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5 Ways to Be an Ally with Your LGBTQIA+ Colleagues at Work
June 23rd, 2022 | CompTIA | CompTIA Blog
Pride Month is a time to reflect and uplift our LGBTQIA+ peers and honor queer folx who have blazed a trail for freedom. We’re all pretty cool people and it’s time we all get more acquainted.  As a person who identifies as the T in LGBTQIA+, I’ve found that allyship is incredibly valuable to - Read More
 
How To Transition from Finance to Cybersecurity
June 23rd, 2022 | CompTIA | CompTIA Blog
IT pros have many opportunities to start and advance their careers within cybersecurity. CyberSeek wants to help close the cybersecurity skills gap, so it provides detailed, actionable data about supply and demand in the cybersecurity job market to help prospective job searchers. CyberSeek has - Read More
 
Five Questions with Kris Blackmon, CompTIA’s Advancing Diversity in Technology Leadership Award Winner
June 22nd, 2022 | CompTIA | CompTIA Blog
For her advocacy and commitment to DEI in the technology industry, serving as a role model, and having a positive impact on the lives and careers of others, Blackmon received the Communities & Councils Forum. Channel Development Advisory Council, Blackmon recently spoke with CompTIA to - Read More
 
Best Virtual IT Training Labs: How To Choose
June 22nd, 2022 | CompTIA | CompTIA Blog
Online training existed for years, but the popularity of virtual lab environments skyrocketed during the pandemic – and now, virtual labs are here to stay. Virtual environments are especially helpful for IT training. Hands-on labs are an essential part of the IT training experience as learners have - Read More
 
Are You Gambling Everything With Your Cybersecurity Strategy?
June 20th, 2022 | Mike Semel | Compliance for Profit
NOTE TO MSPs – Business owners and executives often resist making the cybersecurity investments they should, and channel pros often struggle to explain why they need to spend the money on the right amount of cybersecurity to protect their reputations and finances. Here’s a proven way to make the - Read More
 
Engineering Trustworthy Secure Systems: Final Public Draft is Available for Comment
June 17th, 2022 | Jay Ferron | My information Resource
 NIST is releasing the final public draft of a major revision to Special Publication (SP) 800-160 Volume 1, Engineering Trustworthy Secure Systems. This final public draft offers significant content and design changes that include a renewed emphasis on the importance of systems engineering and - Read More
 
 
June 17th, 2022 | Jay Ferron | My information Resource
 Today, NIST is seeking public comments on NIST IR 8409 ipd (initial public draft), Measuring the Common Vulnerability Scoring System Base Score Equation. Calculating the severity of information technology vulnerabilities is important for prioritizing vulnerability remediation and helping to - Read More
 
What Remote Support Means Today
June 17th, 2022 | CompTIA | CompTIA Blog
I finally had the opportunity to attend London’s Service Desk Show (SITS) in person! SITS is Europe’s largest help desk/service desk event. It’s a lot of fun to attend, because IT pros and managers in that part of the world gather to discuss and solve help desk problems. I’ve rarely attended an - Read More
 
Data-Driven DEI: Starting or Continuing Your DEI Journey? Data Can Make a Big Difference
June 16th, 2022 | CompTIA | CompTIA Blog
This article originally appeared in the Spring 2022 issue of CompTIA World magazine.It’s hard to make significant improvements in any area of business without the right data, and that includes making strides to improve diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) within an organization. But for - Read More
 
Erick Simpson’s MSP Newsletter | June 2022
June 15th, 2022 | Erick Simpson | Managed Services Blog
How to Deal with Toxic Employees What’s your - Read More
 

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