Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Certification Changes for 2010 and 2011

2010 has been a year of change for IT Certification...and it is not done yet.  Here are some Certification changes scheduled for the rest of 2010:
  •  DoD Directive 8570.01 certification deadline is December 31, 2010. More information on DOD 8570.01 can be found here.
  • CompTIA Bridge exams retire December 31, 2010
  • CompTIA "Certified for Life" ends December 31, 2010
  • CompTIA  RFID+ (RF0-001) exam retires December 31, 2010, no replacement
  • CompTIA CDIA+ (225-030)  exam retires December 31, 2010, no replacement
  • CompTIA Server+ exam SK0-002 will retire; the replacement for this exam is SK0-003
Here are a few changes expected in 2011:
  • CompTIA A+ will include Windows 7 Operating System January 2011
  • CompTIA Project+ 2003 will retire March 31, 2011
  • CompTIA Security+ SYO-301 expected to be released. The new objectives for the SYO-301 are available here.
  • Microsoft is planning to retire several certification exams on  March 31st, 2011. List of exams can be found here.
    Most notably would be the change of the CompTIA certification policy.  Full details on the CompTIA certification policy can be found here.


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