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All 12 CompTIA certifications
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CompTIA Tech+ (ITF+)
FC0-U71
An entry-point certification for people exploring whether IT is the right career. Covers core terminology, hardware basics, software, security awareness, and database fundamentals.
The standard starting certification for IT support careers. Covers hardware, mobile devices, networking basics, virtualization, and troubleshooting across two exams (Core 1 and Core 2).
A vendor-neutral networking certification that builds the foundation needed for cybersecurity, cloud, and infrastructure roles. Covers networking concepts, implementation, operations, security, and troubleshooting.
The most common entry-level cybersecurity certification. A frequent baseline requirement for SOC, security analyst, and cleared US government roles. Covers core concepts, threats, architecture, operations, and program management.
A defensive (blue team) cybersecurity certification focused on threat detection, incident response, vulnerability management, and security operations. Common next step after Security+ for SOC analysts.
Validates Linux administration skills including system management, security, scripting, containers, and troubleshooting. Useful for sysadmin, DevOps, cloud, and SRE pathways.
Vendor-neutral certification covering on-premise and hybrid server environments: hardware, administration, security, disaster recovery, and troubleshooting.
A business-and-technology cloud certification covering cloud concepts, business principles, technical operations, and governance. Designed for non-engineering professionals working alongside cloud teams.
A performance-based cloud infrastructure certification covering architecture, security, deployment, operations, and troubleshooting across multi-cloud environments.
An early-career data analytics certification covering data concepts, mining, analysis, visualization, and governance. Vendor-neutral and analyst-oriented rather than engineer-focused.
A vendor- and methodology-neutral project management certification covering concepts, lifecycle phases, tools, and IT/governance basics. Useful when project management is part of an IT role rather than the whole job.