Mission Statement

The BSD Certification Group is a volunteer collaboration of computing professionals who promote the awareness and use of BSD operating systems. Our mission is the creation and maintenance of a standardized certification process to assist system administrators and employers validate competence in the implementation of BSD best practices.

We perceive benefits to:

The IT Industry

• Verification of documented competence in BSD systems during pre-employment screening
• Increased efficiency of BSD and general Unix systems administration
• Increased training opportunities for employees
• Documented skill levels for promotion criteria

The IT Professional

• Customizable skills in state of the art BSD system administration
• Documented proof of skills in BSD system administration
• Increased knowledge of similarities and differences of BSD systems
• Recognized leadership in BSD system administration

The BSD Community

• Increased awareness of the benefits of using BSD systems
• Increased knowledge in administering multiple BSD operating systems
• More skilled BSD systems administrators in all industries
• Increased opportunities for advocating BSD solutions