CompTIA Certifications
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is a leading voice and advocate for the $5 trillion global information technology ecosystem; and the estimated 75 million industry and tech professionals who design, implement, manage and safeguard the technology that powers the world’s economy.
CompTIA ITF+
Recommended Prior Experience: No prior experience necessary
Length of Program: 6 weeks
CompTIA ITF+ helps professionals to decide if a career in IT is right for them or to develop a broader understanding of IT. ITF+ is a pre-career certification that helps students or career changers determine if they have a competency for information technology and if it is the right career path for them.
What You Will Learn
- Use features and functions of common operating systems and establish network connectivity
- Identify common software applications and their purpose
- Use security and web browsing best practices
How to Earn Credential
- Following the IT Fundamentals program or CompTIA ITF+ program
- Pass the CompTIA ITF+ exam
A+ Overview Prep Course
Recommended Prior Experience: Successful completion of either: (a) CompTIA A+; or (b) CMNET150 and CMNET 151.
Length of Program: 4 weeks
This course is specially designed for those who have already completed the A+ course and would like help preparing for the A+ certification exam. This foundational exam prep course will provide a review of CompTIA A+ program content and exam objectives, as well as help learners to identify their preferred methods for studying. Lastly, the course will walk participants through the process of scheduling the A+ certification exam.
What You Will Learn
- Overview of CompTIA A+ program content
- Review of exam objectives and format
- Exploration and identification of preferred study methods
- Scheduling of A+ certification exam
How to Earn Credential
- Complete the A+ exam prep course and schedule the A+ exam
- Following the course, complete and pass the A+ exam to earn CompTIA A+ certification
A+ Prep In-Depth Course
Recommended Prior Experience: Successful completion of either: (a) CompTIA A+; or (b) CMNET150 and CMNET 151.
Length of Program: 4 weeks
This course is specially designed for those who have already completed the A+ course and would like a comprehensive exam-prep course to prepare for the A+ exam and, ultimately, to improved the likelihood of passing the exam and earning certification. This in-depth exam prep course will provide a thorough review of CompTIA A+ program content and exam objectives, as well as help learners to identify their preferred methods for studying. Additionally, the course will walk participants through the process of scheduling the A+ certification exam.
What You Will Learn
- Comprehensive review of CompTIA A+ program content
- Review of exam objectives and format
- Exploration and identification of preferred study methods
- Scheduling of A+ certification exam
How to Earn Credential
- Complete the A+ exam prep course and schedule the A+ exam
- Following the course, complete and pass the A+ exam to earn CompTIA A+ certification
CompTIA A+
Recommended Prior Experience: Some hands-on IT experience, gained either through IT courses or IT job experience, is beneficial
Length of Program: 8 weeks
CompTIA A+ certified professionals are proven problem solvers. They support today’s core technologies from security to networking to virtualization and more. CompTIA A+ is an industry standard for launching IT careers into today’s digital world.
What You Will Learn
- Perform critical IT support tasks
- Troubleshoot and remotely diagnose and correct common software, hardware, and connectivity problems
- Change core technologies from cloud virtualization and IoT (internet of things) device security to data management and scripting
- Gain experience using multiple operating systems encountered by technicians on a regular basis, with a focus on the major systems, their use cases, and how to keep them running properly
- Develop SaaS (software as a service) application experience
How to Earn Credential
- Following the CompTIA A+ program
- Pass two CompTIA A+ exams:
- Core 1 exam
- Core 2 exam
CompTIA Cloud+
Recommended Prior Experience: CompTIA Network+ and Server+ and 2-3 years of experience in systems administration or networking
Length of Program: 0-12 months
CompTIA Cloud+ shows you have the expertise needed for data center jobs. CompTIA Cloud+ is a global certification that validates the skills needed to deploy and automate secure cloud environments that support the high availability of business systems and data. It is a performance-based IT certification that views cloud-based infrastructure services in the context of broader IT systems operations regardless of the platform.
Migrating to the cloud presents opportunities to deploy, optimize, and protect mission critical applications and data storage. CompTIA Cloud+ validates the technical skills needed to secure these valuable assets. The reality of operating multi-cloud environments poses new challenges. CompTIA Cloud+ is ideal for cloud engineers who need to have expertise across multiple products and systems.
What You Will Learn
- Analyze the different cloud models to design the best solution to support business requirements
- Manage and maintain servers, including OS configurations, access control and virtualization
- Analyze system requirements to successfully execute workload migrations to the cloud
- Maintain and optimize cloud environments, including proper automation and orchestration procedures, backup and restore operations, and disaster recovery tasks
- Troubleshoot capacity, automation, connectivity and security issues related to cloud implementations
How to Earn Credential
- Following the CompTIA Cloud+ program
- Pass the CompTIA Cloud+ exam
CompTIA Data+
The CompTIA Data+ exam will certify that the successful candidate has the knowledge and skills required to transform business requirements in support of data-driven decisions through mining and manipulating data, applying basic statistical methods, and analyzing complex datasets while adhering to governance and quality standards throughout the entire data life cycle.
What You Will Learn
- Identify basic concepts of data schemas
- Understand different data systems
- Understand types and characteristics of data
- Compare and contrast different data structures, formats, and markup languages
- Explain data integration and collection methods
- Identify common reasons for cleansing and profiling data
- Execute different data manipulation techniques
- Explain common techniques for data manipulation and optimization
- Apply descriptive statistical methods
- Describe key analysis techniques
- Understand the use of different statistical methods
- Use the appropriate type of visualization
- Express business requirements in a report format
- Design components for reports and dashboards
- Distinguish different report types
- Summarize the importance of data governance
- Apply quality control to data
- Explain master data management concepts
- Identify common data analytics tools
How to Earn Credential
- Follow the CompTIA Data+ training program
- Pass the CompTIA Data+ certification exam
CompTIA Linux+
Recommended Prior Experience: 12 months of hands-on experience working with Linux servers. CompTIA A+, Network+ and Server+ recommended.
Length of Program: 8 weeks
CompTIA Linux+ validates the competencies required of an early career systems administrator supporting Linux systems. This certification ensures that IT professionals, software developers, cybersecurity engineers, and penetration testers have these necessary skills to support today’s tech systems.
What You Will Learn
- Configure and manage software, storage, processes and services
- Understand best practices for permissions and authentication, firewalls, and file management
- Create simple shell scripts and execute basic BASH scripts, version control using Git and orchestration processes
- Analyze system properties and processes and troubleshoot user, application and hardware issues
How to Earn Credential
- Following the CompTIA Linux+ program
- Pass the CompTIA Linux+ exam
CompTIA Network+
Recommended Prior Experience: CompTIA A+ Certification and a minimum of 9 to 12 months of hands-on experience working in a junior network administrator/network support technician job role
Length of Program: 5 weeks
CompTIA Network+ helps develop a career in IT infrastructure covering troubleshooting, configuring, and managing networks.
CompTIA Network+ validates the technical skills needed to securely establish, maintain and troubleshoot the essential networks that businesses rely on. Unlike other vendor-specific networking certifications, CompTIA Network+ prepares candidates to support networks on any platform, with a focus on network services, basic datacenter, cloud, and virtual networking concepts.
What You Will Learn
- Establishing network connectivity by deploying wired and wireless devices
- Maintaining network documentation
- Monitoring network activity, identifying performance and availability issues
- Implementing network hardening techniques
- Managing, configuring, and troubleshooting network infrastructure
How to Earn Credential
- Following the CompTIA Network+ program
- Pass the CompTIA Network+ exam
CompTIA Project+
Today’s job market demands individuals with project management skills, particularly for IT projects. The information and activities in this program can help participants build their IT project management skill set to confidently perform in a junior-level IT project manager role.
What You Will Learn
- Manage the project life cycle
- Coordinate small- to medium-sized projects
- Establish a communication plan and manage resources and stakeholders
- Maintain project documentation and artifacts
- Support the completion of larger projects within an information technology (IT) environment
How to Earn Credential
- Follow the CompTIA Project+ training program
- Pass the CompTIA Project+ certification exam
CompTIA Security+
Recommended Prior Experience: CompTIA Network+ and 2 years of experience in IT administration with a security focus
Length of Program: 5 weeks
CompTIA Security+ opens the door to your cybersecurity career! Security+ is one of the most industry-recognized cybersecurity credentials in the world, validating the baseline skills necessary to perform core security functions. This program establishes the core knowledge required of any cybersecurity role and provides a springboard to intermediate-level cybersecurity jobs. Security+ incorporates best practices in hands-on troubleshooting.
What You Will Learn
- Assess the security posture of an enterprise environment and recommend and implement appropriate security solutions
- Monitor and secure hybrid environments, including cloud, mobile, and IoT (internet of things)
- Operate with an awareness of applicable laws and policies, including principles of governance, risk, and compliance
- Identify, analyze, and respond to security events and incidents
How to Earn Credential
- Following the CompTIA Security+ program
- Pass the CompTIA Security+ exam
CompTIA Server+
CompTIA Server+ provides pros with the skills to work in data centers or cloud environments. CompTIA Server+ is a global certification that validates the hands-on skills of IT professionals who install, manage and troubleshoot servers in data centers as well as on-premise and hybrid environments.
CompTIA Server+ prepares IT administrators for any environment because it is not restricted to a single platform.
What You Will Learn
- Server hardware installation and management: Installing and maintaining physical hardware and storage
- Server administration: Managing and maintaining servers, including OS configuration, access control and virtualization
- Security and disaster recovery: Applying physical and network data security techniques and understanding disaster recovery and implement backup techniques
- Troubleshooting: Diagnosing and resolving system hardware, software, connectivity, storage and security issues
How to Earn Credential
- Following the CompTIA Server+ program
- Pass the CompTIA Server+ exam
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