When you combine the release of Windows 11 — along with all the other iterations still in use — with security, you wind up with a topic that is a prime breeding ground for certification exam questions. How much ...

With the release and widespread adoption of Windows 11, certification exams that ask questions about operating systems (such as CompTIA’s A+ exam) are slowly updating to probe knowledge ...

As we discussed last month, CompTIA has made some significant changes to the content of the Project+ exam as they migrate from PK0-004 (currently available) to PK0-005 (coming soon). This month ...

The history of tech industry association CompTIA's project management certification exam is an interesting one. At times, it has had “IT” in the title, and at times it has not; at times, it has focused ...

PowerShell is a simple scripting language that has been available — mostly, though not exclusively, with Microsoft operating systems — for many years. Questions regarding basic knowledge of ...

It is difficult to find a networking-, security-, or even basic computing-related certification exam today that does not include one or more questions related to the cloud. Every exam candidate needs to ...

The most popular vulnerability scanner and information-gathering networking tool in the cybersecurity realm is arguably Nmap, the network mapper. Open source, free, and command-line based ...

In the October 2021 issue of Certification Magazine, we took a look at mentoring programs and how they can be helpful for IT workers who need assistance in their pursuit of IT certifications ...

A large number of security-related certification exams require knowledge of NIST Special Publication 800-53 and its subsequent revisions/additions. This tome — formally titled …

When it comes to proposing standards and defining the language involved, few institutions compare in scale and scope to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) …