US EditionNew CompTIA certification will target critical cybersecurity skills in operational technology
- On May 13, 2025, CompTIA from Downers Grove, Ill., revealed plans to create the SecOT+ certification aimed at enhancing essential cybersecurity capabilities for professionals working with operational technology environments.
- This initiative addresses increasing cybersecurity challenges facing industrial sectors and essential services, alongside a projected need to fill over 180,000 operational technology positions in 2024.
- SecOT+ will focus on risk assessment, compliance frameworks, hardening techniques, legacy system integration, and bridging knowledge gaps between OT and IT roles.
- Katie Hoenicke highlighted that as technology increasingly integrates into various physical settings, it brings with it both potential benefits and obstacles, emphasizing the certification’s significance within the industry.
- The certification aims to equip OT and IT professionals with a practical skills toolkit to manage cyber risks threatening industrial network continuity and infrastructure resilience.
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CompTIA cert targets operational cybersecurity skills
IT training and certification provider CompTIA said it has begun to develop a new certification focused on cybersecurity skills in operational technology (OT). Cybersecurity skills continue to be in demand for IT professionals, according to CompTIA, which reported some 470,000 U.S.-based job openings with cybersecurity-related skills between May 2023 and April 2024, “demonstrating the broad demand for cybersecurity skills across many different j…
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