Careers and Certifications

How to get into cyber security, which certifications employers actually ask for, and what the jobs pay.

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Cyber Security Certifications: What Employers Ask For

Every certification body ranks its own credential first. This is the same eight certifications laid out side by side, with what each one costs, what it demands before you can hold it, and which jobs actually ask for it.

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Beginner

How to Get into Cyber Security: The Honest Route

Getting into cyber security is a sequence of moves, and most of the advice online gets the order wrong by putting a certification first. Here is the route, with the part about entry level hiring that the ads leave out.

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