CIN TTT Series - CASP+ CAS-004

Join the CompTIA Instructor Network as we welcome Mr. Lee McWhorter who will lead our CASP+ CAS-004 TTT series.
The CASP+ CAS-004 TTT series will cover:
  • CASP+ exam domains
  • Comprehensive understanding of key cybersecurity concepts
  • Hands-on experience with key technology tools used by cybersecurity professionals
  • Instructional strategy to implement CASP+
  • Preparation for CASP+ CAS-004 certification
What: 12-session webinar series
When: Oct. 26 – Dec. 9, 2021
Where: ON24
Registration(Be sure to select all of the sessions)

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The CompTIA Fall Scholarship Program Is Looking For Volunteers!

The CompTIA Fall Scholarship Program is looking for volunteers to join the Selection Committee to review and score student applications. The application consists of 4 questions pertaining to the student’s interest in pursuing a career in technology. If you would like to volunteer 1 hour of your time to help students succeed in IT by scoring no more than 10 scholarship applications, please complete this FORM by EOD Monday October 11, 2021. For more information on the scholarship program, please visit https://certs.comptia.org/fallscholarship/. Thank you for supporting students and encouraging them to advance the IT industry!

Instructor Toolbox - CompTIA Career Pathway and NCL Events

It is not too late to join us this Thursday for the next Instructor Toolbox - CompTIA Career Pathway and NCL Events session!
Join us for this session of the CompTIA Instructor Network Instructor Toolbox as we look at the CompTIA Career pathway that prepares students for todays jobs. Having the right pathway, however, is only part of the puzzle. Students can also earn valuable hands-on experience by competing in student competitions.

CompTIA is pleased to partner with National Cyber League (NCL) that provide students the opportunity to practice skills learned from CompTIA certifications. In this session NCL will demonstrate the student competition environment, competition schedule and answer any questions about how to get your students involved.

What: two-hour webinar investigating student preparation
for IT careers
When: Thursday October 7th 10:00 a.m. CST
Where: ON24
Who: Patrick Lane and Franz Payer
Register: https://bit.ly/CINIT-CareerPathway
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NGINX Super Users - free training videos, online assessment & certificate

NGINX is a popular open-source project trusted by more than 400 million sites.

Access the on-demand training materials to go through a refresher course on NGINX fundamentals from open source to NGINX Plus.

Take the online assessment to get the certificate.

* As for the Swag Pack, I'm not sure about the conditions.

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Happy Cybersecurity Awareness Month - check these resources

Greetings,

Happy Cybersecurity Awareness Month. To celebrate, we've compiled these 15 free resources for you!


Best,
Liz

Scholarship Opportunity for CompTIA Academic Students -- (**Student must attend 2 or 4-year college/university in the U.S. to apply)

CompTIA is now accepting academic scholarship submissions for 10 students to earn $2,000 to be used towards tuition for their IT education. If you are an instructor teaching CompTIA courses at a 2 or 4-year school, please be sure and share this opportunity. The application deadline is October 15th. https://certs.comptia.org/fallscholarship/

Moving from Logical Operations to Learn platform

Hello,

I have a heap of my instructor manuals in the Logical Operations platform, with 2 now in the Learn platform. Is there anyone who can assist in getting the Instructor manuals that I've already paid for on the old platform into the new one?

It would be helpful to me to see the same thing that my delegates see.

Regards,

Simon

Join CompTIA October 6th for the PenTest+ (PT0-002) Pre-launch Partner webinar.

Join CompTIA October 6th for the PenTest+ (PT0-002) Pre-launch Partner webinar. Discover how the updated exam covers the latest techniques against expanded attack surfaces, including the cloud, hybrid environments, and web application, as well as more ethical hacking concepts, vulnerability scanning and code analysis.

REGISTER TODAY: LINK

  • Question
Cloud+ TTT Voucher?

I attended all the Cloud+ TTT sessions and downloaded my participation certificates, however, I have not received any voucher for the certification exam. This was my first TTT so I am not familiar with the process. Does it normally take this long or do I have to submit something else?
Thanks for any information!
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NCL Fall 2021 Season Starting Soon

It is not too late for your students to get involved with the fall 2021 competition! Open to U.S. high school & college students, the competition consists of a series of challenges that allow students to demonstrate their ability to identify hackers from forensic data, pentest and audit vulnerable websites, recover from ransomware attacks, and more.

Oct. 22 -Oct. 24 : Individual Game
Nov. 5 - Nov. 7 : Team Game (For Team Game, can participate as a Team of 1, or up to 7 members)

CIN instructors, CompTIA and NCL have partnered for you to register your teams with a special discount! Be sure to register your teams by September 30, 2021! https://nationalcyberleague.org/comptia-advantage


Check out and share the student information flyer with your students!

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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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[Updated - Event Closed] Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) offer Free Training and Certification

Oracle has launched the new offer for free training and certifications (15 Certificates from Foundation to Professional).
I think that is good resources to practice about Cloud technologies, Data technologies,...

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) offer free training and certifications

p/s: You must register Oracle Cloud account to redeem the subscription.

Instructor Toolbox - CertMaster Solutions

Yes! You asked for it and we have a session focused on CertMaster Solutions! Join us for an in-depth look at incorporating CompTIA CertMaster Solutions in your training program. CompTIA’s Jordan Wehrle and his Sales Support team will walk through best practices and tips-and-tricks for successfully using CertMaster tools. We will discuss the various tasks performed by organization's administrators and instructors.

But this is an interactive session! Do you have a specific question or do you want to see how to perform a specific task in the platform? Reply to this thread and let us know. Jordan and his team will do their best to incorporate the questions and request in their session. Of course you can ask questions during the session as always, but now you get a jump start to make sure your questions and concerns get addressed.

What: 2-hour session webinar
When: Thursday, Sept. 29, 2021
Where: ON24
Registration (Be sure to select all of the sessions)

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Can't access On-demand recorded sessions for A+ Core 1 series.

I am new to the network and will be teaching A+ 1000 core 1 classes this fall semester. I have been unsuccessful to access the below videos. Can anyone assist me with this issue?

A+ 1000 Core 1 Recorded Sessions Libray 2019-08-16
On-demand recorded sessions for A+ Core 1 series.

PortSwigger Web Security Academy

I don't know if others found this earlier but I recently came across the PortSwigger Web Academy. These are the folks that produce Burp Suite, a great tool for testing web application security. I asked one of my more advanced students to take a look at this over a weekend (they had completed all the assignments due through the end of the next week) and they came back and gave me a very good report on the exercises and labs. The cost? $99 USD (for the certification exam) but otherwise free. I believe that a student should be able to work through this materials in 4 to 6 weeks. Looking at the material myself I'm thinking I may suggest this to students between Security+; before CySA+ and CASP+ as it would provide a great foundation for understanding attack methods for folks who have not worked in an operational environment.

Certification statistics?

I'm wondering if there are publicly available statistics (or graphs) on CompTIA certifications taken, say in North America (or world wide) over the last few years. We are re-vamping our Technology program at our college and will be designing new courses that will align in parallel with CompTIA certifications. To further promote this program and get this through our education council, it would be nice to have some stats that show the popularity of certifications.
For example: Something like, in 2020 there were 10,000 A+ exams taken, 7000 Network+ exams taken in the United States.
Or perhaps there are stats that show something along the lines of... 85% of all IT employers favor a certification from CompTIA.
Is there any such info out there?
Basically, we are looking for any info that would help promote our program that is in alignment with CompTIA certifications.
Thanks!
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Why We Do This

Guys, I've share this attachment with Stephen and others at CompTIA, but I think it goes a long way at explaining the difference we can all make as CIN members. A while back there was a posting in the CIN Jobs section about mentoring for a non-profit. Since oftentimes I'm no longer gainfully employed (aka retired), I thought I might as well keep busy so I took on the role as a volunteer mentor. Attached is a recent LinkedIn conversation with one of the students I worked with. It makes it all worthwhile.....

Steve

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In-Person Instructor needed for ITF+ and A+ in Dallas Texas - starting end of September

Hello!

We are looking for an IN PERSON instructor in Dallas, TX starting at the end of September for 10 weeks. Content is ITF+ and A. Please reach out to me if interested!

Thanks,
Joelle Szyszka
CompTIA Tech Career Academy
[email protected]

  • Question
How to update Certification Status on Certmetrics

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?

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