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7 CLOUD, IT AND SECURITY CERTIFICATIONS THAT WILL LAND YOU HIGHER PAY

By giving employees a path to measurably grow in their careers, certifications
provide a reliable path to more responsibility and higher pay. PCMag recently
reported on the highest paying IT certifications; here are seven curated lists
of …

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Author: Pluralsight


While the benefits of cloud, security, project management and business analysis
certifications for businesses are numerous—closing skills gaps, building
scalable security solutions and retaining employees—they also allow individual
employees to level up their career.

By giving employees a path to measurably grow in their careers, certifications
provide a reliable path to more responsibility and higher pay. PCMag recently
reported on the highest paying IT certifications; here are seven curated lists
of courses specifically designed to help you confidently prepare for and pass
each exam.


1. GOOGLE CLOUD CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL CLOUD ARCHITECT (PCA)

Average salary: $176,000

The Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect is ideal for someone
with several years of cloud computing experience who wants to work toward
mastering the real-world job of cloud architect. This path will teach you data
storage services, Google Kubernetes Engine, networking and VPCs, load balancing,
debugging, deployment, security and more while preparing you for the Google
Cloud PCA exam.



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2. AWS CERTIFIED SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT - ASSOCIATE

Average salary: $149,000

One of the most in-demand certifications today, this path aligns directly with
the four domains of the certification exam: Designing resilient architectures,
designing high-performing architectures, designing secure applications and
architectures and designing cost-optimized architectures. None



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3. CERTIFIED INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGER (CISM)

Average salary: $149,000

While the test and pre-requisites are weighty, becoming a CISM can land you
wealth of highly-specific expertise designing security frameworks, managing risk
and building the programs that manage and protect your company’s most valuable
assets. If you have ambitions to engage in enterprise-level strategy and touch
the business side as well as the technical side of security, this is the path
for you.



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4. CERTIFIED IN RISK AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONTROL (CRISC)

Average salary: $146,000

Want to learn how to identify IT risk, establish adequate security controls and
evaluate and deploy risk response options? The CRISC path will prepare you for
the ISACA CRISC exam, which can land you an average salary in information
security second only to the CISM.



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5. PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL (PMP)

Average salary: $144,000

As one of the most widely recognized and respected project management
certifications, becoming a PMP is no quick feat; certification requires 35 hours
of formal education and between 4,500 and 7,500 hours of project management
experience (depending on whether you have a college degree). But becoming a PMP
will equip you with the skills to manage integration, scope, resources,
schedules, procurement and more.

     


6. CERTIFIED INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROFESSIONAL (CISSP)

Average salary: $141,000

CISSP is the highest ranked certification on the Pluralsight Technology Index,
ranking No. 2 for security professionals. This path covers all eight domains of
the ISC CISSP certification exam, including how to mitigate common system
vulnerabilities, how to secure network architectures and how to conduct incident
management and recovery according to best practices.

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7. AWS CERTIFIED CLOUD PRACTITIONER (CLF-CO1)

Average salary: $131,000

Unlike many of the other certifications mentioned here, AWS Certified Cloud
Practitioner is not specific to any one technical role, instead serving as a
foundational certification for AWS as a whole. Because it’s ideal for newer
cloud professionals and covers fundamentals for cloud architecture and security,
this is one of the more sought-after certifications today.

View the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Path

Do you feel the itch to get exam-ready? Start on the path to getting a
higher-paying role, right now. Sign up for a free 10-day trial of Pluralsight.


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