Computing and Computer Games Technology: Industry certification

This guide brings together key resources to help you find information relating to Computing, Business Information Technology and Computer Games Technology courses.

The following sections give you links to industry certifications for computing students.

Computer Science and IT

Cyber Security

The Council now has the power to set industry standards and award professional titles for those working in the cyber profession. There are three professional titles aligned to the Council’s professional standard: Associate, Principal and Chartered. The Cyber Career Framework provides details of the pathways for the 16 specialisms in cyber security.

More than half of cybersecurity jobs require at least one certification. Cisco has four certifications and this page gives you details for each to learn how you can train and certify in CyberOps or Security.

Provide a range of cybersecurity courses and certifications for individuals including the Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP), an ethical hacking certification that requires evidence of practical penetration testing skills.

Computer networks

Details of the three levels of certification across the range of Huawei's operations, including data communication, transmission & access, data storage and intelligent vision, digital power, enterprise wireless, enterprise services and computing.

Palo Alto Networks Education Services include role-based certifications, such as security administrator (PCNSA) and security engineer (PCNSE) aligned with Palo Alto Networks’ cutting-edge cybersecurity technologies.

 

Digital forensics

Details of the certification offered by the International Cybersecurity Institute.

Details of the EnCE, EnCEP and CFSR certifications provided by OpenText under the Cybersecurity heading.

Games technology