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CompTIA brought together industry leaders for the 12th Annual Global Trade Compliance Best Practices Conference Sept. 18. In San Diego. The day-long conference, attended by 80 industry trade policy and compliance professionals, focused on trade policy and regulatory updates as well as in-depth discussion on the best practices for compliance. The event was a great success thanks to CompTIA Members.

CompTIA IT Pro member Edward Marchewka says the best advice for those looking to jumpstart a career in tech is to seek out mentorship opportunities.

Penetration testing plays a crucial part in establishing and maintaining strong cybersecurity. But often businesses aren't clear on how to approach it. Chris Hodson explores what organizations and IT pros should know to get the most out of penetration testing.

CompTIA research on trends in the technology ecosystem shows some pessimism around emerging tech – particularly the skills gap it may cause. But tech firms offering essential services can get into the emerging tech game today.

In today’s world, it’s not out of the realm of possibility for hackers to be able to access a device and cause harm. CompTIA Security+, and the new CompTIA CertMaster Learn for Security+, address many of the cybersecurity issues related to IoT, including secure systems design.

Since our certifications are vendor neutral, CompTIA-certified IT pros work in a wide range of professions. Today, we take a look at the top five functional areas for CompTIA-certified professionals, as reported by Global Knowledge.

I wish CompTIA IT Fundamentals+ had been around in its current form when I got into IT. The new version of CompTIA IT Fundamentals+ exposes candidates to a wide variety of technologies.

Learning just got easier with CompTIA’s comprehensive eLearning platform, CompTIA CertMaster Learn. CompTIA CertMaster Learn is designed to help you develop IT skills, advance your IT career and prepare for certification exams.

From Internet of Things to artificial intelligence, these innovations have the greatest potential to make near-term impacts on business.

C-level folks want to get complete, consistent information. They have very good intuition for information they feel doesn't quite work for their position. It's up to the techies to use consistent language so everyone's on the same page when it comes to managing risk.

As National Hispanic Heritage Month began over the weekend and runs through October 15, CompTIA Advancing Diversity in Technology Executive Council member and associate professor in the computer science department at Northeastern Illinois University Graciela Perera offers her thoughts on where the Hispanic American community is today.

When organizations launch a diversity and inclusion initiative, they believe that it is not only the right thing to do but more importantly know it makes great business sense. What steps should your organization take toward success and what are common mistakes to avoid?

Execute a successful cloud migration across any service or deployment model using these tips from cloud computing expert DuWayne Harrison, who spoke at ChannelCon 2018.

Conflict costs American businesses $359 billion annually in lost productivity. Get your business out of this unproductive cycle.

In this follow-up piece to my training session at ChannelCon, I’m going to lay out the various angles that service providers attempt to use as wedges with their customer base as well as the questions that end users need to respond with when they hear this type of rhetoric.