Certification News

CompTIA to update Security+

Back in July, CompTIA announced the results of a Web poll it conducted that asked people to rank the 10 most influential technologies in IT. The results showed that most respondents (24 percent) felt security would have the greatest impact of any technology in the coming year (13 percent said wireless, and 12 percent said convergence).

Since then, CompTIA has been working to update its Security+ certification exam, soliciting SMEs to attend a workshop in October "to assist in the re-development of CompTIA Security+ through participation in a Job Task Analysis (JTA)."

If the organization holds to the same timeframe as previous updates, you can expect the new version of the exam to go live some time around October or November 2008. More information about all CompTIA certifications can be found at http://certification.comptia.org.

On a related note, Symantec has retired most of its security certification program (SCTS, SCSP, SCSE, SCTA) and recommends that candidates interested in vendor-neutral certifications should turn to Security+, GIAC or CISSP.