I passed my Security+ last week (got it done the last day before the voucher expired!), and, as expected, received the emails that my A+, Net+, and Sec+ certifications were all renewed. The interesting thing is that all three gave an expiration date in 2027, which is 5 years instead of the usual 3. Has the cert validity time frame been extended? Typically, it's only 3 years, and the website still says 3 years as well. I retake the exams with every iteration anyway, but I'd love to know if the time frame is shifting.

Hi,

I have a question. I am teaching Security+ SY0-601. I am using Prof. Mark Ciampa's textbook. I have his videos presented during the CIN SY0-501 TTT series several years ago. Unfortunately the On24 links for that series do not work any more. I found some of his videos still relevant to the current exam and go along with his textbook. I think they will be beneficial to my students, because we are using his book. Can I use his videos in my class? Of course I will give a full credit to his work and CIN. If it is ok to use these videos, I will edit them so that they are short and to the point (I will get rid of chat question for example).

Thanks,
Sukanya

HAPPY FRIDAY! Thank you for all the great feedback and activity from this weeks question. We saw some new respondants, and as always some great answers!

Our question this week is focused on the PBQs within our CertMaster Learn platform!

Question:
In CertMaster Learn, what are PBQs and how are they used by the Student/Learner?

Answer:

Performance-based Questions (PBQs) are basic interactives for playing and performing generalized learned concepts. PBQs provide a more practical application of knowledge, provides learning spacing, and prepares for similar performance-based questions on an actual exam.


Students/Learners will be reported on the total Time Taken to complete the activity, and the Highest Grade will be reported. Reports can be found in the "PBQs" Tab.

Instructors and Supervisors will be able to view this reporting directly from the Boost Dashboard.

Thank you for the great responses from this week! Be sure to check back on Monday for next weeks question. Have a great weekend!

Where can I obtain the 601 Training PP deck?

During TTT, I got caught by this question

3. A solid-state drive (SSD) attached to an M.2 port must be using the non-volatile memory host controller interface specification (NVMHCI) or NVM Express (NVMe).
A.True
B.False

I answered True. The correct answer is False.

After a few mins of pondering, I realized that the statement says "must be using ...."
M.2 SSD can either be NVME or SATA. Now, i understand where I got it wrong.

Greetings fellow instructors,
Does anyone have any tips on how to help my students prepare for the PBQ'S. I would like to think I teach a heavily hands on oriented class. However, my students seem to be struggling in that area. In particular the 1002. Thanks for the guidance

Too bad the HTI+ (Home Technology Integrator) certification is no longer available. See:

Hello everyone! Can anyone point to where we can purchase The Official CompTIA A+ Core 1 and Core 2 Instructor Guide (Exams 220-1101 and 220-1102)?

I use the Certmaster labs for my Security+ class at the local community college. Two students reached out to me to let me know that they now can't access their labs. I know that Comptia did the whole single sign on change recently. Where can I have my students call to get help fixing their logins?

Thanks!

Happy Monday, Everyone! Why not start the week off with... QUESTION OF THE WEEK! Who's got the answer?

Question:
In CertMaster Learn, what are PBQs and how are they used by the Student/Learner?

There are multiple answers for this one so we are excited to hear what you come up with!

How long do we have to activate our 30 days instructor access key?

Do we need to register separately for the rest of the sessions for A+? As there was only the option for a the session yesterday

I can hardly get my head around seeing people posting and reacting to posts, for the sake of getting Forum Achievements. ?
I guess, if that's what makes them happy and they're not hurting anyone, then we let them be. (?)

Please after the webiner of data +
The material
And exam voucher
Are not ready.
Or we should forget about it.

Hello, I have taken all 12 sessions of Pentest+ training, how do I get my exam voucher?

Hi mates
I would like to suggest that CompTIA, as a neutral certificate provider, introduce more in-depth and detailed information on how to interpret event logs from different sources and manage them, for example: network devices, OS, Apps, among others.
Events Logs have their lifecycle. CompTIA, I suggest you put more details on the subject in the study guides and consequently in the exams.
This would provide a more solid foundation for network analysts and engineers.

There is a lot of misinterpretation of log messages by Analysts and Network Engineers and this misinterpretation can result in delay in accurate collection of information or poor incident response

I had never seen a book or guide that went into depth about interpreting and detailing message logs.
example: How does a log message present itself when it is a brute force in windows authentication, in FTP, SSH protocols? or even on a Cisco Router, Switch?
another example: privilege escalation on linux account. how look like? mensage log



Guys what your view point about?

Hi buddy / mates

In recent times cybersecurity companies are recruiting people with domain and skills in writing rules for SIEMs, IDS, IPS and others. The writing of these rules, on the one hand, helps to avoid false positives, good reading of log messages to better understand events on the network and, on the other hand, to comply with corporate internal policies.
To further emphasize, I believe it is a new skill for Cyber Security Analyst (BlueTeam).

I believe that compTIA could focus on this in their certifications such as: A+, Net+, Sec+, CySA+, Data+

Are there any sources of information, training or guides that would help an analyst to have the skill to write rules on security devices?

Are there any A+ vouchers?

Hi! Was the recording from last night's A+ 1100 Series Session, Session One posted? If so, where can I locate it? Thanks!

I watch through the session 2 of the CompTIA A+ trainer but the certificate of attendance was unable to download

Registration is now open for the CompTIA A+ Partner Launch webinar happening April 21st. During this webinar, we will review the exam objectives, discover the skills needed to support hybrid environments, and learn about our various learning solutions, including the new Core 1 workbench labs. Save your seat: https://s.comptia.org/3xlUX4l

Happy Friday everyone! Great answers/responses shared by our CIN members this week, thank you to those who participated!

Our question this week is focused on the benefits of the "Lessons" Tab in CertMaster Learn. Have a great weekend!?

Question:
In CertMaster Learn, how can the Student/Learner use the "Lessons" tab to their benefit?

Answer:

The Lesson’s Tab has loads of benefits including the ability to view and rank confidence levels and allowing Students to make customizations within their course.


View and Rank Confidence levels:

The Table of Contents provides users to see an overview of how they ranked their confidence levels so far in the course. The Table of Contents can be filtered by specific Confidence Levels, lessons, or student customization.




The Lesson’s Tab has another section named “Confidence Levels” that shows the students their Lessons categorized specifically by their confidence levels.

There are 3 Confidence levels: High, Medium, and Low Confidence. Categories are chosen by the Student as they progress through the course. Students must rank their confidence levels before continuing through the lesson.

These Confidence Levels allow the Student to see where they ranked their confidence levels throughout their learning and to see areas that may require more studying.





Student Customization:

Students can also customize their course lessons by use of Notes, Bookmarks, and Highlights. Notes are personalized by the student and will be specific to the current lesson page the note was made. Bookmarks will save a specific lesson page for later use. Highlights are important sections of text that can be found at a later time.

All these customizations can be found using the Notes, Bookmarks, and Highlights categories at the top of the page.




These are just some of the benefits that CertMaster Learn has to offer. What other benefits have you found using the platform?

Happy Monday everyone! It's that time of week again... QUESTION OF THE WEEK! We look forward to your answers and/or feedback and thanks as always for humoring us ?

Question:
In CertMaster Learn, how can the Student/Learner use the "Lessons" tab to their benefit?

HINT: There are multiple right answers and quite a bit you can do here so don't be shy, thanks again and have a great week!

Sir when are starting comptia a + training I am waiting

Hi,

What is the usual timeframe for CIN members to receive an exam voucher after attending all of the trainings? As an example, I've completed the Pen Test 002 TTT series within a day of the last session.

Thanks,
BG