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Zyxel Communications announced the receipt of OnGo certification for its high-power LTE7485-S905 4G LTE-A outdoor router by the CBRS Alliance. For service providers, OnGo certification brings interoperability to multi-vendor, large-scale deployments, thus enabling best-of-breed solutions at competitive costs.

Thousands of valuable ISO management system certifications earned by UK companies may now be at risk because auditors from Certification Bodies may not have been able to attend organizations' premises to conduct essential re-certification audits during the current coronavirus pandemic. Worldwide, hundreds of thousands of certifications are at risk of lapsing as lockdown conditions look set to continue for the foreseeable future.

British infosec accreditation body CREST has changed some of its exams after cheat sheets containing exam answers and practical walkthroughs were posted on GitHub in a repo that NCC Group confirmed included its own documents. In an email to all CREST members sent on the afternoon of 12 August, the certification body assured members that leaked elements of its certification exams have now been "Deprecated" as part of a process already in motion "Between June 2018 and July 2020".

British infosec biz NCC Group has admitted to The Register that its internal training materials were leaked on GitHub - after folders purporting to help people pass the CREST pentest certification exams appeared in a couple of repositories. CREST offers a certification called CRT: CREST Registered Tester.

Of course, there are many different CompTIA exams you can choose from based on your interest and already chosen path. Our educational and industry partners have introduced "Complete 2020 CompTIA Certification Training Bundle," aiming to help cybersecurity aspirants prepare for the big ones, with 14 courses covering A+, Security+, Network+, and more.

Of course, there are many different CompTIA exams you can choose from based on your interest and already chosen path. Our educational and industry partners have introduced "Complete 2020 CompTIA Certification Training Bundle," aiming to help cybersecurity aspirants prepare for the big ones, with 14 courses covering A+, Security+, Network+, and more.

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, and Cloud Native Computing Foundation, which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, announced a new certification, the Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist is in development. CKS will consist of a performance-based certification exam testing competence across a broad range of best practices for securing container-based applications and Kubernetes platforms during build, deployment and runtime.

In a significant milestone in the support of DX, Gigamon announces that the GigaVUE Cloud Suite for VMware has obtained VMware Ready certification. "We are pleased that Gigamon and GigaVUE Cloud Suite for VMware qualifies for the VMware Ready logo, signifying to customers that it has met specific VMware interoperability standards and works effectively with VMware technologies."

The Ethernet Alliance, a global consortium dedicated to the continued success and advancement of Ethernet technologies, announced the launch of its Gen 2 Power over Ethernet Certification Program. "The Ethernet Alliance Gen 2 PoE Certification Program enables power sourcing equipment and powered device manufacturers to deliver the functionality end users expect, while helping to reduce the time needed to get interoperable PoE-enabled equipment to market - something that's in the best interest of both the Ethernet ecosystem and customers alike."

Unisys announced the U.S. government certification of Unisys Stealth to protect information as it flows between Stealth-enabled endpoints. The new certification confirms that Stealth meets the stringent requirements of the NIAP Virtual Private Network PP-Module for VPN Client Version 2.1 and the NIAP Protection Profile for Application Software Version 1.3.