Last October, The Edge brought you “14 Hot Cybersecurity Certifications Now.” Time, per usual, has flown, leaving us to wonder, “What difference does a year make? Especially in this very unusual year?”
In revisiting trends with certification issuers, we learned of some new and emerging certifications now offered to address the current landscape. We also reached out to security training and career firm Cybrary to find out what they are seeing.
According to Ken Underhill, master instructor at Cybrary, the usual “hot” certifications (CISSP, CISA, and CISM) are still popular. He also noted AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud certs are big now as companies increasingly move assets to multicloud environments. More on those later.
In addition, an understanding of privacy — coupled with a certification to back that expertise — is taking hold, says Underhill.
“With organizations facing litigation and fines under CCPA, NY SHIELD, and other privacy laws, we are seeing practitioners scooping up more privacy certs, like the IAPP, CIPP, and CIPM, and the newer CDPSE,” he says.
While the certs we listed last year still stand, here are some others now high on security pros’ 2020 list.
Joan Goodchild is a veteran journalist, editor, and writer who has been covering security for more than a decade. She has written for several publications and previously served as editor-in-chief for CSO Online. View Full Bio
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