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7 Ways a System Administrator Directly Impacts Your Business

IT Toolbox

Good system administrators can handle data security, disaster recovery, communications, scalability, vendor relations, and more. The post 7 Ways a System Administrator Directly Impacts Your Business appeared first on Spiceworks.

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How a Systems Administrator Role Preps You for a Cybersecurity Career

Association of Information Technology Professional

IT Security Specialist Jason Hernandez believes systems administration is valuable experience for IT pros – especially for those interested in cybersecurity.

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NYC Department of Education builds the pipeline for future cybersecurity professionals

Network World

There’s been a lot of talk over the past few years about a shortage of skilled cybersecurity talent , but from where we sit at the NYC DOE Division of Information and Instructional Technology (DIIT), we see budding security pros all around us. It’s been our privilege to foster the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.

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Becoming a Self-Taught Cybersecurity Pro

Information Week

Here's how one system administrator developed his own personal online night school curriculum to gain the expertise for a successful security career. Cybersecurity pros are in high demand.

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10-year forecast shows growth in network architect jobs while sysadmin roles shrink

Network World

businesses is expected to lead to greater demand for information security analysts.” The two categories that are expected to decline are network and computer systems administrators, which are forecast to decline by 2.6%, and computer programmers, which are facing a 9.6% growth and 37,200 jobs added Database administrators: 8.2%

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Security team management: Top 4 findings from discussions with CISOs

CIO Business Intelligence

Most large businesses have a security team. But what, exactly, does that security team look like? And is it optimized in each of these respects to maximize the organization’s security posture? We learned, for example, that very few organizations have just a single security team. How is it structured? Most have several.

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CompTIA updates Network+ certification

Network World

CompTIA today introduced an updated edition of its Network+ professional certification, which the nonprofit organization says will enable network practitioners to understand and apply both networking and security concepts to configure and harden networks. for systems administration and other network-related skills in 2023.

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