Bring in CertMaster for CASP+ Renewal

@Stephen Schneiter or CompTIA Admins

if anyone is reading this bring in Certmaster renewal for Casp+ in 2023 make it easier to renew for the practitioners best present CompTIA Could give to the CASP+ holders or at least update the renewal to accept Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect sc-100 Exam as this covered everything in CASP+

We already have this for A+ Network+ and Security+ time to bring it in for CASP+


enough said
Regards

CASP+ result 12-30-22 = PASS

I am so excited! What a great way to end the year.

Thank you, @Stephen Schneiter, @Jill Thielmann, and @comptia, for the TTT CASP+ voucher and study materials. Thank you, @Lee McWhorter, and all the others that shared their CASP+ escapades.

Due to other pressing matters this past year, I only was able to prepare for CASP+ for 1.5 months prior to sitting the exam while working 60-hour weeks at 2 jobs.

My pass score result was posted in PearsonVue in less than 25 minutes.

This is how I prepared:

1. Study and teach CompTIA Security+, Network+, CySA+ <!-- (PenTest+ in 2023) -->
2. Re-acquaint myself with my previous Linux and Web technology knowledge
3. Attend CASP+ TTT
4. CompTIA Learn and Labs
4. ITPro.tv CASP+ course (completed 60%)
5. KaplanLearn practice exam (completed 30%)
6. prayed some

As I always say, CIN has changed my life. This place is a gem.

Happy New Year, Everyone!

I look forward to knocking out Data+, PenTest+, and ITF+, plus the upcoming TTTs and the enhanced Data track. What a year 2022 was here at CIN. 2023 will be just as epic.

Hod

  • Question
Hypothetical question re: beta vs. soon-retiring exams

Let's say someone takes a beta exam in January. They then take the soon-to-be retired version of the same exam in March before they even get the result of the beta in May. What are the possible scenarios? Does anyone know for sure?

(It's not entirely hypothetical. Someone on reddit said they're about to do just that w/ CySA+.)

My guesses...
Fail beta in Jan but pass retiring version in Mar? Certified as of Mar.
Pass beta in Jan but fail retiring version in Mar? Certified as of Jan.
Pass beta in Jan and pass retiring version in Mar? Certified as of Jan (and maybe renewed as of Mar date?)

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Skipping and/or reviewing questions on the certification exam

Did something recently change? I had some of my students today tell me that they were advised that they could not return to questions once they had skipped them and would not be able to go back and review flagged questions. First heard here, just trying to get to the ground truth.

CTT+ excluded from online testing?

Hi there, g'day!

I'm currently prepping to take the CTT+ exams and am looking forward to the experience very much. I was surprised to see that CTT+ is excluded from the test-at-home online testing that will go live in about a week's time -> http://comptia.org/testing/online-testing-interest-form

Online testing is not available in China, Cuba, Iran, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Slovenia, Sudan, and Syria. Other exclusions include CTT+ and any site licenses.

I'm very curious as to why the theoretical part of the CTT+ examination would be excluded. It does not strike me as dissimilar to the other tests.

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Linux + Deep Dive TTT Sessions

I have played the first two sessions for the Linux + Deep Dive training. Do we have to
watch all of them to get credit for it? I don't see any clickable icon to get the "Certificate
of Completion" in the session even at the end of it.

Also, I guess there is no video of who ever is speaking but just audio?
Happy New Year everyone.

Thank you,
Mike

Request for feedback on CTT+ video recording

Hi Guys,

I recorded a portion of my actual class session today to submit it and hopefully pass the TK0-202 (classroom performance-based exam). You can watch it here: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AvC-mif_Iw336gwMlPnBfXmdeBzO?e=DYSI8k

I know many of you here are already CTT+ and I just wanted to get some feedback about my video. I want to know if this will suffice or if I need to record another one.

I'm hoping that you can help me out on this. Please feel free to let me know your thoughts. :)

Thank you in advance.

- Ivan Jude.

What electronic drawing tablet do CIN members recommend to teach with?

Hello to my fellow CIN Members,

I am looking into purchasing an electronic tablet to enable me to draw for students and/or mark up slides when appropriate using a battery free electronic pen (I surely don't want a battery type of electronic stylus since they only can hold a charge for a finite time frame, etc.). The one I'm looking at purchasing is this one: https://tinyurl.com/56jyhk6f but if any of you can recommend others, I'm all ears.

The one I'm considering purchasing via the above Amazon link is obviously a bit too large for portable use, but that's okay for me, I am willing to buy two, i.e., a larger unit like the above for use when teaching CompTIA courses via Zoom or a smaller portable sized used for use when traveling. I would ideally like to keep my price range for any such devices to be under $600 each.

Any recommendations to the above question would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards,

Bob

I passed CASP+!!!

I've just passed the CASP+ certification exam!
Thanks much to CompTIA for the exam voucher, through @Stephen Schneiter. :love:

I've used the following to prepare for the exam:
  • e-book (instructor guide) from CompTIA with the exam prep from CompTIA Learn.
    • recommended! I didn't get to try the Labs tho. Is there any?
  • e-learning course by Jason Dion, from LinkedIn Learning
    • the course is good, tho it gets boring at times. the study notes need revision
  • e-book (cert guide) and practice exam from Pearson IT
    • e-book and practice exam are good. a few minor details were off which i've already sent as feedback to Pearson for revision.
  • CyberVista's exam prep, via Learning People Global
    • exam prep is good
I had 2 PBQs - only 1 of which is a simulation.

Next stop, Pentest+ or Project+.... which one?

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CASP+ Passed!

Passed the CASP+ today. I fully expected to fail after not having sufficient time to study. I probably got all the easy questions. :ROFLMAO:

If you're studying to finish this up before the voucher expires, definitely focus on Linux stuff, and know those acronyms inside and out. It was also helpful for me to know how this exam is a bit different from other CompTIA exams I've taken. There's a question where you work in a virtualized environment (looks like it counted for two questions, based on question numbering around it). When you get to that question, you only get one attempt at it, so there's no going back to it later to try again. And they give you a list of tasks before entering the environment that you're not allowed to perform on the VM. Within the virtual environment, they listed a few commands that they said could be helpful, along with a few switches. But they said the list is not exhaustive, and you might need other commands. I also had learned the exam result is Pass/Fail only, no scaled score, and you don't get the result on screen when you finish the exam. It was, however, printed on my report as I was checking out at the testing center.

And that's a wrap for my cert exams this year. If I counted right, I took and passed 10 cert exams in 2022. Seven were new-to-me certs from CompTIA, AWS, and Microsoft. The others were repeats to renew certs. I'm definitely grateful to @Stephen Schneiter and his crew for the TTT programs and the related vouchers!! Beyond the training and vouchers, it also provides a sense of accountability and that extra "push" I need to make me go through with taking these exams more often than I would have otherwise. And the discussions here are invaluable as well!

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I still waiting for my Linux+, DATA+, Project+ Vouchers

Hi Guys!

Any problem with CompTIA?
Previously these vouchers were distributed 2 or 3 weeks after the CIN TTT series. Lately things have changed a lot. Is there anything we don't know?
Please I would like to have an explanation on the subject

I wanted to close this year on a big note

HOW TO TEST FOR CASP+

Hello Everyone,

I previously attended CASP TTT webinars and got myself a voucher to get certified. However, yesterday i was trying to book for CASP exam to be written friday 30th December, 2022 and the voucher is due to expire on 31st December, 2022. My problem is that when i try to book the exam, i can not see any PearsonVUe testing centre in my Country (MALAWI) apart from Tanzania, South Africa and Kenya as nearest testing centres (Am able to see testing centres if i try to book lower exams ). OnVUE proctored exam testing, i can't meet internet connection speeds requirement and my worry is that i have known this barely 3 days before my CASP voucher expires. Please any advice either here or in private.

I failed the CompTIA CAS-004 exam

Buddy
Don't worry about me. it is not end of road!!

I have no idea what was behind the failed result but I had an exam with questions that were reasonable, basic and not difficult or stressful to answer even though I have certain experiences in the field of cybersecurity already acquired (as a SOC leader and also a SOC analyst L3 ) but I failed.

For those taking this exam I guarantee you should study the books already recommended by other aspirants and highly recommend taking the "CASP+ CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner Practice Tests Exam by Sybex" I believe I got 90% of the questions coming from this book. If you can still review the full Dion course material on udemy then I guarantee you will be 100% able to pass this exam.

I'm not sad not that I failed, I'm just wondering what must have gone wrong in the answers given. Maybe I underestimated when answering the questions maybe.
I still had an hour and a half to review all the answers but I didn't. It was a personal challenge for me to pass this exam but the next one will be better, I don't lower my head.

I wish good luck for who will do it next

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