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As the person that hears all of the complaints for our different exams. OnVUE is not that bad. Yes you do need to follow the rules of remote proctoring. The rule set is a bit more stringent since the candidate is at home. But Pearson is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better than ProctorU. Their software is problematic. The proctors have been known to just shut the exam down prior to it starting, which means you have to submit a customer service ticket if the voucher has already been redeemed. I have been screamed at for selecting them as the proctoring company for an exam sponsor organization. Oddly enough Meazure Learning is their onsite proctoring division, and they are fantastic. So in 2024, you have to weigh the good and the okay. At home is convenient but, know that they are more nitpickier. In the testing center is not as strict, but PSI now has us metal detecting all candidates because of the increased number of cell phones smuggled into the testing centers. Hope that I gave you some insight from the testing side of the business. Disclaimer: Not a proctor - I am the person that received the complaints :)
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CEH Instructor needed

Fred
Location: Virtual
Date: TBD Call Mr. Singh
I believe you must hold the CEH cert Check with Mr. Singh

Course Objective: To provide Workforce knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to obtain foundational infosec knowledge and maintain their training qualification. Objectives of the class include Introduction to Ethical Hacking, Footprinting and Reconnaissance, Scanning Networks, Enumeration, Vulnerability Analysis, System Hacking, Malware Threats, Sniffing, Social Engineering, Denial of Service, Session Hijacking, Evading IDS Firewalls and Honeypots, Hacking Web Servers, Hacking Web Application, SQL Injection, Hacking Wireless Networks, Hacking Mobile Platforms, IOT and OT Hacking, Cloud Computing, and Cryptography.



Jitinder Singh
Milli Micro Systems, Inc.
Office: 818-666-7891
www.mmsgov.com
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RSA USA 2024

Stephen Schneiter
Welcome, folks, to the RSA 2024 conference in San Francisco! The CompTIA booth is up and running as we kick off the week of learning about the latest in cybersecurity trends. If you are attending the conference be sure to post your updates here. Don't forget to stop by the booth and let's connect.

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Even have vendors that brought the video games to play! May have to check them out!

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Stay tuned for more to come.
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Proctoring Issues

LynW
Instructors who have students who need to take the exams online can help prepare them for using OnVue and the UX. When I have learners with transportation issues or other barriers, an online exam may be necessary. I encourage them to carefully go through the requirements and do the successful setup process at least 3 days in advance. From experiences my students have shared with me, I have two scenario recommendations to discuss with your students. 1) Do not practice reading questions aloud - this could result in the proctor interrupting and asking for silence. 2) Keep full face in the video view - I had a student who leaned toward the screen frequently to read the question and was asked to stop moving around. That being said, I had a student with approved accommodations for a reader who was able to use the accommodation on OnVue successfully.
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Doc Nancy
Hello Stephen. You are the best! You have helped me help many students. I have more requiring Security+ and Cloud+. I have students for the summer who will need to prepare. Thank you again for everything in supporting the CINs.

DevOps Fundamentals Ideas for the new Domain 5 in the Version 004.

BrianFord
Great topic Michael!

A resource that I found very useful was this from Altassian. Agile development and Devops methods are compatible but not the same thing.

This article walks through both agile development (the agile manifesto) and introduces a couple of the sources of Devops methodology (the Devops three ways).
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Comp Sci Teacher in Colorado Springs Seeking a New Position in the Area

Michael Schmitz
Hello Mark,
i wish you good luck with finding a new job.
Reading this the first time, was:
That sounds like CompTIA, so many Acronyms..
Second: You won in the IT-Buzzword Bingo.

But is that not a little bit to much information for a semi-public Forum.
I mean, if someone knows a position, or wanna know more, they can contact you for more information...

Hope you still have time to find a new role.

Michael
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Looking for remote Job

Eric (Vu Van Than)
Hi everyone,

I'm looking for a remote Job. I have accumulated over nine years of experience in IT. I hold several certifications, including CompTIA Sec+, CompTIA CySA+, CompTIA CASP+, (ISC)² CISSP, SSCP, CC, AWS Certified Security, and AWS Certified SysOps.

Experience: Head of Information Security, a company with over 1000 employees.

• Leading a multicultural team
• Designing cyber security strategy and operating model
• Cybersecurity capabilities developments and implementation
• Threat Landscape, metrics, and KPIs monitoring
• Architecture and design security reviews
• Incident response management
• Processes improvement
• Risk and threat modeling assessments
• Secure development and CI/CD pipeline oversight
• Executive reports and presentation
• Vendor Management
Designing and maintaining all SOC components using Free Open-Source Software (FOSS)
• Incident Management System (IMS)
• Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP)
• Security Information Event Management (SIEM)
• Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
• Designed and implemented Soc Infrastructure for large companies

I am thrilled to be here and look forward to learning and collaborating with all of you. Please DM me
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CIN Sneak Peek - CompTIA Cloud+ CV0-004

Doc Nancy
It has been awhile since I attended our events in the many locations with our CIN friends. ChannelCon in July for learning will be great.. Thank you for posting and I look forward to attending Stephen. I will have good practice to be ready for the upcoming students.
:geek:
...The webinar was very interesting on Cloud as usual....Appreciate!
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Comp Sci Teacher in Colorado Springs Seeking a New Position in the Area

MarkGrohman
My campus has decided to focus on BioMed and Engineering as Academies and cut Comp Sci due to decreasing campus enrollment. I need to stay in the Colorado Springs area.

I was previously a physics teacher but currently teach PLTW CS Essential, PLTW CS Cybersecurity, IB Comp Sci SL, and Comp Apps 1 & 2. I have taught AP CSP and went through the training for AP CS A. IB SL is also usually taught in Java.

All my courses are tied to college credit and industry certifications from CDE's CDIP List. I host four after-school clubs: National Technical Honor Society, Coding Club, Cybersecurity Competition Team, and Strategy Gaming Club. I am qualified to teach all 7-12 Math and Science courses in Colorado and Texas. I also have SPED and ESL certs in Texas.

I am the chair of our district's Comp Sci Advisory Board. I have been asked for next year to be the Comp Sci / Cybersec SME for the Pike Peak Business & Education Alliance.

Mark Grohman
https://www.linkedin.com/in/markgrohman/
[email protected]
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CIN Sneak Peek - CompTIA Cloud+ CV0-004

Michael Schmitz
Doc Nancy said:
Stephen --- New event in July!! I will be attending our 'get together.'
I have students arriving later in the summer. I am looking forward to more new arrivals for Instruction.

vr

Dr. Nancy
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Wondering, what has that to do with the Sneek Peek Session? For that kind of exchange directly with 2 Person, the CIN Forum has the Private Message Feature... Much better..
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Proctoring Issues

Michael Schmitz
Usually, if there is some change like that, it would be announced with enough time to adjust to it.
I had taken years ago one Exam online with OnVue, was no issue at all.
The last tests (ECC, PECB or ISACA):

  1. test should start at 7 PM, i was with the Proctor online at 6:45, it took him 15 min alone to check my ID Card, since the hologram made it hard to screenshot it via Camera, exam startet at 7:30 or so.
  2. had to remove books from under the Desk, which where not available to me, since the hands are on the Desktop all the time.
  3. had to remove a 2. Screen, which was turned of, before starting the test.
  4. last experience: was online in the tool 15min before start, waited for 50 min for the proctor to show up in the tool. Then i had to call support in India (Phone number only on the main website, not when you are logged in). They told me, i had recieved an email with an link to join (which is not as stated in their instructions). So, after 1h waiting, i could start the 6h Exam, that lasted then till 3 o`clock in the morning.

I understand the reasons to take tests online, but prefere testcenter. but for some vendors, you really have to drive long distance (Certiport or Eccouncil for me: are minimum 2.5 hours drive to nearest testcenter).
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Usage of non inclusive language in SK0-005

Michael Schmitz
Rick Butler said:
The DMZ mostly now known is the separator between North and South Korea, but yes, there was one in Vietnam when it was a divided state.

I never understood the use of the term DMZ with relating to firewall theory. It never made sense, since the basic idea of a military DMZ was an area where no active military assets were allowed to operate and was not directly under the control of one sovereign state.

In firewall terminology, a screened subnet (formerly a DMZ) generally contains assets that are owned by one organization, with the subnet being under the control of a single entity.

In my mind, this analogy never made much logical sense to me, so I'm glad for this particular change, notwithstanding the inclusive aims of the change.

/r
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the other DMZ that is still in place today is in Cyprus / Europe between the turkish and greek part of the island.

No, the term does not make so much sense, but as often, it comes from a military background.

Since an IPS is active, and closes ports, it is more not demilitrized then the Term Suggests.
Microsoft used " Perimeter Network Zone) as long as i remember going through their courseware.

I still wonder with the Term: Blackhole, what to Astrophysics use instead?

Michael
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DevOps Fundamentals Ideas for the new Domain 5 in the Version 004.

Michael Schmitz
As mentioned in the Sneak Peek for the new version, (in case you missed it, you can watch the recording and download the slides)
DevOps (why not DevSecOps as now called),
and most of the participants said, they have not much expierence with the DevOps,
lets share Ideas, ressources how to teach it.

If you are training over weeks or months, spend plenty of time here, would be easier, as in teaching it in 5 days to non-dev people, who need to understand the basics.

are their free ressources available to the different tools, like
ELK,
Grafana,
git,
jenkins
and so one, that we can use or share?

Post it here, or upload it to the Ressources / Media Section in CIN and provide the link here.

Would be great to have some stuff for the Trainers going into the TTT then later this year..


Michael
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Proctoring Issues

Rick Butler
Gregory Childers said:
I've never had any significant problems. One time, a proctor claimed to have lost my webcam feed. The proctor rebooted my exam and everything went fine after that. Other than that, all of my OnVue exams have run flawlessly.
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Definitely glad to hear that your experience has been very positive. I think we've all heard the horror stories which is probably what OP was getting.

For me, it's sort of a 'frame of mind' thing. When I go to a test center, my brain switches to a 'testing' mode. Perhaps I could easily be just fine going into a bare office and doing it. But with a test center down the street in my other building, it works.

Anyway...

/r
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