TOP SIX COMPUTER NETWORKING CERTIFICATION AREAS TO BECOME A NETWORKING EXPERT

  To become a networking Specialist you should learned the following areas
                    

 1. Hardware & Desktop

 With knowledge of hardware-both computer & peripherals, helps you apply the role of trouble shooter who studies the fault with the hardware & recommends tasks for rectifying the error. You are called a "Hardware Engineer", in this profile. You could also play the role of administering desktops in office environment, where emailing, printing  application management etc are a second-by-second activity. A "Desktop Administrator" must have thorough knowledge of how basic connectivity & desktop operating systems work. Microsoft's windows is the most popular operating system in this space, followed by open source desktop operating systems like Red Hat, Ubuntu etc.

2. Networking

       Well every trained candidates dream job is in this segment - "networking".so what can you do? You can do basic networking job -  like ensuring that all your desktop are in the network. You can also ensure that you manage the network operating systems like windows, Unix or Linux based systems installed to run the network. These could be typically Microsoft, Red Hat, Sun , IBM or HP systems. You could also manage the network infrastructure like routers, switches etc. which are typically Cisco & Huawei etc.

3. Security

 Every organization's concern area is security. Information security administrator means protector of information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, perusal, inspection, recording or destruction. Information security is concerned with the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data regardless of the form the data may take: electronic, print, or forms. The field of information security has grown and evolved significantly in recent years. There are many ways of gaining entry into the field as a career. It offers many areas for specialization including: securing network(s) and allied infrastructure, securing applications and databases, security testing, information systems auditing & business continuity planning.

4. Cloud

Cloud computing refers to the availability of IT resources on demand via a network. Cloud computing offers computer application developers and users an abstract view of services that simplifies and ignores much of details and inner workings. A provider's offering of abstracted Internet services is often called "The Cloud". The "cloud" technology is based on Virtualization. This is the creation of a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, such as a hardware platform, operating system  a storage device or network resources. Virtualization can be viewed as part of an overall trend in enterprise IT that includes autonomic computing, a scenario in which the IT environment will be able to manage itself based on perceived activity, and utility computing, in which computer processing power is seen as utility that clients can pay for only as needed. The usual goal of virtualization is to centralize administrative tasks while improving scalabilty and work loads.

5. Virtualizaiton

 Virtualiztion, in computing, is the creation of a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, such as a     hardware platform, operating system, a storage device or network resources.

6.Ethical Hacking

 An Ethical Hacker is an expert hired by a company to attempt to attack their network and computer system the same way a hacker would . Ethical Hackers use the same techniques and tactics as those used by illegal hackers to breach corporate security systems. The end result is the company's ability to prevent an intrusion before it ever occurs.