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Efficacy Of Incident Response Certification In The Workforce, Samuel Jarocki
Efficacy Of Incident Response Certification In The Workforce, Samuel Jarocki
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Numerous cybersecurity certifications are available both commercially and via institutes of higher learning. Hiring managers, recruiters, and personnel accountable for new hires need to make informed decisions when selecting personnel to fill positions. An incident responder or security analyst's role requires near real-time decision-making, pervasive knowledge of the environments they are protecting, and functional situational awareness. This concurrent mixed methods paper studies whether current commercial certifications offered in the cybersecurity realm, particularly incident response, provide useful indicators for a viable hiring candidate.
Managers and non-managers alike do prefer hiring candidates with an incident response certification. Both groups affirmatively believe commercial …