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If you work in IT, you may have heard that a combination of skills, certifications and experience can help you land a lucrative position. But which IT certifications are so in demand that employers will pay top dollar for the people who hold them?

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From phishing scams to app vulnerabilities, to insider threats and more, there is a wide array of threat landmines to avoid. If you’re the person tasked with ensuring that a company has a robust security posture, it wouldn’t surprise me if you’re often losing sleep.

Some IT pros might remember when it was career suicide to recommend Linux, or even when they had to choose between Windows and Linux, but those days are gone.

After a number of failed job interviews, Jordan re-evaluated his strategy and came up with a plan that landed him an IT support job for the technology that keeps local law enforcement connected.

Experts largely agree that automation is an important ingredient for managing cloud services and technology. Find out ways to use automation to make the cloud more efficient and the skills IT pros need to work in the cloud.

Attendees at the meeting took in great insights on hiring, training and building workforce cultures. Read on.

Innovations like cloud computing have come on fast, in ways that have begun to change what's necessary for IT staff to know. But where does that leave the foundational hardware and software knowledge that has been the basis of enterprise IT since the beginning? It's still important! And here's why.

Blockchain’s level playing field gives everyone a chance to learn.

Most courses get people to a certain peak of knowledge, by teaching best practices and lab-based learning. But, hiring managers are looking for what I call a second peak of knowledge.

The World Economic Forum estimates that 65 percent of students today will ultimately be working in jobs that don’t currently exist. This is a reminder for employers in all sectors that transferable skills and training are more important than ever, because jobs are evolving.

We’ve made exponential leaps with technology, yet with all the changes come security risks as we create the applications that run these systems. Organizations should be living DevSecOps, but many have lagged behind in adopting it due to a lack of talented IT professionals.

A tight labor market and other factors have drastically changed the tech hiring landscape, as CompTIA’s 2019 Outlook Report confirms. We spoke with two tech experts on the new successful strategies they’re putting into practice to get – and keep – the talent they need.