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Job opening for A+, Net+ & Sec+ trainer!

Access Computer Training is a growing post-secondary technical training school in Tampa Bay, FL. We have been providing these CompTIA courses since January of 2022 and have consistently been enrolling more and more students and are now in need of an additional trainer to help with added classes as well as bootcamps for local businesses/contractors to certify their employees and transitioning military. The position is a remote part time position at roughly 20 hours per week starting at $30/hr as a contract trainer. We can be flexible on the schedule and will work with you to accommodate your schedule. Looking for someone to hopefully move into a roll of full time employee as my director of IT training. This position comes with the need for an energetic person who is enthusiastic about transferring the knowledge to students who are completely new to the IT industry, in career changing situations and need a little extra hand holding. Access Computer Training takes pride in our approach to help each individual student with their learning needs. Mentorship is critical. We bring in subject matter experts who are working in the industry to talk to the students about their own career path and where they are today. Giving students a realistic outlook on their own potential as they embark on a new career journey. Study hard, work hard, and study some more to pass these exams and get the certs is critical especially when they come with no IT background but aspire to get into Networking or CyberSecurity. We strive for the success of each and every student and become their accountability partner through this endeavor. If you are passionate about teaching and have the ability to keep students on track and excited about the possibilities, please reach out. I'd love to chat with you. Thanks, Kristin

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National Cyber League - Fall 2023 Season

Registration for the Fall 2023 NCL Season is now open!

The NCL competition provides your students with hands-on exercises to help reinforce learning and prepare for the CompTIA certs (Security+ and Network+). They will also earn a Scouting Report that will highlight their skills to employers and help them land an internship or job.

Faculty coach registration is free so you can check it out before asking your students to participate.

You can get registered here: https://cyberskyline.com/events/ncl

Hope to have you join this season!

Season Schedule:
Gymnasium (Practice Labs): Aug 21 - Dec 15
Practice Game: Oct 9 - Oct 15
Individual Game: Oct 20 - Oct 22
Team Game: Nov 3 - Nov 5

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Microsoft Quasi Open Book Certification Exams

Microsoft appears to be following a new path: "On August 22, we will begin updating our exams so that you will be able to access Microsoft Learn as you complete your exam. This resource will be available in all role-based and specialty exams in all languages by mid-September."

Thoughts?

Cybersecurity Faculty Needed - Southern University at New Orleans

We are looking for cybersecurity instructors in the New Orleans area that can work either on campus or remote.

Our adjunct cybersecurity faculty serve to augment the regular faculty. The ideal candidate will be able to teach a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses in cybersecurity and core computing courses. Preference will be given to candidates with backgrounds and teaching experience in cybersecurity fundamentals, network security, programming, Linux, penetration testing, cloud security, cyber analytics, cyber risk management, cyber operations, contingency planning, and security architecture. In addition to teaching excellence, faculty are expected to engage in scholarly activity and participate in service to the community and institution.

Required education and experience
• M.S in Cybersecurity, Computer Science or Engineering, Computer Information Systems, or a closely related discipline from an accredited institution by the start date of the appointment.

Preferred education and experience
• Academic preparation and teaching experience in Cybersecurity, Computer Science or Engineering, Computer Information Systems, or a closely related discipline education.
• Teaching experience in online and/or in-person formats.
• Three years Industry experience in the candidate’s field of expertise.
• Professional certifications (e.g. A+, Sec+, CISSP, CEH, CISM) are a plus.

Contact [email protected]

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Best Case Practice for Teaching Security+ SY0 601 and will new training material be used for SY0 701

Good afternoon Cinners,

I'd appreciate some feedback pertaining to the teaching format of Security+. I'm training a course starting July 24th (Monday)

I'll be taaching 3.5 - 4hrs per day, 3 days per week. The goal is to complete 1 lesson per day. I do realize that each lesson has more than one topic, but I feel this may be doable.

The duration of the class will be 2 months. I can modify the training to whereas they do one or two topics in a lesson as homework, or I can go 4 days per week.

Do you think that 1 lesson in a 4 hour period is doable or should I use one of the other options I mentioned?

Lastly, will there be a new training version soon for the SY0 - 701?

With Appreciation,

-Robert Sewell
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Closed Opportunity

Opportunity to provide a 5-day ISC2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Boot Camp
course for fifteen personnel on-site in Norco, CA.

  • The instructor is responsible for course planning and instruction in the classroom.
  • In addition, instructors are responsible for student evaluation, and timely and accurate submission of required paperwork related to instruction.

Please apply here:
https://legatum.bamboohr.com/careers/247

We look forward to chatting with you!
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Comptia Certified Instructor

If some one going to teach Microsoft course he introduce himself as an MCT and some of them proudly shows his MCT certificate
Same for Amazon
Same for Cisco

What about Comptia ?
I hope in the future will be the same as Microsoft,Amazon.Cisco,.........
Note:
Being member of CIN is not enough in this area,I hope to have a clear certificate of authorization of teaching Comptia products.
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Center for Cyber Safety and Education Scholarship

in case anyone was looking to get into IT this is a free scholarship if you get accepted.

The Center for Cyber Safety and Education is thrilled to announce its new scholarship program! Offering up to 10 scholarships for (ISC)² certifications, which include everything you need to succeed: exam voucher, study materials, practice tests, and more. Don't miss this incredible opportunity to kickstart your cybersecurity career.

Learn more: https://ow.ly/a4yU50PxPII

  • Question
Including Certification Testing in Curriculum

Hi there,

In our IT programs, we provide students with vouchers which cover the cost of whichever certification exams may be covered in that program. For example, in our beginning IT program, we provide the students with vouchers to take the A+ and Network+ exams, however, many of them never seem to get around to taking them, and of course, we are supposed to provide pass rates for the exams. I have heard of some schools and programs that basically embed the certification exams into the coursework.

Does anyone have an example of best practices on how to do this, and to get the students to actually take the exam.

Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Sandis
Program Director
Training Programs
Indiana Wesleyan University6

Question about backups

Here is the question of the day. It's dealing with different types of backups. First, let's start with what we know.
- A Full backup backs up the files, then resets the archive bits to off so that it knows they've been backed up.
- An Incremental backup backs up the files with the archive bit set to on (meaning the file has been changed), then resets the bit to off for each file that has had changes.
- A Differential backup backs up all the files where the archive bit it set to on, but doesn't reset it to off, meaning it will back up everything where the bit is set to on, including files it has already backed up in any previous differential backups since the last full backup (since differentials do not reset the bit to off).
- Any file changes sets the bits to on. So either an incremental or differential will back up the changed files.
So here's the scenario:
- I do a full backup, change files, then do an incremental (which will backup the files, then change the bits back to off)
- I change no files over the next 24 hours, then I do a differential backup.

So here are the questions:
- How will the differential recognize the difference between the full and incremental backups because the bits are set to off for both cases?
- Will it copy since the last full backup or the last incremental?

In need of a CompTIA A+ Lesson plan for my classroom

I am looking for actually three good lesson plans:

CompTIA A+
CompTIA Network+
CompTIA Security+

Restructuring my Classroom and would like some guidance on teaching these Certifications. So I am reaching out to this network of great people. Anyway someone could email me these lesson plans. Thank you,

Mike Miller
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False Positive/Negative in biometrics

Had a student miss a question today based upon information that does not appear in the SG or slides. It has to do with False Positive being synonymous with False Acceptance Rate. And while the definition (someone's biometric matching with the wrong person and possibly giving them unauthorized access), somewhat lines up, it isn't something they would be able to read and extrapolate. And for False Negative, it means that someone was denied access that should have been given access based upon proper credentials/biometrics, being synonymous with False Rejection Rate. My issue isn't the definitions, it is that this information is not presented to the students in a way that they would get the question correct, since we usually refer to False Positive/Negative in terms of vulnerability analysis and device alerts, and they don't quite line up with the biometrics in terms of their meanings. I added it as an addendum to make sure my students know these definitions now. Maybe I'm totally wrong though. I defer to the esteemed consensus of my fellow instructors.

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