CertNexus® Certifications

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CertNexus’ portfolio of certifications and credentials empower you to lead, design, and put emerging technology into practice. Our certifications meet the growing demand for skills validation and personal growth within Data Science, Cybersecurity, the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, and Ethics in Data Driven Technologies. Getting certified today brings measurable rewards in the future and opens further professional opportunities.

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Certification programs

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Certified Ethical Emerging Technologist (CEET)

Certified Ethical Emerging Technologist (CET-110) is designed to validate the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to apply foundational ethical principles, follow industry-standard frameworks, identify and mitigate risks, and navigate ethical organizational governance in order to devise and maintain ethical, trusted, and inclusive data-driven technologies. For more information on the Certified Ethical Emerging Technologist certification, please visit certnexus.com/certification/ceet-110

CyberSec First Responder® (CFR)

CyberSec First Responder® (CFR-410) is a comprehensive certification designed to validate the knowledge to effectively identify, respond to, protect against, and remediate malicious activities involving computing systems. Additionally, the exam will certify that the successful candidate has the foundational knowledge to deal with a changing threat landscape and will be able to assess risk and vulnerabilities, acquire data, perform analysis, continuously communicate, determine scope, recommend remediation actions, and accurately report results. For more information on the CyberSec First Responder certification, please visit certnexus.com/certification/cybersec-first-responder-cfr

CFR is compliant with ANAB and ISO/IEC 17024:2012 standards and is approved by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to fulfill Directive 8570/8140 requirements.

Certified Internet of Things Practitioner (CIoTP)

Certified Internet of Things Practitioner (ITP-110) is a comprehensive certification designed to validate that individuals in a wide variety of job functions have a foundational knowledge of the important concepts and components that are part of an IoT ecosystem. Additionally, the exam will certify that the successful candidate has the knowledge that will enable them to design, implement, operate, and/or manage an IoT ecosystem. For more information on the Certified Internet of Things Practitioner certification, please visit certnexus.com/certification/Certified-Internet-of-Things-Practitioner

Certified IoT Security Practitioner (CIoTSP)

Certified IoT Security Practitioner (ITS-110) validates a candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities to secure network environments for IoT devices, analyze vulnerabilities and determine reasonable controls against threats, and effectively monitor IoT devices and respond to incidents. Additionally, the exam will certify that the successful candidate has the foundational skill set of secure IoT concepts, technologies, and tools that will enable them to become a capable IoT Security practitioner in a wide variety of IoT-related job functions. For more information on the Certified Internet of Things Security Practitioner certification, please visit certnexus.com/certification/ciotsp

Cyber Secure Coder (CSC)

Cyber Secure Coder (CSC-210) is designed to validate the knowledge and skills required to design and develop protected applications, regardless of the language used for development or the platform on which they will be deployed. Additionally, the exam will certify that the successful candidate has the knowledge, skills, and abilities to design and develop a variety of applications for various platforms, analyze security concerns outside of specific languages and platforms, use a number of testing and analysis tools, and mitigate against common threats to data and systems. For more information on the Cyber Secure Coder certification, please visit certnexus.com/certification/cyber-secure-coder

CSC is approved by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to fulfill Directive 8570/8140 requirements.

Certified Artificial Intelligence Practitioner (CAIP)

Certified Artificial Intelligence Practitioner (AIP-210) is designed to validate the knowledge, skills, and abilities to design, implement, and hand off an AI solution or environment. Additionally, the exam will certify that the candidate has the knowledge and skill set of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) concepts, technologies, and tools that will enable them to become a capable AI practitioner in a wide variety of AI-related job functions. For more information on the Certified Artificial Intelligence Practitioner certification, please visit certnexus.com/certification/Certified-Artificial-Intelligence-Practitioner

AIP-210 CAIP is compliant with ANAB and ISO/IEC 17024:2012 standards.

Certified Data Science Practitioner (CDSP)

Certified Data Science Practitioner (DSP-110) certification will validate the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to answer questions by collecting, wrangling, and exploring data sets, applying statistical models and artificial-intelligence algorithms, to extract and communicate knowledge and insights. DSP-110 is designed for professionals across different industries seeking to demonstrate the ability to gain insights and build predictive models from data. Additionally it is designed to validate that the successful candidate will be able to define the question to be addressed through the application of data science, perform ETL across data sets, perform exploratory data analysis, build and test models and communicate findings. For more information on the Certified Data Science Practitioner certification, please visit https://certnexus.com/certification/certified-data-science-practitioner


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Last updated 2024-01-25