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SSD question during TTT

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.

Searching for remote associate faculty

Butte College is looking for a California associate ICT faculty to teach 1-2 courses per semester of Cyber Security courses: Sec+, Pentest+, CASP+. OR capable of teaching A+, Net+, Server+, and/or MS Hybrid infrastructure. All are approved for asynchronous online modality. Possibility of full-time in the not too distant future.

Completed Data+ Certification after TTT

Greetings instructors, I have completed the TTT and certification today!
If others have taken this certification, do hope to hear of your feedback please.
If there is any requirement to do training , please do inform me.
Will be glad to do.
All the best to all who will be taking the certification.

Question of the Week #12

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!

Cert expiration extended?

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.

  • Question
Can I use Prof.Mark Ciampa videos presented during CIN SY0-501 TTT series in my Security+ class?

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

Question of the Week #11 - Answer

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.

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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.


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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.

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

A+ Train-the-Trainer

Team, we've had an excellent start with the A+ TTT! A+ has always been one of my favorite certifications, as it covers a wide range of IT topics. This certification allows a future IT professional to decide what IT career to pursue. As a CISSP, I still enjoy the contents of A+ and what this cert has to offer.

Sit back and enjoy all that A+ has to offer.! See you in class...(y)

Sources Material for write SIEM, IPS, IDS and others devices Rules

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?

Webinar Alert: A+ Partner Launch webinar happening April 21st

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

Question of the Week #11

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!

Passed!

After having it on my radar for several years, I finally passed the CASP+ this weekend. Along with it, I also got the CSAE and CSIE stackable certifications.

I thought the exam was challenging but fair. I had one PBQ and one hand-on VM exercise. Due to the fact that the exam was pass/fail, I have no idea if I passed it easily or if I barely made it. But I guess what they say is true. The guy who graduates last in medical school is still called Doctor.

I still need the Linux+, Data+, and CTT+ to complete the entire set.

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