Join the CompTIA Instructor Network as we welcome Sam Berumen who will lead our Network+ N10-008 TTT series. The series will consist of ten sessions covering the Network+ exam domains. Sam will teach the key networking concepts covered on the exam as well as hands-on activities with key technology tools used by networking professionals.

We will also discuss instructional strategy for presenting the concepts to students and best practices for implementing a Network+ course.

Network+ ensures an IT professional has the knowledge and skills to:

• Design and implement functional networks
• Configure, manage, and maintain essential network devices
• Use devices such as switches and routers to segment network traffic and create resilient networks
• Identify benefits and drawbacks of existing network configurations
• Implement network security, standards, and protocols
• Troubleshoot network problems
• Support the creation of virtualized networks

What: 10-session webinar series
When: Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021
Where: ON24
Registration (Be sure to select all of the sessions)

So I've been talking about setting this up for a while, so I finally got it started.

The Cyber Cache is a CIN Resource where you can find things for your courses that are CySA / PenTest related. Of course, even I can't come up with a completely exhaustive list, so if you have something that didn't make the list, DM the link(s) over to me and I'll add it to the list. Every once in a while, I'll curate the list to make sure links don't end up broken. But the idea is for us to have a neat place to put this kind of stuff.

Eventually, we might do one of these Caches for different things for each exam. But for the moment, I wanted to start with this.

Since a lot of this came from Teresa Nash's CySA TTT, she gets the first shoutout.

So, let's get this built up!

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CSSIA has built a nice set of “interactives” on different cybersecurity topics. Since they receive grant funding for the development of learning products, we can all use them.

Access is provided below.


https://www.cssia.org/interactives/

So I was reading a post on Reddit (here) and it sort of struck a cord with me. I won't repeat the post here - you get to go read it for yourself.

But at the risk of spoiler alert, the author's basic premise is that business leaders are simply making these statements:

• Stop putting all this security stuff in place that makes it harder and harder for me to do business
• Make security more friendly to my budget and we'll talk about it.
• ...oh but make sure to keep our collective butts out of hot water and get us compliant.

So, let me ask, is there really a cyber talent shortage, based on what we see coming through our classrooms? I mean, there are degrees all over the place and kids are enrolling in droves, but are we actually getting the rich cyber talent that we need to form solid blue teams and be able to defend our networks from come what may?

We all know that cybersecurity is the new sexy. It's the bright shiny buzz word surrounded by pictures of people in business attire, in darkened data centers, analyzing the content displayed on a couple of 27" displays with other pictures of some person in a hoodie and Guy Fawkes mask displayed as "the enemy". Little do these star-struck candidates know that if they actually get into a cyber role within five years after graduation (despite what some admissions rep may say), it's going to be filled with menial tasks like filling out hundreds of pages of documentation for compliance and insurance sake, answering tickets for why the password reset tool isn't working, and maybe pouring over the outputs correlated by a SIEM that shows little more than background noise. But hey, sexy things sell, so we have students (which is good for us...but...).

And as a side rant, just yesterday, US President Biden had some kind of conference with cyber leaders where the output seemed to be (at least from just reading the headlines) was, "Hey NIST, we need a new Framework". Why? What's wrong with the old framework? Seems it was just fine, but since we're still seeing cyber attacks (T-Mobile anyone), somehow a new framework would help tamp down all these new cyber threats.

I didn't think so, either.

I think 3_toad_Grizzly has a point. I personally don't see a real cyber shortage. I see a "care" shortage. I still see business leaders out there that don't care about cyber until it bites them in the posterior region and threatens to sap all their corporate profits that they reluctantly start hiring real cyber analysts into their organizations, rather than just the casual relationship with an MSP to solve a specific problem or, more likely, overcome a compliance/insurance hurdle.

Anyway, it seems CIN is a bit quiet this week, so I figure, time to get a good discussion going and earn a few more achievements and XP. Come one, come all...it's a good old fashioned RickRant!

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I have just passed Security+ (601) for upgrading the version. That is the first time I have upgraded the CompTIA certificate.
I have passed Security+ 501 from 2019 and the certificate is still available to 2025. How shall the exam result be upgraded on Certmetrics?

Interesting article between (ISC)2 CCSP and CompTIA Cloud+.

CCSP vs. Cloud+

The Best Cloud Computing Certifications of 2021

I have just saw this book on Amazon. Too fast&furius

CASP+ CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner Study Guide: Exam CAS-004

I am Allen Stubblefield, an ITF+ SME and pilot course teacher in 20-21. I teach HS at Troy HS in Fullerton CA (stubblefield.troyhigh.com).

All, just found out I'll be teaching the CASP, more than likely the CAS-004... any idea when the TTT will be?

Thanks in advance!

John M. Jones

Hello!! I am attending Cloud+ TTT and I can not gain access to the Instructor manual with the voucher that was emailed. When I enter the voucher, I get a message that states the voucher has reached its limitation.

Is anyone else having that issue? @Rick Butler @Stephen Schneiter

Thanks!

Kingsborough Community College, Office of Continuing Education & Center for Workforce Development (CEWD), is seeking a part time experienced CompTIA A+ instructor to join our team. The instructor will teach a virtual non-credit course that will prepare learners to successfully pass the CompTIA A+ certification exam. The instructor should have a passion for training, and supporting adult learners from diverse socio-economic backgrounds. KBCC CompTIA Training

Please apply for the instructor position here - CUNY Research Foundation - CompTIA Instructor

I'm part of the Open University Community through NetAcad. They just put out a free resource I thought folks might be interested in checking out. See below:

"
Earlier this year, the OU Cisco ASC collaborated with City & Guilds and FutureLearn to create a short, 4hr Digital Discovery course for all prospective digital technology students of all ages post 13yrs old. This tool, is designed to help you offer your students a careers development and discovery route, for IT Support, Network Engineering and CyberSecurity roles.

It is free and anyone can enrol via ... https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/step-into-digital-and-it/3
"
Lee

Empower your students with hands-on cybersecurity practice without building your own labs! As a cybersecurity instructor, you may be on the lookout for easily accessible ways for students to apply what they learned in class. CompTIA and the National Cyber League (NCL) present the CIN NCL Forum, providing information on the NCL bi-annual all-virtual competition, along with tutorials, webinars, blogs, lesson plans, how to use NCL as labwork, and connecting with the NCL Coaching Community. NCL coaches, feel free to share your NCL experience in this Forum!

NCL, powered by Cyber Skyline, helps high school and college students improve their cybersecurity capabilities in 9 categories, which are mapped to CompTIA’s certifications. The categories are: Open Source Intelligence, Cryptography, Password Cracking, Log Analysis, Network Traffic Analysis, Forensics, Web Application Exploitation, Scanning, and Enumeration & Exploitation.

Participating instructors and coaches receive free access to the NCL practice gym. The cost for students is only $35 per season, which includes access to the practice Gym, an optional Preseason Game, an Individual Game, an optional Team Game (up to 7 people), Slack channel, and a Scouting Report (which provides details on strengths and areas for improvement to prepare for a career in cybersecurity).

Registration for the Fall 2021 Season opens August 23, along with the practice Gym. The Preseason Game runs October 11-18; Individual Game is October 22-24; Team Game is November 5-7. Add a registration reminder to your calendar at this link.

More information is available at nationalcyberleague.org or by emailing [email protected].

Greetings CIN Community!

Introducing the new CompTIA Talent Insights page on LinkedIn. The CompTIA Talent Insights page is for employers, educators, and CompTIA Authorized Partners who want to join a conversation focused on developing people and delivering IT talent to the global workforce. Any posts specific to CIN we will be using the #TeachCompTIA and for any post specific to our CompTIA Authorized Partners we will be using the #CompTIAAuthorizedPartner.

Check out the first entry, as ohn McGlinchey as talks Tech Talent! LINK TO POST

Enjoy!

Best,
Liz

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Hi please contact me at [email protected] with your resume and desired compensation.

Check out the new blog: LINK

What are your thoughts?

Hello!

Highly Qualified Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Trainer is needed to teach CEH training courses to begin in May. Consultant should have extensive teaching experience, and expertise with latest hacking tools and techniques used by security professionals.

Please provide credentials/capability statement/high-level learning plan, and price quote, in response for an immediate opportunity.

Thanks!!

Victoria
[email protected]

We are looking for a CompTIA Security+ trainer for next week (Mar 01 to Mar 05, 2021 9 AM to 5 PM EST). If interested, please reach us back immediately

Thanks

Bathula

I consider myself a Cyber Craftsman. So I take a method or device and turn it into something beautiful. Something that makes client, peers and professional step back say, "Dang! That made my day."

John the Ripper
Low Orbital Ion Cannon (LOIC)
GFI LanGuard

And some goodies I have made in the past in my Krampus Korner.

Stephen

TechnoEdge Learning is seeking faculty to instruct online, Zoom-based Bootcamps in Network+, Security+ and CySA+. Please connect here or send your resume to [email protected]

TechnoEdge Learning empowers Cybersecurity professionals with world-class training to achieve industry-relevant certifications and help organizations increase their resilience against cyber threats. We are looking for passionate faculty who have experience with online training and adult education.

We are excited to finally announce that registration for our next TTT series covering the CySA+ CS0-002 objectives. We may have been delayed, but we are looking forward to welcoming everyone back to the TTTs, virtually of course!! ???

The series will begin Tuesday June 2, 2020! We will meet every Tuesday and Thursday for six weeks. Big change for this series, the live session will meet in the afternoon! So our time will be 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm CST. Don't worry if the time does not work as you can still catch up on each session on-demand as always.

I hope to "see" everyone on June 2 in the session. When you register, remember to select all of the sessions.

Registration: https://bit.ly/CIN-CySA-TTTReg

I'm curious about the CompTIA CertMaster Linux product. In my undergraduate courses, I often get questions like, "What's the best tool to use to prep for the certification exam?", or "Can you recommend a good 'test simulation' product?". One would logically reason that the "best" prep tool is the one offered by the certifying body responsible for the examination. That said, I didn't actually use the product when I obtained the Linux+ certification. Thus, I don't feel comfortable recommending the tool to my students based on my lack of first-hand knowledge.

Have you used the CertMaster product? If so, do you recommend CertMaster as a good prep tool? What did you like about CertMaster?

I'm unable to download the slides used in the Cloud Essentials TTT. Seems they are on a Google Drive and too large to download. Is there a way to gain access to the Google Drive Folder?

Here is a link for a Linux tutorial for those interested in Pentesting. This tutorial was originally posted by a participant in the Linux Huddle Slack Channel so it it looks familiar that is why. The tutorial focuses on installing a virtual machine, Kali Linux and working at the command line. It is a good primer to Linux, though someone would not be a pentester once you complete the tutorial. But a good set up to those going through the PenTest+ course that need a little help with Linux.

Linux for Ethical Hackers (Kali Linux Tutorial)