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BrianFord · Nov 15, 2024

Trevor Chandler said:
Hello Ryan,

The phrasing of my question was not the best - my apologies!
I intended to ask the "types" of cyber attacks that are the top 8.

Thanks Ryan for helping me along!!!

Privilege escalation attacks. #1.

BrianFord · Nov 15, 2024

Tess Sluijter said:
No and I really do not understand why you even ask this question in this way.

It's like saying: "Tess, did you take the highway to Chicago because you drive a BMW?".

What difference does the operating system of my computer make in this question? At all?!

I use a VPN because what other way would there be to connect two completely disconnected / separate networks? My home network is a private network, and my office network is a private network. Both are connected to the Internet, so if I want to connect to work from home, I use a VPN across the Internet.

I really don't understand what mental jump you are making to go to "I use VPN because I use Windows". Can you please explain what you're actually thinking? What is the reason for your question?

Great question Tess. I think Professor Chandler is trying to highlight how much confidence in vendor implementations and trust profiles. If you don't use a VPN from a Win PC on a trusted network to the Internet versus using a VPN from that same Win PC from a local coffee shop to the Internet, are you trusting your Win PC's security capabilities? Should the organization you work for trust your home network? Some organizations are mandating always on VPN whenever the computing device is not attached to the organization's intranet. It's a simple trust profile. It's easy to implement, manage and find exceptions (audit and compliance) to an always-on VPN strategy. And it provides another layer of data protection on top of all the applications and the operating system..

BrianFord · Nov 15, 2024

Jose A Ruiz Marquez said:
The operating system you use—whether Windows or Linux—doesn’t determine why you’d need a VPN. Rather, the choice of OS may affect which VPN tools or clients you decide to use. A VPN, or Virtual Private Network, creates a secure, encrypted “tunnel” over the public internet, allowing users to connect two private networks securely. In your case, this means connecting your home network to your office network, so you can access internal office resources remotely, as though you were physically on-site. This encrypted tunnel ensures that any data exchanged between your home and office networks is kept private and safe from interception, which is critical for protecting sensitive information.

Regardless of the OS, this basic VPN functionality—providing a secure bridge across the internet between networks—remains consistent. The choice of operating system, however, might affect the how in terms of configuration and ease of access to specific VPN clients or tools. Windows and Linux each offer various native and third-party VPN tools that might differ in functionality, security protocols, and setup methods. For example, Windows environments in corporate settings might include specific VPN clients like Cisco Any Connect or a customized Active Directory configuration, while Linux users often favor tools like Open-VPN or Wire Guard for flexibility and customization.

I disagree with your opinion about choice of OS. Each OS can implement different protocols and solutions differently. That's where I think Professor Chandler was going. By using a VPN all the time you add another layer of protection to your data. So, if you are using, say, MS Teams or Outlook with a VPN, it makes it that much more difficult for a threat actor to reach your data. These protocols are all interoperable; they may not use the same code base.

Fridrik Salters · Nov 14, 2024

Emmanuel Phakula Mandala said:
Greetings!!

@Stephen Schneiter

I wanted to follow up regarding my request to update my email for my CIN membership. It’s been some time since I initially reached out, and the change still appears to be pending.

I am also waiting for change on my email from Gmail to my pro email.

Gregory Childers · Nov 14, 2024

Steve Linthicum said:
My sense is NHCLC, with its focus on physical "learning centers" located in cities across the Country saw a rapid decline in these physical centers. The Covid-19 pandemic probably dealt the final blow. I tried to find when my neighboring NHCLC closed (San Diego), but that information wasn't available. However, from a website perspective, at least on the surface, NHCLC still has a physical tie to my location. See https://www.newhorizons.com/san-diego

I worked for many of the NHCLC locations around the United States and abroad. I worked full-time for the locations in Memphis, TN, and Syracuse, NY, and as a contractor for more than 30 other locations. The NH model was that some of the locations were franchised while others were corporate-owned. The franchised locations had huge variations in quality depending upon the ownership group.

A large group of franchises owned by 5 Points Enterprises left New Horizons to form United Training. This dealt a huge blow to the NH brand. They had no physical presence in some rather lucrative markets. United Training, powered by its acquisition by Educate 360, acquired the New Horizons corporate offices and corporate locations, spinning off the franchised-owned locations to the individual ownership groups.

The former franchises were left swinging in the wind, with no brand name, no LMS, no website, no national marketing campaign, no inter-franchise agreements......nothing. Some closed their doors, while others opened under new names. The local NH in Tampa became "My IT Future Institute.." The locations in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Albany NY became Logical Operations Training, as they were all owned by Logical Operations, an IT courseware provider.

Kristen · Nov 14, 2024

Thanks Stephen!

Stephen Schneiter · Nov 14, 2024

Kristen said:
Hello! I am looking to purchase a few Tech+ vouchers. Are those available yet? I can't find them on the Academic store or the CompTIA store. Anyone have an idea of when they will be available? I am a bit leery that I am doing the curriculum and there is not cert to buy. It was a big sell to run this course!

Thank you

Hi @Kristen, I reached out to our Customer Success team and you should be hearing from someone via email to assist with a quote on the vouchers.

Ben · Nov 14, 2024

Trevor Chandler said:
I don't want to get dirty! I'm an adventurer - a modern day Sinbad the sailor! So, being one, with a child-like mind (i.e. having an insatiable curiosity), I've got to make the journey. If I don't return, you can at least feel comforted in knowing that you made a safer, alternative suggestion - sewer play

I'm going, so that's not an option! I'm just going for a visit, not to stay. Many thanks for the suggestions, warnings, and great videos!!

Hey Trevor. Did you go? What did you find out?

Steve Linthicum · Nov 14, 2024

Thanks for digesting the news and laying it out in a way that helps map what appears to be happening. It sort of feels like I'm losing a valued friend.

Kristen · Nov 14, 2024

Hello! I am looking to purchase a few Tech+ vouchers. Are those available yet? I can't find them on the Academic store or the CompTIA store. Anyone have an idea of when they will be available? I am a bit leery that I am doing the curriculum and there is not cert to buy. It was a big sell to run this course!

Thank you

Steve Linthicum · Nov 14, 2024

My sense is NHCLC, with its focus on physical "learning centers" located in cities across the Country saw a rapid decline in these physical centers. The Covid-19 pandemic probably dealt the final blow. I tried to find when my neighboring NHCLC closed (San Diego), but that information wasn't available. However, from a website perspective, at least on the surface, NHCLC still has a physical tie to my location. See https://www.newhorizons.com/san-diego

Jose A Ruiz Marquez · Nov 14, 2024

The operating system you use—whether Windows or Linux—doesn’t determine why you’d need a VPN. Rather, the choice of OS may affect which VPN tools or clients you decide to use. A VPN, or Virtual Private Network, creates a secure, encrypted “tunnel” over the public internet, allowing users to connect two private networks securely. In your case, this means connecting your home network to your office network, so you can access internal office resources remotely, as though you were physically on-site. This encrypted tunnel ensures that any data exchanged between your home and office networks is kept private and safe from interception, which is critical for protecting sensitive information.

Regardless of the OS, this basic VPN functionality—providing a secure bridge across the internet between networks—remains consistent. The choice of operating system, however, might affect the how in terms of configuration and ease of access to specific VPN clients or tools. Windows and Linux each offer various native and third-party VPN tools that might differ in functionality, security protocols, and setup methods. For example, Windows environments in corporate settings might include specific VPN clients like Cisco Any Connect or a customized Active Directory configuration, while Linux users often favor tools like Open-VPN or Wire Guard for flexibility and customization.

abiodun1991 · Nov 14, 2024

abiodun1991 said:
@Stephen Schneiter I have not received voucher yet .

Let us wait @Stephen Schneiter is going to update us.

Gregory Childers · Nov 14, 2024

Tess Sluijter said:
It seems that was in October 2023 -> https://educate360.com/press-releases/

But since then, they've still done "happy wow!!" press releases about awards given to NHLC by ECC and CompTIA... That suggests that NHLC is still operating? But how and where then?

New Horizons is a brand that was acquired by Educate 360. It still operates under the NHCLC name but is owned by Educate 360.

Haziq Mudzakir · Nov 14, 2024

Me too not received yet @Stephen Schneiter

Tess Sluijter · Nov 14, 2024

This of course has me thinking about the CTT+ designation that is, at least from what I've been able to find, no longer available

Correct, CTT+ is no longer available and it's a shame. Some party should maybe look into buying both the training and the certification materials and rights, to make a new independent trainers certification. It was pretty good, although it was probably not cost effective for CompTIA.

Steve Linthicum · Nov 14, 2024

Recent postings relating to changes at CompTIA had me thinking about the great days of the late '90s and early 2000s. I recall with fondness Microsoft's AATP program. Googling the program, I found a useful history of the program, well worth reading. Back in the good old days, many of us in the academic world sought that Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) designation, with access to free exam vouchers and no charge for gaining the MCT designation. The cool thing was that for those of us who held the MCT designation, we were grandfathered, gaining the CompTIA CTT designation without taking a written exam or providing a teaching demonstration.

Things changed and at some point Microsoft started charging an annual fee in order to retain the MCT designation. That is when I decided to no longer carry that designation. My recollection was the fee was $500. Research indicates that "The MCT Program Fee was waived in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This waiver to the standard MCT annual fee remains in effect." Some of you may want to consider joining up to spice up your resume, given the cost elimination.

This of course has me thinking about the CTT+ designation that is, at least from what I've been able to find, no longer available (based on this posting on CIN).

Tess Sluijter · Nov 14, 2024

Dwight Watt said:
I am confused by how they are splitting in the two groups. Are the certifications still going to be in CompTIA or profit? It looks like training stuff will go in profit and essentially sounds like TTT and CIN will be gone. I think this ruins value of name.

It's in the press release, how they are splitting.

All training activities, all certification activities, are moved into the non-profit. The name "CompTIA" also moves along with those activities to the for-profit.

What is left is "not-CompTIA-anymore" with all the lobbying and the trade association activities.

What happens with CIN and TTT is fully up to the new owners and the board who work for them.

Tess Sluijter · Nov 14, 2024

Jose A Ruiz Marquez said:
Yep, I worked in the Puerto Rico center and as soon as the transaction passed we were out of a job.....

It seems that was in October 2023 -> https://educate360.com/press-releases/

But since then, they've still done "happy wow!!" press releases about awards given to NHLC by ECC and CompTIA... That suggests that NHLC is still operating? But how and where then?

Tess Sluijter · Nov 14, 2024

Trevor Chandler said:
Tess, do you use the VPN to connect from your home to your office
because the device you use runs Windows?

No and I really do not understand why you even ask this question in this way.

It's like saying: "Tess, did you take the highway to Chicago because you drive a BMW?".

What difference does the operating system of my computer make in this question? At all?!

I use a VPN because what other way would there be to connect two completely disconnected / separate networks? My home network is a private network, and my office network is a private network. Both are connected to the Internet, so if I want to connect to work from home, I use a VPN across the Internet.

I really don't understand what mental jump you are making to go to "I use VPN because I use Windows". Can you please explain what you're actually thinking? What is the reason for your question?

precious · Nov 13, 2024

Rick Butler said:
Why is that saddening? Anonymity is very important in cyberspace.

True, true! Anonymity is like the mask at a masquerade ball—it’s all fun until someone trips over the cloak of mystery.

Dwight Watt · Nov 13, 2024

I am confused by how they are splitting in the two groups. Are the certifications still going to be in CompTIA or profit? It looks like training stuff will go in profit and essentially sounds like TTT and CIN will be gone. I think this ruins value of name.

Gregory Childers · Nov 13, 2024

Rick Butler said:
This is too true. These are people that are chasing the certification for the dream of actually scoring a big job, without having the experience. Sadly, this is kinda preached, "get your cert, make bigger money", so it's no surprise that there are folks out there that dream that way. But it does take hard work - which, some folks just don't want to wait for.

And you know, I really don't want people to tell me what to study or what's on the exam, where. I want to get there on my own - to say I truly earned the credential. Otherwise, that imposter syndrome that I constantly fight with in my head gets even louder.

I've finally gotten better at self-analysis. I read the exam objectives and immediately know which topics I know and which ones I don't. Then I go study the topics I don't know. It made it a lot easier when I was studying for my CISSP. I only studied for a week and passed on the first attempt.

Gregory Childers · Nov 13, 2024

Tess Sluijter said:
Theoretically true, but despite that I've certainly noticed a preference for specific topics when I retook an exam multiple times... And person B felt we can tell students about this... and I really don't.

I've surveyed students who passed the most recent version of Net+ on how many subnetting questions they had.

The student who had the most reported three subnetting questions. The student who reported the fewest had zero subnetting questions.

It didn't change the way I teach. I still make certain that every single student understands subnetting completely by the end of the class.

Rick Butler · Nov 13, 2024

BrianFord said:
That forum is (unfortunately) full of people looking for a shortcut. In my opinion, you are exactly right when you point at the exam objectives and how the topics are weighted and say, 'Look, there it is!'. Your B is looking for you to disclose something they should be learning so that they don't have to actually learn it.

This is too true. These are people that are chasing the certification for the dream of actually scoring a big job, without having the experience. Sadly, this is kinda preached, "get your cert, make bigger money", so it's no surprise that there are folks out there that dream that way. But it does take hard work - which, some folks just don't want to wait for.

Gregory Childers said:
I tell them to read the exam objectives. The topics I had on my exam are completely irrelevant to the topics you get on your exam. Not that I can remember what topics I had on my exam, which I probably passed last year or earlier.

And you know, I really don't want people to tell me what to study or what's on the exam, where. I want to get there on my own - to say I truly earned the credential. Otherwise, that imposter syndrome that I constantly fight with in my head gets even louder.

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