{"id":455,"date":"2019-07-05T15:57:32","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T15:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siematry.com\/?p=455"},"modified":"2019-07-05T15:57:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T15:57:32","slug":"certifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siematry.com\/?p=455","title":{"rendered":"Certifications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those looking to gain understanding and validate your progress as your begin the journey to Info Sec, I would encourage taking CompTIA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/certification.comptia.org\/certifications\/network\">Network<\/a>+ and <a href=\"https:\/\/certification.comptia.org\/certifications\/security\">Security+<\/a>.  CompTIA provides vendor neutral exams that will test your knowledge in various ways.  I mentioned both exams because there are principles of both exam present on each.  Meaning you may see some security principles on the Network+ exam and vice versa.  You can take the Security+ exam only but it would be beneficial to study for the Network+ as well for a more well rounded approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are well written guides available on Amazon and other book stores that can be used for study material.  If your skilled at navigating Youtube University, I&#8217;ve heard there is a lot of information there.  Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cybrary.it\/course\/comptia-security\/\">Cybrary<\/a> as well for IT related study material. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those looking to gain understanding and validate your progress as your begin the journey to Info Sec, I would&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infosec"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For those looking to gain understanding and validate your progress as your begin the journey to Info Sec, I would encourage taking CompTIA&#039;s Network+ and Security+. 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