In today’s era, where Cloud Computing and virtualization technologies are on the rise, at the same time cyber-security and information technologies are also in great demand among IT professionals.

I’ll share the info about the credentials that are currently in high demand in the IT industry.

CEH- Certified Ethical Hacker:

CEH is an IT credential for the professionals working to eliminate threats & fix the vulnerabilities in the network systems to prevent hackers from exploiting them.
A CEH certified professional brings in an average salary of $80,000.
For this certification, you should have at least two years of experience of working in the IT industry.

ECSA- EC Council Certified Security Analyst:

ECSA could be considered as a next level certification to CEH.
This course focuses on pentesting methodology and hands-on learning. It provides you with the real world experience in penetration testing.
After passing this exam, an ECSA certified professional brings in an average salary of $80,000.
For this certification, you need two years of experience in the IT industry.

LPT- Licensed Penetration Tester:

The LPT Master is a superior Credential that exhibits a professional’s core expertise as a penetration tester.
An LPT certified professional average salary sums up to $70,000.
To qualify for LPT, you require to conduct a penetration test of a network on the platform offered by EC-Council.

CHFI- Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator:

CHFI exam is taken by the IT professionals working in the field of cybercrime investigation and prosecution, to level-up their expertise in this field.
A CHFI certified professional brings in an average salary of $106,452.

CISSP- Certified Information Systems Security Professional:

CISSP is a top professional-level cybersecurity certification.
To get CISSP certified, you need to have at least five years of full-time experience, in at least 2 out of the eight computer security areas.
A CISSP certified professional brings in an average salary of $109,965.
Go for this course if you’re experienced enough and want to go a level up in your career.

CISA- Certified Information Systems Auditor:

If your job involves managing and accessing the enterprise systems, then this certification would definitely be beneficial to you.
After passing the CISA exam, the professionals get their salary increment to an average of $97,117.

CISM- Certified Information Certified Manager:

Individuals who clear this exam are highly sought-out by the employers.
This course requires five years of experience in Information Security, at least three of them being a Security Manager.
CISM certified professionals bring in a salary of $105,926 if not more.

CompTIA Security+:

I think that Security+ is the most important security certification.
It provides enriched knowledge about cryptography, risk management, threats and vulnerabilities, identity and access management, and network architecture and design.

AWS- Amazon Web Services:

AWS Certification would validate your cloud expertise.
There is a shortage of people for cloud computing based jobs, if you get certified, you really stand a chance to set a string foot in the market.
AWS certified professionals bring in an average salary of more than $100,000.
The average salary for AWS-certified IT staff is 27.5 percent higher.

Realize the value of these certifications in the IT industry.

See the List of Top Cyber Security Certifications. Visit: https://www.mercurysolutions.co/ia-cyber-security-certifications-training-courses

You could always call the training consultants at the Mercury Solutions and they would guide you through the available certifications and trainings they provide to clear the exams to get certified.

The demand for certified professionals is drastically increasing with time and at a fast pace. The demand is boosting due to the lack of professionals with the expertise to keep their systems and data secure.

Cybersecurity’s influence extends to know the source and nature of the threats, infrastructure beyond the network, network policy, cyber threat awareness, threat information sharing, and so forth.

1. Cyber Threat Zones
2. Moving further, let us see how these crimes start with. The different types of cyber attacks.
3. CyberSecurity Frameworks and Policy

Read these points in Details-> Read the Blog - A Beginner's Guide for Cyber Security Newbies

Visit: https://www.mercurysolutions.co/blog/cyber-security-for-beginners

New Microsoft Azure certifications

Microsoft Azure role-based certifications [new launched] enable the professionals to prove their expertise level and skills to prospective employers, peers, and others in the same community. Not only these are a breakthrough technology upgrade among Cloud technology aspirants but also among those who are already qualified & holding Microsoft Azure certification technologies.

Have a look at the complete list of roles-based certifications, its levels and the learning path to guide you through the training and certification process and help you prepare and become developer, administrator or solutions architect which you always wished to become.

https://www.mercurysolutions.co/microsoft-azure-training-certification

PMP, Project Management Professional is one of the top management certifications which is well suited for professionals working in the field of project management.

It demands certain experience requirements in the project management field.

A secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree or the global equivalent)
7,500 hours leading and directing projects
35 hours of project management education

OR

A four-year degree
4,500 hours leading and directing projects
35 hours of project management education

Know the Steps to get PMP Certifications in 2019. Read my post- https://www.nairaland.com/4977502/get-pmp-training-certification-top