The field of IT in the United States absorbs more than seven million professionals from the labor market. In comparison to many other industries, this figure is quite huge. As a matter of fact, the growth of IT is so rapid that there are over 600,000 jobs that are yet to be filled in the Information Technology realm. The increase in demand for the IT specialists has also directly affected the salary potential as it grows because of it. Based on the report, the average salary of an IT professional…

For the professionals in the world of IT, there are many opportunities out there to explore. In fact, there are times you have to make a decision between multiple offers of employment. With this, you can negotiate for better incentives and higher remuneration. This doesn’t mean that the story is the same for everyone trying to obtain employment in the industry. There are many people who have worked at the same job for years and seem to have been unable to get a more lucrative one. And there are other…

The system administrators are regarded as 360-degree professionals. Their job roles may include operational knowledge of almost all operating systems, ranging from IOS to Windows and Linux. No doubt, if you are a newbie in the IT industry, the prerequisite for taking up a job title as a system admin can be daunting. The learning process is tedious and requires high cerebral capacity but you can attain it if you put your mind to it. It may take time to get familiar with all the technologies, but you will definitely…

Earning an IT certification is the way to go if you are planning on growing your career. For the tech professionals, the Linux credentials considered some of the best in the IT industry. That is why, in this blog article, we will take a look at the top five certificates that you might want to obtain before the end of this year. If earning such a credential is one of your goals for the nearest future, it is not late to pursue it. Let’s explore the best IT credentials that…

Getting the IT certificates is generally valuable. They boost your resume and your job potential. Of course, time, money, and effort that you put into obtaining these credentials differ from one to another. Interestingly, investing a lot in one certification doesn’t mean that another with less investment will not be important. The hard truth is that all of them are not the same and some give you a better perspective than others regardless of price or endeavor. Here, we take a look at some top certifications that are worth your…

Certificate authorities and digital certificates Certificate Authorities The CA is the trusted authority that certifies individuals’ identities and creates electronic documents indicating that individuals are who they say they are. The electronic document is referred to as a digital certificate, and it establishes an association between the subject’s identity and a public key. The private key that is paired with the public key in the certificate is stored separately. It is important to safeguard the private key, and it typically never leaves the machine or device where it was created….

WEP vs. WPA/WPA2 and pre-shared key Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) was intended to provide basic security for wireless networks, whereas wireless systems frequently use the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) for network communications. Over time, WPA and WPA2 have replaced WEP in most implementations. Wired Equivalent Privacy Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a wireless protocol designed to provide a privacy equivalent to that of a wired network. WEP was implemented in a number of wireless devices, including smartphones and other mobile devices. WEP was vulnerable because of weak- nesses in the…

Cryptography is the science of encrypting, or hiding, information—something people have sought to do since they began using language. Although language allowed them to communicate with one another, people in power attempted to hide information by controlling who was taught to read and write. Eventually, more complicated methods of concealing information by shifting letters around to make the text unreadable were developed. The Romans typically used a different method known as a shift cipher. In this case, one letter of the alphabet is shifted a set number of places in…

Mitigate issues associated with users with multiple account/roles and/or shared accounts Account policy enforcement Policy enforcement is the manner in which the Server allows or disallows accounts that violate provisioning policies. When policy, person, or account data is changed, an account that was originally compliant with a provisioning policy can become noncompliant. Policy enforcement can be configured globally or for a specific service. Policy enforcement occurs whenever it is necessary in the server business process to ensure system integrity and perform appropriate actions. A provisioning policy governs the access rights…

Identification vs. authentication vs. authorization  Identification is the process whereby a network element recognizes a valid user’s identity. Authentication is the process of verifying the claimed identity of a user. A user may be a person, a process, or a system (e.g., an operations system or another network element) that accesses a network element to perform tasks or process a call. A user identification code is a non-confidential auditable representation of a user. Information used to verify the claimed identity of a user can be based on a password, Personal Identification…