To continue advancing my skills, I am going to start training and studying for a new certification. The question is what should I go after next? Up to this point in my career, many of the certifications I’ve achieved are in the networking/security field, though, I do hold the ITIL Foundations and Certified Scrum Master certs.
Should I continue down the path of security certifications? For instance, should I look into the C|EH? Or what about any of the Offensive Security certifications (OSCP, OSCE, OSEE, or OSWE)? My Cisco certifications lapsed several years ago, so another option is starting over on that track. Recently, I started studying for the new CCNA Cyber Security certification which would be the initial cert in Cisco’s cyber track.
If I were to go in a different direction, what are the top certs desirable in the market today? Since my cloud experience is not as strong as I would hope, I was considering getting certified by one of the leading cloud providers such as AWS. Several of my former colleagues have recently achieved the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner which I think is definitely an option.
Aside from these paths, perhaps there is something else I should consider? I am really open for anything I just want to go after something that provides the most bang for the buck. If you are reading this post, please vote in the proceeding poll or drop me a note with what you’d recommend. Again, the choices are as follows:
- Hacking certification – C|EH or OSXX
- Cisco certification – CCNA Cyber Security
- Cloud certification – AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or similar
- Something else
Thanks.
Jay