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The pandemic has created unexpected challenges, and cybersecurity is no exception. While ransomware had been tapering off, it’s increased since March.

U.S. Air Force veteran and CompTIA Tech Career Academy instructor Stephen Padilla explains why the skills and work ethic developed during their military careers make veterans excellent candidates for jobs as IT support technicians.

CompTIA’s IT Industry Outlook 2021, with the theme “Rebuilding for the Future,” provides 10 trends in technology for the year ahead. For those in the business of technology, here are four ways to leverage the insights from CompTIA's latest research.

CompTIA PenTest+ is now approved by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) 8570 for three cybersecurity job categories.

Artificial intelligence sometimes gets a bad rap in popular culture references like "The Social Dilemma." While some issues can be addressed, the reality is AI isn’t dangerous, it isn’t out to get you, and it’s not trying to brainwash you, according to members of CompTIA’s AI Advisory Council.

In two years since becoming an IT-Ready alum, Christina Maxwell has nearly doubled her salary, bought her own car, and found a new sense of self-confidence – all while becoming a go-to tech pro. The program changed her life “monumentally”.

A recent CompTIA research study revealed the cybersecurity skills IT pros need to build their knowledge base and careers.

As MSPs increasingly become the focus of hackers and ransomware attacks, some are finding that even being associated as an MSP doesn’t carry the same cachet it once did. So they're forging new identities.

In the second half of a recent podcast conversation, executives from workforce development agency C2 Global explain how certifications connected to IT support technician courses get displaced and disadvantaged workers in Texas and Florida into jobs more quickly.

If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s to expect the unexpected—except, perhaps, when it comes to CompTIA's Tech Town Index. The 3rd annual report ranks the top 20 places in the US for IT pros to live and work, providing guidance on where opportunity intersects with affordability for both tech workers and tech companies. The 2020 report also covers remote work and how this trend is impacting the landscape of Tech Towns across the country.

Multi-vendor environments are quickly becoming the new normal. How does this impact IT pros? Time to prep yourself with broader, vendor-neutral skill sets.

Competitive recruiting tactics, scarcity of highly skilled IT talent, and continued remote work conditions have spurred employers to adapt how they recruit and maintain tech workers. Here's how.

By removing barriers to learning through a custom training program, CompTIA Tech and workforce development agency C2 Global are narrowing the tech skills gap with IT support technician courses for displaced and disadvantaged workers in Texas and Florida.

IT project management methodologies can also be applied in other industries. That’s why I got CompTIA Project+ even though I don’t work in IT.

During Cybersecurity Awareness Month, CompTIA podcasts tackled a range of related topics—from navigating how tech firms are meeting new security challenges to the world of cybercrimes and more. Find out what we overheard in October.