Education, and re-education, will be a critical consideration and expenditure for mobilizing a career and retaining staff in e-discovery and cybersecurity over the next several years. Many hiring managers who have precious little training budget but who boast an ambitious, eager-to-grow staff find themselves unsure which certification training to invest in.

There are many factors to consider, both as an individual or a company, when examining certification programs and plotting professional development tracks. Variables like pass/fail rates, preparation to completion time, local versus virtual learning centers, product knowledge versus process knowledge and outplacement success stories all come into play in an attempt to unify the radical divergences in educational opportunities available in today’s cyber/ESI landscapes.