Cybersecurity Certifications
I have been researching some Cybersecurity certifications and found some certifications that are more helpful to computer networking roles. These are mainly the Network Administrator, Network Engineer or Network Security Engineer roles. These certifications are geared more towards computer networking
The two certifications are the OSWP and the PNPT. The OffSec Wireless Professional (OSWP) is more of a wireless penetration testing specialty certification. The second, the Practical Network Penetration Testing (PNPT) by TCM Security is a specialty network penetration cert that would be good for a Network Administration role or Network Engineer role by being more aware of the offensive network pentest capabilities that would help with network defense.
Changing up my Plan
Doing the Certified in Cybersecurity certification will take me some more time to study the training materials. In order to progress further on my training on this and for the CCNA I will wait. There is another certification that I keep training on which is the CompTIA Network+. Ideally, I would not do it because of the $369 cost where a CCNA is $300 but this is not too much of a difference. I am thinking that I have been studying for it and might schedule the Network+ exam soon.
There are some additional certifications that I have been looking at getting. The Network+ is providing me with a way to study for both the Infrastructure and Cybersecurity paths for CompTIA. It is essentially a lynchpin in my training and will help me in both paths. Working on doing some other exams and going into the AZ-900 as the planning to do certification, and to wait on doing the CC when I get through more of the material.
Conclusion
There are some additional certifications that will help me in both Computer Networking and Cybersecurity. I will need more time to study for the CC and CCNA certifications and until then will be more into the Network+. There are some cool certifications for pentesting and other blue team oriented certifications like the C|ND and HTB CDSA certifications.
