We have received a lot of feedback from people requesting that we do more from a GIAC brand recognition perspective. Also, that it should be easier for hiring managers and employers to verify and better understand the GIAC certifications you hold.
Enter GIAC digital badging.
GIAC will debut a new digital badge program to all active GIAC certification holders in the coming weeks. GIAC has partnered with Acclaim to provide the digital badging service (
http://www.giac.org/info/179697), which is based upon the Mozilla Open Badge standard. GIAC digital badges can be utilized in your email signature, personal web sites and on your social media accounts and can help increase awareness of GIAC certifications to HR and management communities who are seeking to understand the crucial information security skills they need to protect their organizations.
The badge is a digital representation of your paper GIAC certification, which will include much of the same information. The purpose of this digital badge program is to equip our certification holders with the necessary information interested parties can use to verify and assess the skills and abilities of GIAC certified professionals.
For more information about GIAC's digital badge program please visit
GIAC Forensics, Management, Information, IT Security Certifications or email
digitalbadges@giac.org, and keep an eye out over the next few weeks for details regarding how to claim your GIAC badge(s).
