The cyber security industry is growing at a rapid pace, which means there are a lot of opportunities to find work for aspiring IT specialists. To get your feet wet and start learning the foundational ...

It’s no secret that the IT/software sector offers some of the highest-paying jobs around — and there aren’t enough qualified people to fill them. But within this sector, there’s a ton of variability.

If you've ever had your security compromised online, take heart. Judging by the many high-profile hacks of the last couple of years, even the biggest businesses and government agencies are no more ...

Why is learning to code a big deal? Here's one reason: In 2015, as many as 7 million job openings were in occupations that required coding skills, reported Burning Glass, a job-market analytics firm.

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Whether through dramatization pop culture or out-of-touch leaders, hacking has gotten a bad rap. The act of testing a system for its flaws goes to the very beginning of computer technology itself, and ...

If you ask kids right now what they want to be when they grow up, you probably won’t hear “hacker.” But hackers are absolutely essential to protecting cyberspace from computer criminals. We need to ...