The World of Information Security needs more candidates based on the recent statistics, the awareness of information security also increased and every company needs someone to handle all issues related to security, the usual way of making information Security just an added tasks to IT engineers like systems and network persons will not be used anymore. The security becomes an independent department or even under IT but with different specialized candidate, their primary job is to take care of organization and data protection. This article will highlight the main certificates required by most of the companies in their job offering.
One of the top trustworthy certificates issued by (ISC)2, and it's required by most of the security jobs, the certificate required five years experience in the field of information security.
Another certificate needed for information security manager issued by ISACA, The certificate gained a good rank over decade, Trustworthy certificate, give you the required knowledge to manager Information security department and projects.
This Certificate is related mainly in the IT/IS Auditing Field, it's considered an important and required certificate for most of job posting in IT/IS auditing position, the certificate is globally recognized, gives you required skills and knowledge to perform information systems and security auditing and controls review.
A pure hands on certificate that gives you the real world practices in penetration testing field, the OSCP proves that you have complete understanding and the ability to perform all the required tasks to deliver a very professional penetration testing report, required with increased demand by most of the organizations in different industries.
A technical Security Certificate that proves that you able to design, build and protect your organization network, by understanding the different security appliances such as Firewall, VPN, and IDS/IPS and how to configure them, plus how to secure different networking devices such Routers, Switches and other Networking appliances.