Hardware & Networking

Increased efficiency and ever decreasing cost of communication, the demand for these professionals is projected to increase by up to 10 percent in next five years. With the better remote networking management tools and India becoming a hub for remote IT infrastructure management, there is increasing demand for network administrators. This demand will continue to increase with companies and organizations investing in newer, faster technology and mobile networks. The maximum growth is expected in the BFSI, healthcare and telecom industry as the use of information technology increases in these areas. In order to seek career in network administration aspirants are advised to do industry recognised network administrator certifications such as CCNA Advanced Certified Hardware and Networking Professional (ACHNP), CompTIA Network +, VMWare Certified Associate Network Virtualization, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), SNIA Certified Storage Network Expert, etc. There is no prerequisite for doing these certifications. It will better to do certifications after graduation degree. Following are the major job opportunities for network administrators: (a) Network installation engineers for installing network and computer systems. (b) Maintenance Engineers for Maintaining, repairing and upgrading network and computer systems. (c) Operations engineers for diagnosing and fixing problems or potential problems with the network and its hardware, software and systems.

As per the KPMG report, most of the top 500 business enterprises have reported information security breach last year. Therefore, the requirement. Therefore requirements and demand for cyber security and information security skills professionals is very high. It is a good skill to start an IT career or advance a successful IT career path. It is an exciting and well paying job. There are no specific prerequisites to start the career in the cyber security and information security. It is a niche skill area and most of the professionals in the field are with graduation degrees such as B.Tech CSE/IT, BCA-MCAand B.Sc. Computer Science. Most of the professionals have excellent programming skills and computer systems knowledge. Following 10 certifications will provide right credentials to kick-start a successful IT security career: (a) CISSP-Certified Information Systems Security Professional (b) CISA-Certified Information Systems Auditor (c) CISM-Certified Information Security Manager (d) GSEC-GIAC Security Essentials Certification (e) CRISC-Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (f) CEH-Certified Ethical Hacker (g) ECSA-EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (h) GPEN-GIAC Penetration Tester (I) CompTIA Security+ (j) SSCP-Systems Security Certified Practitioner.

MCITP certification proves that professional has the comprehensive set of skills to perform a particular IT job role, such as database administrator or enterprise messaging administrator. MCITP certifications are based on older versions of Microsoft technologies, and its requirements have declined in value as companies move to newer versions of Microsoft products. You are advised to earn a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert MCSE certification. The MCSE comes in various flavours such as MCSE Cloud Platform and Infrastructure, MCSE Mobility, MCSE Data Management and Analytics, MCSE Productivity and MCSE Business Applications and these are designed to meet the demanding requirements facing advanced Microsoft professionals in today's ever-changing technology environment. CCNA is a Cisco Certified Network Associate awarded by Cisco. Obtaining a CCNA certification involves enrolling in a CCNA course and undergoing CCNA training, which will certify a candidates knowledge on resolving institutional networking issues such as smarter troubleshooting, enhancing customer service and improving internal communication using Ciscos proven techniques. Thank you.

Mercury Solutions Limited is the authorized training partner of Cisco providing quality training and trained thousand of professionals in last 15 years on various technologies like Cisco, VMware, EC-council, Microsoft, Oracle, Red Hat, Apple, CISA, Citrix, CISSP, CompTIA, etc. No one can give you 100% passing guarantee of CCNA it depends on you. If somehow you managed to pass with the help of the institution you won't acquire deep knowledge of the course. In my opinion you should focus on quality training where certified and experienced trainers are providing quality training in Cisco authorized training institute. It will definitely increases your knowledge and boost your career. Make a time schedule and stick to it. Study seriously, with passion if you really want to learn. Do practicals thoroughly. Book the exam and give it confidently.

I will try to be honest here. See, I have also been selected as a cyber-security analyst role in a reputed accounting firm, I will not name it. I am having a B.Tech in electronics. If you have an interest in IT go for it and there are options for cyber security analyst out there but if you want to dig deeper into that field B.Tech isn't sufficient, you have to go for higher studies. Cyber security roles are generally not provided to freshers easily. There are not many entry-level jobs in cyber. Though the field is emerging and demanding. If you do B.Tech then you will have opportunities for getting some entry-level jobs. However, below B.Tech do not consider anything. Moreover having a certification is an added advantage always. So, from your question the answer I can give is yes it is enough.