IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[Sonny Bonds]

I’m always too eager when I’m applying to jobs. I applied to a 3 month contract position.

I had the first interview earlier this week. The manager forgot to confirm the interview time and didn’t send me the zoom link. He emails me asking where I am because he had been waiting for 10 minutes for me to join the zoom meeting that I didn’t know existed. I still did the interview after he sent me the link.

Now he wants to set up a second interview, but having thought about it, I don’t think I want a contract role. I want benefits and as much money as I can get.

 

[se1f_made]

I’m always too eager when I’m applying to jobs. I applied to a 3 month contract position.

I had the first interview earlier this week. The manager forgot to confirm the interview time and didn’t send me the zoom link. He emails me asking where I am because he had been waiting for 10 minutes for me to join the zoom meeting that I didn’t know existed. I still did the interview after he sent me the link.

Now he wants to set up a second interview, but having thought about it, I don’t think I want a contract role. I want benefits and as much money as I can get.

I automatically bush contract roles being that I have a full time job. I interview tomorrow for a cloud role which came about from interviewing with a manager last year, after turning down the offer we agreed to stay in touch. Ff to fall 2020 and he got a new role with a new company, he reached out and I’m hoping that everything works out so that I can leave my current role (they’re loading up too much work and they expect us to work and be available 24/7 since covid hit last year and we’ve been remote). Long story short, network brehs

 

[Steel]

Microsoft commitment to close security skills gap - Microsoft Tech Community

Microsoft commitment to close security skills gap
Security is at an inflection point as digital attack surfaces increase and threat attack sophistication escalates. Microsoft Security solutions can help customers reduce the impact of these attacks. However, customers continue to struggle to fill the security skills gap with an estimated shortfall of 3.5 million security professional by 2021. We strive to ensure customers have the skilling and learning resources they need to keep up in our world of complex cybersecurity attacks. By empowering our customers to increase their skilling knowledge, we enable customers to get up and running faster with Microsoft security and compliance solutions. We are excited to announce three new ways Microsoft is supporting skilling cyber security professionals.



First, Microsoft has four new Security, Compliance, and Identity certifications tailored to your roles and needs, regardless of where you are at in your skilling journey. To learn more about these new certifications and sign up to take the exam, please visit Microsoft Certifications.

• The Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals certification will help individuals get familiar with the fundamentals of security, compliance, and identity across cloud-based and related Microsoft services.
• The Microsoft Certified: Information Protection Administrator Associate certification focuses on planning and implementing controls that meet organizational compliance needs.
• The Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate certification helps security operational professionals design threat protection and response systems.
• The Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate certification helps individuals design, implement, and operate an organization’s identity and access management systems by using Azure Active Directory.

Secondly, we recognize that the world and industry we live in is complex but growing your skill shouldn’t be. The Microsoft Security Technical Content Library will help you find content relevant to your own needs, regardless of experience level, topic, product, or job roles. Use the search filters available and start to explore content for you today! Visit Microsoft Security Technical Content Library.

 

[Rhyme n Tekniq]

Microsoft commitment to close security skills gap - Microsoft Tech Community

Microsoft commitment to close security skills gap
Security is at an inflection point as digital attack surfaces increase and threat attack sophistication escalates. Microsoft Security solutions can help customers reduce the impact of these attacks. However, customers continue to struggle to fill the security skills gap with an estimated shortfall of 3.5 million security professional by 2021. We strive to ensure customers have the skilling and learning resources they need to keep up in our world of complex cybersecurity attacks. By empowering our customers to increase their skilling knowledge, we enable customers to get up and running faster with Microsoft security and compliance solutions. We are excited to announce three new ways Microsoft is supporting skilling cyber security professionals.



First, Microsoft has four new Security, Compliance, and Identity certifications tailored to your roles and needs, regardless of where you are at in your skilling journey. To learn more about these new certifications and sign up to take the exam, please visit Microsoft Certifications.

• The Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals certification will help individuals get familiar with the fundamentals of security, compliance, and identity across cloud-based and related Microsoft services.
• The Microsoft Certified: Information Protection Administrator Associate certification focuses on planning and implementing controls that meet organizational compliance needs.
• The Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate certification helps security operational professionals design threat protection and response systems.
• The Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate certification helps individuals design, implement, and operate an organization’s identity and access management systems by using Azure Active Directory.

Secondly, we recognize that the world and industry we live in is complex but growing your skill shouldn’t be. The Microsoft Security Technical Content Library will help you find content relevant to your own needs, regardless of experience level, topic, product, or job roles. Use the search filters available and start to explore content for you today! Visit Microsoft Security Technical Content Library.

Just saw the new certs on their website yesterday.

That Identity and Access cert caught my attention.

 

[StretfordRed]

Microsoft commitment to close security skills gap - Microsoft Tech Community

Microsoft commitment to close security skills gap
Security is at an inflection point as digital attack surfaces increase and threat attack sophistication escalates. Microsoft Security solutions can help customers reduce the impact of these attacks. However, customers continue to struggle to fill the security skills gap with an estimated shortfall of 3.5 million security professional by 2021. We strive to ensure customers have the skilling and learning resources they need to keep up in our world of complex cybersecurity attacks. By empowering our customers to increase their skilling knowledge, we enable customers to get up and running faster with Microsoft security and compliance solutions. We are excited to announce three new ways Microsoft is supporting skilling cyber security professionals.



First, Microsoft has four new Security, Compliance, and Identity certifications tailored to your roles and needs, regardless of where you are at in your skilling journey. To learn more about these new certifications and sign up to take the exam, please visit Microsoft Certifications.

• The Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals certification will help individuals get familiar with the fundamentals of security, compliance, and identity across cloud-based and related Microsoft services.
• The Microsoft Certified: Information Protection Administrator Associate certification focuses on planning and implementing controls that meet organizational compliance needs.
• The Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate certification helps security operational professionals design threat protection and response systems.
• The Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate certification helps individuals design, implement, and operate an organization’s identity and access management systems by using Azure Active Directory.

Secondly, we recognize that the world and industry we live in is complex but growing your skill shouldn’t be. The Microsoft Security Technical Content Library will help you find content relevant to your own needs, regardless of experience level, topic, product, or job roles. Use the search filters available and start to explore content for you today! Visit Microsoft Security Technical Content Library.

Ita good but I think they need improve their official training materials. I don’t mind the free shyt, but I’ve started sc-200 but it’s way too much text and not enough video/practical stuff

 

[StretfordRed]

Anyone doing any red team courses?

OSCP isn’t enjoyable for me, so looked more into APT style courses and decided to do the Certified Red Team Operator (CRTO) course: Red Team Ops Course Overview — Zero-Point Security

Not easy but rewarding course. If you do incident response and have done an entry level red team or pen test course involving purely Windows environments, then it’s a good course. Definitely not for starters though.

 

[Rozay Oro]

I’ve been literally wasting my life. Going to study hard for the A+ cert. Get out this plant job. Life’s a bytch.
Edit:
Can I skip help desk with cyber security?

 

[H@LLOW]

I’ve been literally wasting my life. Going to study hard for the A+ cert. Get out this plant job. Life’s a bytch.

you can do it breh.

 

[Rozay Oro]

you can do it breh.

shyt is so boring but yeah

 

[JT-Money]

A granular snapshot of demand and supply data for cybersecurity jobs at the state and metro area levels

Cybersecurity Supply And Demand Heat Map

 

[Regine Hunter]

i've been spoiled by splunk. No other siem can compete.

 

[Snoopy Loops]

To anyone with experience with on-prem Microsoft AD and Azure AD, are there big differences in their configuration? Wondering if the skill transfer from Azure AD carries over perfectly to an on-prem instance

 

[Rhyme n Tekniq]

To anyone with experience with on-prem Microsoft AD and Azure AD, are there big differences in their configuration? Wondering if the skill transfer from Azure AD carries over perfectly to an on-prem instance

I got about a year dealing with Azure AD. There's alot of carryover from on-prem AD but the interface is a whole lot cleaner and streamlined. And some additional features I haven't explored yet.

You'll be good.

 

[Everything Zen]

so what's 6 certs gang official stance on wgu?
thinking about enrolling into their BS in information technology program. i work full time at a tech startup but i have no obligations outside of myself, so i feel pretty confident that i could bang it out in a year or so. the price and competency based learning concept is very appealing to me.

 

[calixprynce]

so what's 6 certs gang official stance on wgu?
thinking about enrolling into their BS in information technology program. i work full time at a tech startup but i have no obligations outside of myself, so i feel pretty confident that i could bang it out in a year or so. the price and competency based learning concept is very appealing to me.

I was gonna enroll there to get a fast degree in IT , school seems legit . cant beat the price