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CompTIA Security+ is basically a minimum requirement for any DOD-related IT contract at Leidos Inc., and probably for most other large IT contractors along the
by equalunique 7y ago
CompTIA Security+ is basically a minimum requirement for any DOD-related IT contract at Leidos Inc., and probably for most other large IT contractors along the Washington DC-area "beltway" too. So yes-ish depending on whether or not US government IT is a "serious" thing in your opinion. On the other hand, you have nuclear missile systems using floppy disks as recent as 2017, so I guess it's a bit of a toss-up.
- oneplane 7y agoUsually, if a place seems to filter on CompTIA stuff they don't get anywhere close to the places I filter for employed work or contract work. If you as a company or government department can't figure out how to do a job right (hint: it doesn't have anything to do with CompTIA) it's not a place I'd want to be.
- nvr219 7y agoThe type of people out there getting CompTIA certs are the people who are trying to get ahead and can't really be super selective like you.
- barbecue_sauce 7y agoBut isn't that just an outcome of regulatory capture, political back scratching, and cronyism? Not due to actual respect for CompTIA, the institution?
- jstarfish 7y agoYou're referring to DoD 8570, which requires all contract and active duty IT personnel pass the test for one of a number of junk certs as baseline infosec training. The retail price for CEH doubled once they became an approved vendor...go figure.
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