COMPUTER
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q KRISH MOHAN
q MANPREET SINGH
q DHANASH HARI
q ABHINARAYANA KALLAZHI JAIN
BASIC COMPUTER CERTIFICATIONS
There are many certification out there that can make your resume stand out, I have hand pick a certain few that we
personally think that are basic and important. In later times you can consider more advanced certification that can
cater to your specific interests.
qCERTIFIED ETHICAL HACKER (CEH)
qCOMPTIA IT FUNDEMENTALS +
qLINUX ESSENTIALS CERTIFICATE
qMICROSOFT CERTIFIED: FUNDEMENTALS
CERTIFIED ETHICAL HACKER
¡ Having a CEH certificate is the baseline for most of the IT jobs out there. This certification ensures that the learner
is capable of assessing, evaluating, testing and reporting the vulnerabilities. As many or all companies rely on digital
channels to run their business, it has become evidently challenging to secure one's data. This is where a cyber
security expert excels. They can close the bridge between companies and clients by keeping the confidential data
safe, hence keeping the environment secure aka cyberspace.
CEH certification: Ethical hacking training & course: EC-Council (2025) EC. Available at: https://www.eccouncil.org/train-certify/certified-ethical-hacker-ceh (Accessed: 27 January 2025).
CYBER DEFENCE
¡ The wars of 21st century is not fought on land, but on the digital space. A certain individual sitting in a café with a
computer can disrupt an entire nations water supply or electricity all on his own. This is where a group of individuals
who are highly trained in offensive and defensive activities protect us from these kinds of danger. They can root out
vulnerabilities and keep a system safe by ensuring there are no so-called back doors.
CEH certification: Ethical hacking training & course: EC-Council (2025) EC. Available at: https://www.eccouncil.org/train-certify/certified-ethical-hacker-ceh (Accessed: 27 January 2025).
COMPTIA IT FUNDAMENTALS+
¡ CompTIA serves the general IT professionals; it provides well known amateur and basic certifications. These
certifications covers some of the vital aspects of IT like security, networking and tech support. This specific
certification caters ones who are starting a career in IT or would like to shift their career path. It ensures that the
learner has a strong foundational knowledge in IT and has a better idea to work in IT.
It fundamentals (2025) CompTIA. Available at: https://www.comptia.org/certifications/it-fundamentals (Accessed: 27 January 2025).
SKILLS YOU CAN ACQUIRE
> HARDWARE
> OPERATING SYSTEMS
> NETWORKING
ensures the knowledge of various
Install and configure various OS
identifying various kinds of networks
components and devices like servers,
like Linux, windows, android etc.
And connections like WIFI and SOHO.
workstations and IoT devices.
> SECURITY
> VIRTUASLIZATION and CLOUD COMPUTING
to identify and secures systems
To setup Cloud services and ensure
against vulnerabilities and breaches .
smooth flow of traffic. To setup virtual
machines on servers and workstations.
It fundamentals (2025) CompTIA. Available at: https://www.comptia.org/certifications/it-fundamentals (Accessed: 27 January 2025).
LINUX ESSENTIALS CERTIFICATE
¡ The certification demonstrates that the learner have a thorough understanding of Linux and the open-source
industry. This certification enables the user to understand the major components of the Linux operating system and
be proficient enough to work on the Linux command line. This certification also help in understanding security and
administration principles.
Linux Professional Institute Linux Essentials (2024) Linux Professional Institute (LPI). Available at: https://www.lpi.org/our-certifications/linux-essentials-overview/ (Accessed: 28 January 2025).
MILESTONES
Topic 1 : The Linux Community and a Career in Open Source
This topic introduces the learner to the open-source community and ways to navigate around it. It also lists out
major open-source application.
Topic 2 : Finding Your Way on a Linux System
this topic introduces the learner to Command Line and its its basic. It lets the gain essential know on how to get
help and to navigate and create directories. It also teach us on creating, moving and deleting files.
Topic 3 : The Power of Command Line
it explains on how to extract data from files and on archiving files within command line. It also teaches the learner
about Linux scripts and how to turn command to scripts
Topic 4 : The Linux Operating System
This topic helps the learner to chose an operating system form various distributions out there. This part goes in
dept about the hardware in use and the network it works on.
Linux Professional Institute Linux Essentials (2024) Linux Professional Institute (LPI). Available at: https://www.lpi.org/our-certifications/linux-essentials-overview/ (Accessed: 28 January 2025).
MICROSOFT CERTIFIED:
FUNDEMENTALS
¡ This certification helps the learner to stay up to date in the industry standard. This certification enable the learner to
stay productive and ahead. This is one of the highly valuable, recognized and industry respect certifications out
there. This provide a practical and hands on skills on Microsoft technologies. This certification caters wide range of
learners like, Technical professionals, Students and Business professionals.
Microsoft Certified: Fundamentals | Microsoft Learn. Available at: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/fundamentals (Accessed: 28 January 2025).
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN…
¡ AZURE
This is the cloud service that is trusted by fortune 500 companies, you will get in dept knowledge on this platform.
¡ AI
Your can learn about AI and Machine Learning, to integrate AZURE with your AI workload.
¡ Microsoft 365
Learn about Office apps and get experience on modern tools to improve productivity and enhance collaboration
across work environments.
¡ CRM and ERP
understanding the fundamentals of customer engagement apps like Dynamics 365 and optimize finance and
operation functions within.
Microsoft Certified: Fundamentals | Microsoft Learn. Available at: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/fundamentals (Accessed: 28 January 2025).
REFERENCE
¡ CEH certification: Ethical hacking training & course: EC-Council (2025) EC. Available at:
https://www.eccouncil.org/train-certify/certified-ethical-hacker-ceh (Accessed: 27 January 2025).
¡ It fundamentals CompTIA. Available at: https://www.comptia.org/certifications/it-fundamentals (Accessed: 27
January 2025).
¡ Linux Professional Institute Linux Essentials (2024) Linux Professional Institute (LPI). Available at:
https://www.lpi.org/our-certifications/linux-essentials-overview/ (Accessed: 28 January 2025).
¡ Microsoft Certified: Fundamentals, Microsoft Certified: Fundamentals | Microsoft Learn. Available at:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/fundamentals (Accessed: 28 January 2025).