Certifications

Certifications

Security-first MSP leadership across Azure, Microsoft 365/Entra, Google Cloud, and modern detection/response.

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CompTIA

CompTIA Security Analytics Professional (CSAP)

Stackable Security Analytics

CompTIA’s stackable designation that recognizes combined mastery in security fundamentals and applied analytics/response. CSAP highlights the practical ability to detect, triage, and remediate threats while aligning controls and processes with business risk.

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Covers: security ops, analytics, incident response, threat hunting basics.
CompTIA

CompTIA CySA+ (ce)

Blue Team Detection & Response

Validates analyst-level skills across monitoring, threat detection, and incident response. Focus areas include SIEM use cases, behavior analytics, vulnerability management workflows, and reporting that drives measurable risk reduction.

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Covers: SIEM, MITRE ATT&CK mapping, IR playbooks, vuln-to-remediation lifecycle.
CompTIA

CompTIA Security+ (ce)

Foundations Governance & Risk

Industry baseline for security architecture, governance/risk, cryptography, identity, and network hardening. Demonstrates the ability to design and implement secure configurations and communicate risk in business terms.

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Covers: IAM, crypto, network security, policies/standards, incident fundamentals.
Microsoft

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

Azure Cloud Foundations

Core cloud knowledge across Azure services, identity (Entra), governance, security, pricing, and support. Demonstrates fluency in mapping business requirements to Azure capabilities and cost models.

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Covers: governance (RBAC/Policy), compute/storage/networking, pricing calculators.
Google Cloud

Google Cloud Digital Leader

GCP Strategy & Value

Business-focused certification covering how Google Cloud services solve real use cases with responsible AI, security, and cost efficiency in mind. Emphasizes cloud adoption strategy and organizational change.

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Covers: cloud value props, security/shared responsibility, data/AI, cost management.

Last updated: August 19, 2025 • RootAccessGuy.com

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