Academy Case Study

IT Certifications to prove knowledge acquired toimprove values of IT Engineers
Solving issues at schools by using the CompTIA Scholarship Program

TARGET

IT Engineers Department

Background of Efforts

Funabashi-Joho-Bijinesu
College of Technology
7-12-16 Honcho,
Funabashi-shi, Chiba
https://www.chibafjb.ac.jp/www/index.html“Our collage introduces
CompTIA certification
programs, which are usable
in network and security
industries and the mostacknowledged globally. We
keep encouraging students
to acquire CompTIA
certifications as part of ourhuman resource
development scheme for theindustry.”
Mr. Hideaki Morita
Director, Academic Affair

The education philosophy of Funabashi Joho-Bijinesu Collage of Technology is “Make Young PeopleHappy!” It started a new approach to enhance technical and human capabilities and pursue qualities
required for company employees, implementing approaches to generate synergy among the school
program based on the certification programs, private-academia collaboration and the nationallicense-oriented programs.
Utilization of the CompTIA Scholarship Program to improve values of IT engineers
Considering it necessary to have conventional SE- and NE-oriented students to learn security, ourcollege has started including CompTIA Security+ in the curriculum for the 3rd graders of our 4-year
IT engineer course, rather than developing security specialists. To make such a decision, we faced
the following challenges:• The higher the school grade, the more skill gap is observed• Difficulty in setting an appropriate target in the security field• Difficulty in arrangement of dates for national certifications obtainment, such as information
security management• Difficulty to convince students to bear cost for contents other than ones for national certifications
As CompTIA’s certifications are vendor-neutral, well-acknowledged in the industry, mutual
complementary learning with contents for applied information/information security specialists became
available. Furthermore, utilization of CompTIA Scholarship Program reduces the financial burden ofstudents. For these reasons, introduction of CompTIA Security+ was decided. Currently, students
aim at acquisition of various CompTIA certifications, with support by Accenture, PROGDENCE, andNihon Office Automation Research.

CompTIA Security+ and CompTIA Network+ are utilized
CompTIA Network+ helps
develop a career in IT
infrastructure coveringtroubleshooting, configuring,and managing networks.

CompTIA Security+ designates
knowledgeable professionals in thefield of security. The exam covers
the most important foundational
principles for securing a networkand managing risk.

Certification in USE■CompTIA Security+■CompTIA Network+

Scholarship Support Course in Private-Academia Collaboration Practice
CompTIA Security+ : Delivering a special lecture as a frontrunner of cybersecurity

Accenture Accenture Security considers it is also an important task to take measures to solve theCompTIA
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issue of security workforce shortage, in order to realize true security. It supports students
who will be key players in the security field in the next generation through participation in
CompTIA Scholarship Program. Accenture is strengthening and promoting privateacademia collaboration making use of its plentiful knowledge on the security fieldaccumulated in its global operation.
CompTIA Network+ : Explaining technical background/knowledge in the“Network Practice” classes
Currently, students learn mainly Cisco network, but CompTIA certification programsenable wide range of applied cases of technology to be introduced as they arevendor neutral. PROGDENCE delivers classes for students about cutting-edge
technologies demonstrations in a company’s point of view.

“I find it a very good curriculum to improve technical skills and to learn actions
for security usable in real world, which works for the recent shortage of security
workforce. In addition, the technical elements in the contents are reflecting thelatest security trend and have much knowledge to newly learn.
In out college, students aim to pass the IPA national exam. CompTIA programs
have much affinity with the national exam, so, we keep them as recommendable
certifications.”
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