skills Archives - Foster Institute https://fosterinstitute.com/tag/skills/ Cybersecurity Experts Thu, 15 Aug 2013 06:00:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://fosterinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Favicon.png skills Archives - Foster Institute https://fosterinstitute.com/tag/skills/ 32 32 IT Certifications are Critical, not Just an Option https://fosterinstitute.com/it-certifications-is-critical-not-just-an-option/ Thu, 15 Aug 2013 06:00:42 +0000 https://fosterinstitute.com/blog//?p=1632 Here’s why: Hackers are sophisticated. They constantly devise new ways to steal your valuable, confidential and proprietary information or destroy your business. Even if their intent is not to steal your data, they can infiltrate your computer systems for illegal purposes such as storing stolen financial data. They may even launch attacks against other organizations—and […]

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]]> Here’s why: Hackers are sophisticated. They constantly devise new ways to steal your valuable, confidential and proprietary information or destroy your business.

Even if their intent is not to steal your data, they can infiltrate your computer systems for illegal purposes such as storing stolen financial data. They may even launch attacks against other organizations—and use your systems to do so (your lawyers may tell you that you are liable).

Therefore, IT professionals must—continuously—update their knowledge and skills in order to stay abreast of, and combat, the latest attack techniques.

Be sure IT Pros who advise you about IT security have earned the CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional (www.isc2.org/cissp).

If you ever have an IT audit, insist that the auditor possess a current CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor credential (www.isaca.org/cisa).

If your organization processes, stores, or transmits credit card or debit card data, then the PCI DSS Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard applies to your organization. Be sure you require anyone who assists you with PCI to have their PCI QSA Qualified Security Assessor qualification (www.pcisecuritystandards.org).

Insist that IT Pros who help you in any of these areas be certified: IT Security (CISSP), IT Audits (CISA), and PCI compliance (PCI QSA).

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]]> What Your IT Pro Doesn’t Know Can Hurt You https://fosterinstitute.com/what-your-it-pro-doesnt-know-can-hurt-you/ Thu, 08 Aug 2013 06:00:20 +0000 https://fosterinstitute.com/blog//?p=1628 Technology is now a core part of almost all organizations. How can you make sure IT knows what they are doing? Facilitate your IT professionals earning certifications so they identify and master “what they didn’t know they didn’t know.” Depending on your IT Pro’s expertise and their roles and responsibilities at your organization, facilitate their […]

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]]> Technology is now a core part of almost all organizations. How can you make sure IT knows what they are doing?

Facilitate your IT professionals earning certifications so they identify and master “what they didn’t know they didn’t know.”

Depending on your IT Pro’s expertise and their roles and responsibilities at your organization, facilitate their earning their MCSE Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert level certifications in one or more: Server infrastructure, SQL Server, cloud, messaging, etc.  Additionally, there are certifications for Windows 7 and Windows 8.

For IT Pros that support your users, Microsoft even has certifications for Word, Excel, etc.

More info about Microsoft Certifications: www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification-overview.aspx.

IT changes so fast that IT professionals must—continuously—update their knowledge and skills. Your business depends on it.

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