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When a ransomware attack shut down computer systems from the United Kingdom to China last week, the two big questions on everyone’s mind were how it happened and what can be done to prevent the next attack. Three IT experts offer advice about how to increase security and decrease vulnerabilities.

After graduating from Creating IT Futures IT-Ready program and earning CompTIA A+, Mai Yia Vue was offered a position as a help desk specialist for U.S. Bank in Minneapolis. Nine months into her first IT job, we checked in to learn about her job and her plans for the future.

These days people work everywhere, which boosts productivity and makes for a wider world, but does come with risks. Here, cybersecurity experts weigh in on hotspots, mobile devices and more.

If you took an earlier version of CompTIA A+ or have heard about it from people who did, you may be surprised to learn everything that it now covers. Here are five things you may not know about CompTIA A+ that help IT pros gain a foundational knowledge to launch their careers.

If you like to scope out vulnerabilities in your network and stop cybercriminals in their tracks, then cybersecurity analyst may be a good next step for you. Keep reading to learn what a cybersecurity analyst does and how to get there.

You may be thinking about getting an IT certification to help launch or boost your career. Or perhaps your employer requires you to be certified. Whatever the reason, if you want or need to get IT certified, it can be hard to know where to begin. That’s why we created CompTIA A+ On-Ramp.

The big problem for IT security providers is that their tools no longer differentiate their businesses. The real value is ensuring that end users have the knowledge, skills and training to protect their organizations.

CompTIA is deeply engaged in arming students and workers with the skills today’s economy demands. For instance, we support schools that are making STEM subjects the fundamental building blocks of their curriculum, mentorships that can give students the confidence to excel in IT careers, as well as job training and work-based learning programs.

Client interest in cloud is booming, and big-name hardware vendors like Oracle are meeting the demand. But where do partners fit? With an innovative, award-winning series of workshops built around CompTIA educational materials, Arrow’s Kirk Bohn has set out to help them understand – and succeed.

As an executive committee member to the U.S. Information Technology Office (USITO), CompTIA joined fellow associations and dozens of tech companies for the USITO spring board meeting to discuss China policies that are of importance to the sector.

You may be wondering whether or not CompTIA A+ is worth it, so we asked people who already have it, “What has CompTIA A+ done for you?”

What makes the best player on an IT team? While the NBA and its fans debate who should be the MVP in basketball, Charles Eaton gives you the top three traits of tech MVPs.

Hiring recent college graduates can be difficult, as they likely lack the experience necessary to demonstrate their skills. But they can be assessed from different angles –such as volunteering in tech, their lifelong tech literacy and even their passion for gaming.

With the increase of Internet of Things (IoT) devices comes an increased risk of cyberattacks. Applying security analytics to IoT devices, similar to how it’s applied to servers and end-user devices, can help mitigate this problem and prevent attacks of this nature.

As automation and artificial intelligence (AI) become more prevalent, you may be wondering if (or when) a robot might take over your job. But it’s time to stop worrying about the number of jobs displaced by new technologies and start preparing for careers that will not only survive the onslaught of automation, cognitive computing and robotics, but leverage them.