Dear CIN,.
Please please,
Do we have here a Coupon/Discount for the Official CompTIA Security+ Instructor Guide and all goodies included in it?
Any even 5% coupon discount would be awesome to have and will be very appreciated.

thanking you all

Kind regards,

Good day everyone!

I'm anxiously looking for a solid, good book to prepare my students for XK0-005.

The previous three years, I taught XK0-004 using my own curriculum and adding to it with Bresnahan and Blum's book from Sybex / Wiley.

We've pre-ordered the 005 version of the same book, but I also bought the ebook version. The print version isn't out yet and I need something to prep my classes with, right?

Well, reading through the B&H 005 book from Sybex, I'm really not impressed. The 004 version was halfway decent, but the 005 version seems like a lazy update.

* The book left in a few topics which were removed from 004 -> 005.
* The book does not go deep enough by far into topics like Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, Terraform et al. Ditto for PKI and so on.

I've already taken and passed the 005 exam and I know how thoroughly some of those topics were covered. The book does not do it justice at all. For example, the only two mentions of "podman" are literally from output of the "docker" command, aliased as "podman".

So. Bottom line: who can recommend me a better book for XK0-005? Preferably one that'll come out soon, so we can cancel this pre-order and switch in time.

What are the recommended total training hours via instructor-led for A+ 220/1101 and 220/1102?

If you know the same for Network+, that would be great as well

Good evening!

I was wondering how does one go about managing multiple CompTIA accounts? For example, I have my personal account that I received my certifications under. I have my work account for access to CIN, store benefits for purchasing resources for students, etc. I may receive benefits under my work account that should, in theory, transfer to my personal account. I have training credits from attending prior TTT webinars that should apply to my personal account for recertification but I attended the events under my work account. I reached out to someone in charge of TTT on 8/17 to see if I could get some answers but I haven't heard anything. I'm sure I'm not alone in this so I wanted to ask the community for your thoughts?

I have not received my A+ voucher yet

There is no attendance Button in the Data+ Live recordings.

How to get the attendance certificate for exam vouchers ?

Thanks

David Papkin

Have the A+ voucher been distributed? So far, nothing in my in box yet...

Thanks

My CEUs are due tonight by 1:59 AM EST. I have completed 99% of the Certmaster Learn and labs to gain my last needed 25 CEUs. However, one lab is stuck in a "Running" state and will not award my last 30 knowledge points to get the completed certificate needed. Anyone have any advice? Other than, "Well, you had 3 years to complete this..." LOL

Hi guys. Why are there no step by step lab exercises in the Security+ manual unlike those found in CySA+?

Hi CINNERS. How do I become CTT+ certified? I am a Microsoft certified trainer (MCT).

G'day all.

I've been hearing reports of incoherent and unpredictable proctoring by OnVue employees for a few years now. Never to such a degree that I thought it was happening in huge amounts of cases, but one could reason that anything over 0.5% of the exams is already egregious.

The latest thread on Reddit is getting raucous responses -> Login to view embedded media
Proctors are often perceived as overly strict, focusing on making students "fail", giving students contradicting instructions of even (intentionally) giving instructions that would normally break rules.

This matter is something that has a lot of students worried for their exams and they actively blame CompTIA for it, all the more so because CompTIA and PearsonVue will point fingers at each other when the affected student tries to dispute the aborted exam.

I'd love to hear from CompTIA how they handle quality control with PearsonVue.

Guys explain me ip a vs ifconfig. when use one when use other. what big diference between them. who can use ifconfig vs ip a.
Instructor @T. Lee please.

HJow many CEs are required to renew CompTIA A+ from attending CompTIA Linux+ TTT

Is anybody else having issues viewing the slides on the second session of the Linux+ TTT? No matter if I reload or not, the slides do not follow the instructor's presentation.

Do CIN members automatically get access to Cert master labs or receive a voucher for them? I am looking to get more familiar with AWS and Azure cloud services and looking for any and all resources to help me. Mainly labs which will allow me to get some real hands on experience.

Also, I am currently going through the Cloud+ CV0-003 TTT videos now but do we have any idea on the next time it will be offered?

Appreciate all the advice and help!

Is the "Schools" database used in the CertMaster Data+ learn/lab course available?

Hi Mr. @Stephen Schneiter,
I have seen the mistake in Proof of Participations of Linux+ TTT (XK0-005) as the pictures. Please help check to about this.

Having taught both Security+ and CySA+ courses fairly recently utilizing the CompTIA student guides and labs for both courses, I'm finding that for CySA+ the student guide provides detailed content for the CompTIA labs but the same is not true for the Security+ learning resources. I see real value, particularly for online courses where the instructor is not available during lab times, for the CySA+ content model.

Thoughts?

Greetings all!

I work for an organization that is expecting an 85% success rate, even during the pandemic. To them, success is defined by certified students. This was a pretty high standard to maintain, pre covid. I wanted to know if any one of my peers has been able to achieve this level of certification. If so, what is your secret? If you could share your success rate, that would be great as well. Thanks!

If memory serves, Jason Eckert (2018) and Lee McWhorter (2019) won Instructor of the Year before the pandemic hit us. Do we know who won in 2020 and 2021?

With some new TTP, new CVEs in 2022, Blue team need to adapt on this TTP also. So would be fit with update training about. I know there is others platform this but we need to training our student for that in CySA+ class. Mates What your view point about?

Hoping someone can help me here.

I was able to received from CompTIA courseware for the A+ Core 1 1101 series class, but cannot get our sales rep to answer my emails, guessing he on vacation.
I am under a bit of a rush as my college wants my course plan ASAP.

Would someone have a copy of the A+ 1102 series 'Presentation Planner for A+ Core 2.xlsx' file you would be willing to share with me?

During last month's Linux+ XKO-005 sneak peek it was mentioned that we will have a preview of Linux+ XKO-005 on the 23rd of June or thereabout. So, I wanted to know if plans are still underway or it has been shifted to a later date? @Stephen Schneiter @Rick Butler @Lee McWhorter

Our high school (and our district) started providing Pearson VUE IT Specialist and Microsoft Office Specialist certification exams to our students this school year through Certiport. We are a CompTIA Academic Partner.

How do we gain certification to also administer CompTIA exams to our students? The priority is ITF+, A+, Net+, and then Sec+.

It would also be nice to be able to administer exams to our teachers - especially if they have vouchers from various TTT series.

I've been wanting to put together a cybersecurity or capture the flag challenge, or even better find something already created, to allow students to put into practice what they have learned. However, I'm not sure where to begin. The system would have to be virtual to allow the use of certain tools and I would like it to be a multi-user challenge.
Is this something that you have tried? Were you successful? Is there something that has already been created, as I don't want to "recreate the wheel" or spend a lot of money?

Thank you for your input.

MP