CompTIA Certifications Earn ANSI Accreditation

The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), a leading provider of vendor-neutral certifications for the world’s technology workforce, announces three of its professional certifications—CompTIA A+, Network+ and Security+—have achieved accreditation from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Accreditation of the three certifications is the culmination of a multimonth process to verify compliance with requirements outlined in internationally accepted standards for assessing personnel certification programs (ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024); and for the operation of accreditation bodies (ISO/IEC 17011).

ANSI is a global leader in the accreditation of personnel certification programs and is the only U.S. accreditor that requires a weeklong assessor training as well as a mandatory annual training update to meet the requirements of ISO/IEC 17011. 

• CompTIA A+ certification validates skills computer support professionals need, including installation, configuration, diagnosing, preventive maintenance, basic networking, security, safety, environmental issues, and communication and professionalism.
• CompTIA Network+ validates an IT professional’s ability to install, configure and troubleshoot basic networking hardware, protocols and services.
• CompTIA Security+ validates knowledge of communication security, infrastructure security, cryptography, operational security and general security concepts.