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Security+ is CompTIA's fastest growing certification

In less than two years, more than 10,000 people in 112 countries have become CompTIA Security+ certified.

CompTIA reports that it is the fastest growing certification among the 11 offered by the organisation, and that Security+ ranks alongside CompTIA A+ and CompTIA Network+ in the top three in terms of overall volume.

"Vendor-neutral certifications like CompTIA Security+ help to establish benchmarks of professionalism and performance that are essential for information system security across platforms, operating systems, and vendor-specific products," said Graeme Johnston, senior director, global learning and certification at Symantec.

The CompTIA Security+ certification exam was first offered in December 2002 following a year-long development effort overseen by government agencies and security organisations among others. The exam covers industry-wide topics including communication security, infrastructure security, cryptography, access control, authentication, external attack, and operational and organisational security.

"Security+ has an excellent place right now within the certification landscape," said Ben Smith, Senior Security Strategist at Microsoft. "It is intended, not for the security specialist, but for the everyday administrator who will be responsible for maintaining systems and information on computer systems. There isn't any organisation on earth, that's going to have its network administration staff as a whole rise to the level of security expert. But having administrators well versed in the basics of security is very important. And Security+ provides a metric for that."

Steve Jordan, vice president of System Engineer and Consulting at McAfee was equally supportive of Security+. "Benchmarking foundational skills through the CompTIA Security+ certification and then adding progressive layers of expertise seems to us to be absolutely the right thing to do, from both the customer and employee standpoints".

Ben Briggs, Professional Certification Program Manager, IBM said: "I believe that anyone who is interested in a career in the IT security industry, from field services to sales, should take the time to research this certification".

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For more information on CompTIA Security+ certification visit: www.comptia.org

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