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While his friends had dreams of climbing the corporate ladder in finance or working with a big four accounting firm, Nate Teplow sought the excitement of a tech career. The chair of CompTIA's Future Leader's Community shared his thoughts on cross-generation collaboration and improving the new work environment in this this month's member spotlight article.

CompTIA held another successful EMEA Member and Partner Conference last week in London, with record breaking attendance of over 500.

You see them on the nightly news, read about them online and maybe have even experienced one firsthand. In honor of cybersecurity month, we want to know how much you know about these top 10 high-profile hacks. Can you hack it?

Lately, it seems every Windows IT administrator has been compelled to write PowerShell scripts. Everybody's script library starts as parts and pieces, and as you learn more PowerShell, you will find these useful tips to help write better scripts.

The secret to selling to clients is pointing out that cleaning up a mess is always more costly, not only in terms of technology, but also brand image and customer trust. Learn more here.

Penetration testers are security experts who act like bad guys to identify weaknesses in a network. These weaknesses, also called vulnerabilities, must be managed properly to avoid compromise.

Lindsay Herbert, digital leader at IBM, presented at the EMEA Member and Partner Conference 2017 on how many organisations get digital transformation wrong, and five steps on how they can get it right.

James Stanger was quoted in CSO on October 19, 2017.

Just like in life, in IT, people exhibit different personality types. Take this quiz to find out what your IT personality is and see which CompTIA certifications are right for you!

What does it take to build a modern channel cybersecurity practice? The simple answer is a plan, a purpose and the right tools.

At the EMEA Member and Partner Channel Conference 2017, CompTIA President and CEO Todd Thibodeaux discussed the impact that transformational technologies will have on jobs, the responsibility that CompTIA has to ensure its membership understands this impact, and the formation of CompTIA’s new workforce think-tank.

Even if you’ve been working in technology for years, earning an IT certification can bump your status, job title and even pay grade. Certifications show your coworkers and higher ups that you’re committed to the job, have special skills and are willing to keep learning to stay on top of your game.

What is blockchain and how can businesses use it? Julia Moiseeva, director at FinTest, gave a presentation on blockchain at CompTIA’s EMEA Member and Partner Conference to help our members understand what the technology is and how they could use it.

In recent years, we have seen a growing trend of state CIOs serving as a broker of services as opposed to owning and providing the service themselves. This has involved a significant culture shift and a commitment to systems integration. Arizona has been a leader in this regard. In this final panel at the 2017 State Tech Summit, we learn what this shifting model has meant for government proficiency to meet constituent needs.

The keynote speaker for the 2017 State Tech Summit was Dr. Sethuraman "Panch" Panchanathan, Executive Vice President, ASU Knowledge Enterprise, and Chief Research and Innovation Officer, Arizona State University, discussed the ingredients needed to build a talent pipeline for the 21st century economy.