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Passed SecurityX CAS-005

Gregory Childers
precious said:
Thanks for sharing your experience, this is very encouraging.... Is it that you felt easy because of your real world experience, since you didn't look at the exam objectives?
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I've got 30+ years of IT experience, 25+ years of technical training experience, and 20+ years of cybersecurity experience. I passed the previous version of SecurityX in 2022, and also passed the CISSP and CISM. Yeah, I'm sure that it was easy for me because of my experience. I barely studied part-time for a week when I took the CISSP.
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Passed SecurityX CAS-005

precious
Gregory Childers said:
I took the exam online using Pearson Vue's OnVue service and it was issue-free.

From what I could tell, the exam has not changed much since the previous version. As I said before, I didn't look at the exam objectives or study at all but still had a rather easy time. Of the four PBQs, three were very basic and simple. The fourth one seemed out of place. I'm not sure why it was included at all.

The exam had a time of 2 hours and 45 minutes, but I finished in 45-50 minutes.

It extended my SecurityX, PenTest+, CySA+, Security+, Network+, and A+ through 2031.
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Thanks for sharing your experience, this is very encouraging.... Is it that you felt easy because of your real world experience, since you didn't look at the exam objectives?
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Passed SecurityX CAS-005

Gregory Childers
precious said:
Congratulations @Gregory Childers a million times. How was the experience?
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I took the exam online using Pearson Vue's OnVue service and it was issue-free.

From what I could tell, the exam has not changed much since the previous version. As I said before, I didn't look at the exam objectives or study at all but still had a rather easy time. Of the four PBQs, three were very basic and simple. The fourth one seemed out of place. I'm not sure why it was included at all.

The exam had a time of 2 hours and 45 minutes, but I finished in 45-50 minutes.

It extended my SecurityX, PenTest+, CySA+, Security+, Network+, and A+ through 2031.
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CIN Essentials TTT Series: CompTIA AI Essentials

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Stephen Schneiter said:
CIN is kicking off a new TTT series! This TTT series will focus on professional development around the CompTIA Compcert courses. While these will not be tied to a CompTIA certification exam, as always, we will provide a certificate of attendance that you can use to show for professional development.

Our first series will be the CompTIA AI Essentials. This will be a four-session series designed to provide the following knowledge and skills:
  • Learn what defines artificial intelligence from other types of intelligence and computing
  • Practice communicating about AI effectively
  • Explore AI tools and the ways they can support your organization
  • Craft AI prompts
  • Navigate the privacy and security concerns AI technology presents
  • Prepare for AI's effect on the future of technology
What: AI Essentials TTT series
When: Mondays and Wednesdays, August 4-13, 6:00 - 8:30 pm CST
Who: Nick Pierce
Where: ON24
Register Here


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Done Registered. Thanks Stephen!
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Passed SecurityX CAS-005

precious
Gregory Childers said:
I didn't use any study materials. Since this was a recertification, I just went in blind and took it. I only saw a few questions on topics that weren't already covered on the previous version of the exam. And I was surprised of the ease of 3 of the 4 PBQs.

One thing I did notice about the CASP+/SecurityX exams:

I took both the CAS-004 and CAS-005 and passed them both. And in both cases, the exams had a VM question. Also in both cases, I skipped the question entirely. In neither case did it make a difference in my passing. Either the question is unscored or it counts for very little. It seems like the question has low ROI if it can be skipped and not impact the results.

I've got DataX coming up in the next month. Time to work on that one.
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About DataX, all the best in advance
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Passed SecurityX CAS-005

Gregory Childers
Rick Butler said:
Nice. I have mine coming up later this year. Going through the CertMaster Perform material in depth to see how well it *actually* prepares a candidate to take SecurityX. I'm not entirely confident in that, as I went through the DataSys+ materials and took that exam - there were topics on the exam that did not appear in the training materials.

I've always considered there to be a disconnect between the CompTIA training materials and the actual exam, IMAO.
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I didn't use any study materials. Since this was a recertification, I just went in blind and took it. I only saw a few questions on topics that weren't already covered on the previous version of the exam. And I was surprised of the ease of 3 of the 4 PBQs.

One thing I did notice about the CASP+/SecurityX exams:

I took both the CAS-004 and CAS-005 and passed them both. And in both cases, the exams had a VM question. Also in both cases, I skipped the question entirely. In neither case did it make a difference in my passing. Either the question is unscored or it counts for very little. It seems like the question has low ROI if it can be skipped and not impact the results.

I've got DataX coming up in the next month. Time to work on that one.
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How can we get Institutional course access to CertMaster Security+??

Rick Butler
coreyd1001 said:
Ages ago when we first joined the partner network John Mongeon was our BDM. I just emailed him for assistance. None of our instructors have access to CertMaster Security+, we are still on TestOut Security Pro. All of our other ***Pro courses are upgraded to the new CertMaster courses.
Thank you for the quick response,

Corey D.
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Right. You can expect that will continue to be the case, as all of CompTIA's training material will migrate to the Perform model, as each three-year testing/update cycle.

If you are a partner, you should be able to get instructor access by reaching out to your BDM. Mr. Mongeon, according to LinkedIn, is Director of Business Development, so he should be able to route you to whomever your current BDM is.

You might also benefit from the Delivery Partner Meet-up Webinar on On24 from June 2025.

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CIN Essentials TTT Series: CompTIA AI Essentials

Patrick Asamago
Stephen Schneiter said:
CIN is kicking off a new TTT series! This TTT series will focus on professional development around the CompTIA Compcert courses. While these will not be tied to a CompTIA certification exam, as always, we will provide a certificate of attendance that you can use to show for professional development.

Our first series will be the CompTIA AI Essentials. This will be a four-session series designed to provide the following knowledge and skills:
  • Learn what defines artificial intelligence from other types of intelligence and computing
  • Practice communicating about AI effectively
  • Explore AI tools and the ways they can support your organization
  • Craft AI prompts
  • Navigate the privacy and security concerns AI technology presents
  • Prepare for AI's effect on the future of technology
What: AI Essentials TTT series
When: Mondays and Wednesdays, August 4-13, 6:00 - 8:30 pm CST
Who: Nick Pierce
Where: ON24
Register Here


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Great, I have registered, Thank you
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Passed SecurityX CAS-005

Rick Butler
Gregory Childers said:
I passed the SecurityX exam this morning. I passed the CAS-004 back in April 2022.

It's a challenging, comprehensive exam. I had 88 questions. 4 PBQs and 1 VM question.
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Nice. I have mine coming up later this year. Going through the CertMaster Perform material in depth to see how well it *actually* prepares a candidate to take SecurityX. I'm not entirely confident in that, as I went through the DataSys+ materials and took that exam - there were topics on the exam that did not appear in the training materials.

I've always considered there to be a disconnect between the CompTIA training materials and the actual exam, IMAO.
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CIN Essentials TTT Series: CompTIA AI Essentials

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Stephen Schneiter said:
CIN is kicking off a new TTT series! This TTT series will focus on professional development around the CompTIA Compcert courses. While these will not be tied to a CompTIA certification exam, as always, we will provide a certificate of attendance that you can use to show for professional development.

Our first series will be the CompTIA AI Essentials. This will be a four-session series designed to provide the following knowledge and skills:
  • Learn what defines artificial intelligence from other types of intelligence and computing
  • Practice communicating about AI effectively
  • Explore AI tools and the ways they can support your organization
  • Craft AI prompts
  • Navigate the privacy and security concerns AI technology presents
  • Prepare for AI's effect on the future of technology
What: AI Essentials TTT series
When: Mondays and Wednesdays, August 4-13, 6:00 - 8:30 pm CST
Who: Nick Pierce
Where: ON24
Register Here


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