A good practice in embarking into IT is to first know which area in IT you want to specialize in. Try to figure out what you want to do in IT, Frontend Engineering? Backend Engineering? Full-stack? Dev-ops? picking one of this will help you follow a fulfilling career path in IT and help to streamline your IT practices.

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A good practice in embarking into IT is to first know which area in IT you want to specialize in. Try to figure out what you want to do in IT, Frontend Engineering? Backend Engineering? Full-stack? Dev-ops? picking one of this will help you follow a fulfilling career path in IT and help to streamline your IT practices.

Thanks so much for your response... I was thinking of internet security and firewall and digital marketing

You can go for a CISSP or CEH Certification (Cyber Security Certification).

CEH and CISSP both are different from one another in various aspects related to the level of experience and the major domains that are covered in each course.

CISSP (International Information System Security Certification Consortium[ISC2]): Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) is one of the premier cyber security certification that will qualify you to work on the forefront of Information Security.

CEH (International Council of E-commerse Consultants[EC-Council]): Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) course can help you to learn and excel the innovative concepts based on Ethical hacking, that will include writing virus codes, corporate espionage, reverse engineering and exploit writing.

If you wants to enter the world of cybersecurity and ethical hacking with basic networking knowledge and lack of experience then you may go for CEH otherwise with at least five years of cumulative, paid, full-time work experience in two or more of the eight domains of the (ISC)2 CISSP Common Body of Knowledge (CBK), a professional can go for CISSP certification.

CISSP is an advanced level course whereas, CEH is a core level course. Both courses have proved to be the best for the professionals who are about to begin their career in the field of cybersecurity as well as experienced professionals who are already working in the same domain for years and wish to validate their skills.

Job Option for CISSP Certified Professionals:
Security Engineer
Average salary: $99,513

Job Option for CEH Certified Professionals:
Security Engineer
Average salary: $91,862

These certifications provide you with valuable recognition in the industry which helps you in boosting your salary and advancing your career in the best way. So, I would suggest that take the training for the certification you choose to earn and prepare well to take the exam.

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