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BestInformationSecurityCertificationsFor2016
ByEdTittel SEPTEMBER3,201511:00AM

1. Top5InfoSecCerts

InfoSecprofessionalswhowanttosetthemselvesapartasleadersinITsecurityshould
seriouslyconsideroneofthesetopfiveinformationsecuritycertificationsfor2016.

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Whenitcomestoinformationsecurity,youneedonlyreadtheheadlinestoobservethatthosewith
maliciousintentconstantlyfindnewandscarywaystoaccessandmisuseprivilegedinformationfor
criminal,unscrupulousorquestionablepurposes.Asaresult,ITprofessionals

skilledin

informationsecurityremaininveryhighdemandandshoulddosofortheforeseeablefuture.
WhenevaluatingprospectiveInfoSeccandidates,employersfrequentlylooktocertificationasone
measureofexcellenceandcommitmenttoquality.Inthisarticle,wetakealookatfiveInfoSec
certificationsweconsidertobeleadersinthefieldofinformationsecurity

today.Thisyear'slist

includesentrylevelcredentials,liketheCompTIASecurity+andGIACSecurityEssentials,aswell
asmoreadvancedcerts,suchastheCertifiedEthicalHacker(CEH),CertifiedInformationSystems
SecurityProfessional(CISSP)andCertifiedInformationSecurityManager(CISM).Wealsooffer
someadditionalcertificationoptionsinthelastsection,asthefieldofinformationsecurityisboth
wideandvaried.

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CISACertificationCourse
AlignedtoISACA,26thEdition.AdvanceyourCareer.Now.

Ifyou'reseriousaboutadvancingyourcareerintheITfieldandareinterestedinspecializingin
security,certificationisagoodbet.It'saneffectivewaytovalidateyourskillsandshowacurrentor
prospectiveemployerthatyou'requalifiedandproperlytrained.
BeforeexaminingthedetailsofthetopfiveInfoSeccerts,takealookatTable1belowforthe
resultsofourinformaljobboardsurvey.Thedataindicatesthenumberofjobpostsnationwidein
whichourfeaturedcertificationswerementionedonagivenday.Thedatashouldgiveyouanidea
oftherelativepopularityofeachcertification.

Table1:JobBoardSearchResults
SimplyHired

Indeed

Dice

LinkedIn

TechCareers

JustTechJobs

Total

CEH

3,789

2,364

288

1,197

2,354

234

10,226

CISM

69,997

3,965

645

1,447

8,689

366

85,109

CISSP

66,939

13,271

2,014

6,013

12,755

1,401

10,2393

GSEC

2,101

1,581

218

651

266

177

4,994

Security+

3,497

2,772

226

999

468

328

8,290

Nowlet'stakeacloserlookatthetopfiveinformationsecuritycertificationsfor2016.

CompTIASecurity+
CEH:CertifiedEthicalHacker
GSEC:SANSGIACSecurityEssentials
CISSP:CertifiedInformationSystemsSecurityProfessional
CISM:CertifiedInformationSecurityManager

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Amazon

CompTIASecurity+SY0401CertGuide

$49.99
Amazon

CertifiedEthicalHacker

$59.99
Amazon

GIACSecurityEssentials

$60.00

CertifiedInformationSystemsSecurityProfessional

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2.CompTIASecurity+

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3.CEH:CertifiedEthicalHacker

6.CISM:CertifiedInformationSecurityMana

4.GSEC:SANSGIACSecurityEssentials

7.BeyondtheTop5:MoreInfoSecCerts

5.CISSP:CertifiedInformationSystemsSec

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