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CHAPTER 15
Security Training, Education, and Certification

AN AWARENESS OF WHAT YOU WANT AND NEED from a job and a work environment is essential when you are deciding on a career in IT. IT jobs offer a variety of different working conditions. Some require working long hours alone, some require collaborating exclusively with clients, and others are very social, requiring ongoing collaboration with coworkers. The number and diversity of these work environments within IT allow those entering the industry the opportunity to choose an area that best suits their personality and skill set.

All IT jobs share is an awareness of security, both logical and physical, and the role each job title has in web and network security. Database administrators are responsible for data security, programmers for secure coding, network administrators for the security of communication and hardware, and IT managers for security policies. Regardless of which IT job you choose, security is an important part of it.

This chapter looks at four areas of IT: computer programming, networking, internet technologies and web design, and database design and administration. The technical areas introduced in this chapter are by no means inclusive of all areas within IT. However, these areas represent the current “hot spots” of the IT industry. This chapter gives an idea of the role each plays in creating a secure IT environment.