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.

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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
[email protected]

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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Cybersecurity Roles in USA For Irish Citizen / EU Passport Holder

Hi all

I’ve a unique question I’m wondering if anyone knows any companies in the USA Hiring Irish citizens for Cybersecurity roles I have over 15 years experience with 150+ qualifications.

In particular I’m looking for something I can initially start remotely to begin when and then make a decision in a years time to go down the Visa route / citizenship route.

any guidance / advice would be great.
Kind regards
Matthew
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CompTIA Partner Summit

It was great meeting up with fellow CINers. Great information and ideas were exchanged. I just have more questions regarding the TestOut certification phase out and the plans for the replacement of the TestOut certifications. A special thanks to @Rick Butler and @Stephen Schneiter . @Robert Bodnar some of your questions were answered. Additional explanations will be forthcoming. Until next time CINers...

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NCL Coaches

Interested in becoming an NCL Coach? Here is an information flyer for interested coaches. The fall season opens soon, so be sure to check out the possibility of coaching student teams.

Be sure to join us October 7, 2021 for a special Instructor Toolbox session focusing on the CompTIA Cyber Career Pathway and how NCL Compittions may help provide students hands on job skills for certification and career success. https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/3412117/C85BD127F2E986C2C9C8870C85BE4B82

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ChannelCon / Partner Summit 2023: Wednesday

Hello CIN'ers all - Day Two begins with he official open to the Partner Summit and the CTF that happens at 8am.

Which means this Fedora wearing loudmouth is on a time table. Abdominal day to work off that rich Vegas chow...

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ChannelCon / Partner Summit 2023: Thursday

Day Three: And yes, I got up for the gym. But the fitness center is pretty empty this morning so I have this distinct feeling that the Tao party last night turned today into a rest day for them.

No matter, let's get after it..

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ChannelCon and Partner Summit 2023: Tuesday

Hello all of you fellow CIN'ers - coming to you from Las Vegas and the very first day of the conference. As I did last year, I will be posting throughout the day of what I encounter during the conference for those of you that were unable to make it.

I think there were some people who decided to go out running, but this old guy doesn't do that much anymore. So how about something uplifting instead...

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A+ 1101 voucher request

Hello everyone,

I finished all of the 1101 Train the Trainer pre-recorded sessions on July 8th of this year. I understand that it takes two weeks after completion to get a voucher and that everyone at CompTIA is busy. Can anyone tell me about how long it took you to receive one so I know what to expect. I have the completion certificates from each session. Do I need to provide them to someone?

Thank you,
Mike

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