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Stephen Schneiter · Thursday at 1:00 PM

Have not seen any Pre-draft objectives yet for SecOT+. Will share once I have them.

Gregory Childers · Thursday at 12:35 PM

Rick Butler said:
I'm a hard floor, tile kinda guy. I wear western boots, so they sound so much nicer when slowly, ominously walking across the room.

At our age, slowly is the only speed we have left.

precious · Thursday at 11:45 AM

shaify said:
New one ???

Yes, it seems like there is always a “new one”

shaify · Thursday at 11:22 AM

New one ???

precious · Thursday at 11:08 AM

Gregory Childers said:
CompTIA should have designated representatives for publishing proposed/approved new certifications and offerings to the CompTIA Instructor Network.

It's a shame that we find out about new stuff no sooner than the general public at large.

Seriously, you will find no advocates for CompTIA more knowledgeable or enthusiastic than CompTIA Instructors, but we're out of the loop far too often.

I'm half expecting to hear about new certifications from a student holding a freshly printed poster at this point and of course I completely agree we are the ones who carry the CompTIA flag every day. Giving instructors a headsup or a little early access would be beneficial even if it was just a secret handshake newsletter...

Rick Butler · Thursday at 9:49 AM

Tess Sluijter said:
It really does tie the room together.

I'm a hard floor, tile kinda guy. I wear western boots, so they sound so much nicer when slowly, ominously walking across the room.

baylis · Thursday at 7:10 AM

VICTOR CHIDI OKPURUKA said:
you are very correct. far way more difficult than the CloudNetX and AWS Solution Architect which I have

What's your CCDE number ? I believe there are under 500 world wide

VICTOR CHIDI OKPURUKA · Thursday at 4:26 AM

baylis said:
I'm repeating what's on CompTIA exam's site. Google professional exam are not exactly easy and the CCDE is ridiculously difficult .

you are very correct. far way more difficult than the CloudNetX and AWS Solution Architect which I have

VICTOR CHIDI OKPURUKA · Thursday at 4:24 AM

really...lollll

Rick Butler said:
Pshhhaww... C'mon Greg. You're an instructor. Being the last to know is part of the job, mate.

lets see how it goes

Eric Z · Thursday at 3:23 AM

Jill West said:
Anyone heard of this one yet? I don't see draft objectives posted on the CompTIA site yet. Definitely interested in more info!

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-comptia-certification-will-target-critical-cybersecurity-skills-in-operational-technology-30245397

I hope this pulls through.

Tess Sluijter · Thursday at 2:59 AM

Rick Butler said:
Wait - you have carpet?

It really does tie the room together.

jasoneckert · Wednesday at 8:53 PM

Post-secondary college here!

jasoneckert · Wednesday at 8:48 PM

Hemlock said:
Anyone here work for an organization that also runs a pearsonvue test center?
Does your public test center get paid for running exams?
IIRC, private test centers do not get paid, but public ones should. Is that still the case?
Thanks!

Yes - a number of our campuses run a Pearson VUE testing center. They have a dedicated test center administrator, and yes, we are paid for hosting and administering exams (otherwise we wouldn't do it).

jasoneckert · Wednesday at 8:47 PM

In a physical lab, provisioning a bare metal server (e.g., with Proxmox) and configuring iDRAC or iLO is a valuable skill for IT students.
If, however, your students could benefit from building some upper body strength, I suggest: https://www.cloudfest.com/world-server-throwing-championship

jasoneckert · Wednesday at 8:45 PM

Gregory Childers said:
I thought CloudNetX was more challenging than either the Cloud+ or the Network+. I recently passed my fifth version of Network+ and my second version of Cloud+, and I thought that those two were much less challenging. There were definitely topics on CloudNetX that weren't on the other two. And the PBQs were much higher level.

Ditto here - more hybrid cloud-specific design and technology topics for me too that I didn't notice on Network+ or Cloud+ (hence the theme I approached the CloudNetX TTT with).

Rick Butler · Wednesday at 7:47 PM

Gregory Childers said:
CompTIA should have designated representatives for publishing proposed/approved new certifications and offerings to the CompTIA Instructor Network.

It's a shame that we find out about new stuff no sooner than the general public at large.

Seriously, you will find no advocates for CompTIA more knowledgeable or enthusiastic than CompTIA Instructors, but we're out of the loop far too often.

Pshhhaww... C'mon Greg. You're an instructor. Being the last to know is part of the job, mate.

Rick Butler · Wednesday at 7:45 PM

Stephen Schneiter said:
I am not a salesperson, and I know this sounds like a pitch, but I really like CertMaster Practice as a practice exam tool. I have been using it for CompTIA certs I have taken, and to me, it really does a good job, especially with the reinforcement on missed questions. If you have not purchased anything yet, I would suggest taking a look at it.

I'm going to recommend the Twilight Episode, "One for the Angels" for you Steve. I'll be the guy in the black suit...because, of course I'm the guy in the black suit.

Gregory Childers said:
I used Transcender back in the day to get my MCSE.

Transcender used to be the gold standard. It was said that if you could pass a Transcender exam, proper, you would definitely pass the live exam. But I think they started deteriorating when they were bought by Kaplan, incorporated, and then spun back out as CyberVista. I tried to jump in as a question contributor - until I got too busy to develop and had to pull back from that. As I said before, the questions are good for reinforcement of concepts, but in the years that I assessed them, they weren't certification grade. So I used them for what they were - good for students to build confidence in concepts. A key question type that was missing are the good old GAS questions.

I'll agree that CertMaster has been getting better and better - I remember CertMaster 1.0, even. I like CMP, but I always worry that I'm not adequately prepared, even if I finish all the CMP questions and can tell you why the other answers are wrong. And then I go take a test and get an 800-900 or something. I stress myself out so much, because I hate to fail anything (and only did it once).

I've commented on this a couple times, an analysis on "Validating" vs. "Sharpening", so I'm going to just link back to the better one - rather than typing it out again.

/r

Gregory Childers · Wednesday at 7:33 PM

CompTIA should have designated representatives for publishing proposed/approved new certifications and offerings to the CompTIA Instructor Network.

It's a shame that we find out about new stuff no sooner than the general public at large.

Seriously, you will find no advocates for CompTIA more knowledgeable or enthusiastic than CompTIA Instructors, but we're out of the loop far too often.

Gregory Childers · Wednesday at 7:28 PM

Stephen Schneiter said:
I am not a salesperson, and I know this sounds like a pitch, but I really like CertMaster Practice as a practice exam tool. I have been using it for CompTIA certs I have taken, and to me, it really does a good job, especially with the reinforcement on missed questions. If you have not purchased anything yet, I would suggest taking a look at it.

I have used the CompTIA official curriculum, which I guess is now called CertMaster Learn, for 20 years. I find it to be comprehensive and easy to understand.

The CertMaster Labs are better today than they've ever been. The CertMaster Practice is hit or miss. Some questions are intentionally misleading or tricky. I have found that if I get higher than 60% on the practice exams, I'm almost assured of passing the actual exam.

Rick Butler · Wednesday at 7:20 PM

jasoneckert said:
Ah - security for the 'non-carpeted IT'

Wait - you have carpet? I didn't approve this. Back to the concrete with you.

Gregory Childers · Wednesday at 7:17 PM

Jill West said:
I got the impression CloudNetX was basically a blend of Net+ and Cloud+ with very little covered outside the existing scope of those two, lower level exams. Whereas with SecurityX, it seems to be a bit more of a higher level exam--a jump above PenTest+/CySA+. But I took the CloudNetX beta, so it might've changed by the time it got to the official release.

I thought CloudNetX was more challenging than either the Cloud+ or the Network+. I recently passed my fifth version of Network+ and my second version of Cloud+, and I thought that those two were much less challenging. There were definitely topics on CloudNetX that weren't on the other two. And the PBQs were much higher level.

jasoneckert · Wednesday at 7:12 PM

Ah - security for the 'non-carpeted IT'

baylis · Wednesday at 6:51 PM

Jill West said:
I've taken AWS's Solutions Architect Associate exam, and I wouldn't say it was comparable. That's more what I was expecting, but I might've gotten all the easy CloudNetX questions, lol. Maybe the harder CloudNetX questions that I somehow didn't get would hit at about the Associate level for AWS's exams. Any of the cloud Professional level exams (like Google's that you mentioned) would be at a much higher level than anything I saw on the CloudNetX.

I'm repeating what's on CompTIA exam's site. Google professional exam are not exactly easy and the CCDE is ridiculously difficult .

Rick Butler · Wednesday at 6:40 PM

Jill West said:
Anyone heard of this one yet? I don't see draft objectives posted on the CompTIA site yet. Definitely interested in more info!

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-rel...ills-in-operational-technology-302453975.html

*adding it to my watchlist*

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