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Passed Security +

Based on the draft exam objectives, I predict SY0-801 will be harder. I noticed several adds (AI) and refinements (some GRC topics have moved to Operations) but few deletes (deprecated protocols). Add to that the trend towards scenario-based questions in all CompTIA exams, and it will be interesting.
Looking forward to it ,will have to wait and see.

Passed Security +

Congrats! In your opinion, is this a certificate test something a high school student would be successful with? I am a Teacher trying to determine if this assessment will be a good fit for one of my classes. Best of luck in the future!
Nope this cert requires some bit of experience in the cyber industry. Unless let them have a year or so doing practicals, so they can get on their feet.

Authorized Partner Certification

Hi everyone 👋


I'm Seang from AICA Academy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia — a new CIN member and a newly licensed private academy focused on AI, cybersecurity, and IT certification training.


I submitted our application to become a CompTIA Training Delivery Partner about 8 days ago via the partner form at comptia.org/en-us/partner/ but have not received any reply yet. I also tried following up via [email protected] but received an error — the email bounced back.


Could anyone in the community advise:


  • What is the correct contact email or route to follow up on a Training Delivery Partner application from a non-US / international institution?
  • Is there a dedicated APAC regional contact I should reach out to directly?
  • Has anyone else experienced delays after submitting the partner form, and how did you resolve it?

Any guidance from experienced CIN members or CompTIA staff would be greatly appreciated. Happy to share more about AICA Academy if helpful — we are very committed to bringing CompTIA certifications to Cambodia and the wider ASEAN region.


Thank you in advance! 🙏


Seang Lypengleang

CyberDefense Pro - not visible in Platform My Courseware listing

Hi Team,

I was looking to resume learning / study for the CyberDefense Pro v2 courseware.

I do not see this courseware listed.

Anyone experiencing the same, or perhaps a suggestion on what I need to click on / accept / something?

I have created a help ticket, so pending that I may revist this thread and update / advise.

Thanks all!

happy trails!

--chris
Melbourne AUS

CySA+ TTT On Demand

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Thank you! But I've already tried this, it still did not work

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I'm already using Brave and I've already tried different browsers but still did not work

CySA+ TTT On Demand

Well, you just have to delete "Cookies and site data" then reload with the new link, it should work without problem, you'll need to do so for all sessions you'll watch, else use private table everytime you want to watch a new session
Thank you! But I've already tried this, it still did not work

PearsonVUE Test Center Rules -

Right...but...the question I was wondering had to do with the rules for who got to be a Pearson VUE TA. Pearson is saying no to anyone who holds a current CompTIA cert. CompTIA's information says there is a six month wait period before or after taking an exam. Pearson's change came about in March, which seems to suggest that it's going to be the former - and CompTIA hasn't updated their website.

PearsonVUE Test Center Rules -

I managed a training and testing center years ago. I cross-trained our receptionists and admin staff to operate the testing center. It actually worked out really well. Staff worked 4 hours overlapping shifts 5 days a week, and we were often able to offer exams from 10 AM to 2 PM on Saturdays. We started with 4 seats for testing and bumped that to 8 seats after 6 months. It didn't generate much revenue, but it helped us recruit new training students. The revenue we did take in let me boost the staff pay.

The person whom we trained to be the testing center manager went on to work for an AI company and opened a large, multi-room testing center in the basement of a building in a neighborhood full of office buildings surrounded by 2 colleges. They offer a much wider range of exams and draw teachers, real estate, and union workers in addition to the tech crowd. She tells me it's the same basic model: the testing center covers all its expenses but draws people into training programs and allows them to sell the colleges and some employers vouchers in quantity.

  • Question
High School Teacher here...I have questions...

I have never used CompTIA for certifying my high school students. However, TestOut was good (in my opinion) so here I am. What are the pro's and con's for those of you with experience doing so with CompTIA? Does the training provided align with the certification exam? What is your typical pass rate? Do you have someone (like a Rep) I can contact for pricing? Or this there an online form to request a Quote? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

~Tiffany

Passed Security +

Hoping it will be a bit lighter, will have to win it over with no doubt.
Based on the draft exam objectives, I predict SY0-801 will be harder. I noticed several adds (AI) and refinements (some GRC topics have moved to Operations) but few deletes (deprecated protocols). Add to that the trend towards scenario-based questions in all CompTIA exams, and it will be interesting.

What's the best training?

Greatly appreciate everyone's advice on certs and their experience with their usefulness (or not). I've been in the field for many years and have only taken cert training/exams when a company will pay for them. I find they're useful when looking for different employment (e.g., advancement, change of responsibilities), but not much else beyond that. Although, as an architect who's constantly having the "why do I need to do this" type of arguments with leadership and non-security architects all the time, there is some value in being able to pull the "because this is what it says in the material for this cert that I have" card from time to time.

I want to point out that my OP mentioned that I "would really like to diversify my skill set" and "am looking for a mix of great training and ideally would love to add a cert or more to my resume." The main goal is to identify good training; cert would be secondary (but nice to have if possible).

Thanks all!

Cloud+ CV0-004 TTT Series

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Please note that the live series has ended and viewing the on-demand session will not qualify for an exam voucher. Contact your CompTIA representative for assistance.

CySA+ TTT On Demand

I'm trying to access the On Demand Lessons but I can't access the video. I kept on having the error "Login Failed. Please try again.".
I was able to access session 6 a few hour ago. Now I can't get access.
Am I the only one having trouble?
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Passed SecAI

I passed my SecAI exam, and immediately afterward I fell sick. My physiotherapist said it was due to heavy lifting. I was like, "How? I didn't lift anything!" 😂

This is based on a true story, but I'm recovering well, guys.
Thank you so much, Stephane, for the voucher, and thank you to our instructor for the course and all the support.
congratulations

What's the best training?

I concur. I earned over 60 different certifications, mostly paid for by employers, because I thought it would help me in two ways:

1. It would mean more certification exam courses I could teach. It turns out that some of them had zero demand for training.
2. They would add to my overall body of knowledge. Honestly, I had the knowledge even without the certification for many of them.

Figure out what you want to do and which certs will get you closer to that goal. All the rest are just distractions.

--signed "a guy with 17 different CompTIA certifications and 10 stackable CompTIA certifications"
Exactly correct! I spend SO MANY YEARS when I first got into IT in 2007 playing certification Pac-Man only to realize that it was absolutely a waste of my time. I'm horrified how many VMware Certifications I focused on and the platform is mostly dead now.

CySA+

Hi Folks, I will post updates on the voucher distribution in this thread. We did make a few changes in effort to try and speed up the distribution. I will post as soon as I hear a date that the emails will go out with the vouchers.
Thanks 🙏🏻
This has been on mind as a curiosity as well.

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