can be mapped to the NICE framework. The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Framework is a valuable source used in defining common ways to assess the workforce skills and helps IT security practitioners understand the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) they will need for a successful career in the field and in each role comprised in the security realm.
What’s more, NICE offers a (Read more...)
*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Infosec Resources authored by Daniel Brecht. Read the original post at: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/infosecResources/~3/UQ4GrgxhNFQ/
