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

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?

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

Got my Voucher Now !! Thank you, @Stephen Schneiter , for all you do for the community!

Are there any A+ vouchers?

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!

Has CompTIA thought about offering merchandise through the CompTIA store? Shirts, hats, jackets, etc.

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

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. (?)

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.

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?

It's that time of week everyone, here's your answer for this week's question, and have a great weekend!

Question:
In CertMaster Learn, how does the Learning Plan benefit the Student User's course progress?

Answer:
The Learning Plan presents the course material in a sequential format throughout the course, and lessons are not only presented in order but also the corresponding activities such as Labs (if applicable), Practice Questions, etc.

Students can also enter the course on any given day and choose the “Study Task” button which will take them right back to the point they left on the previous login.

Also, Students will be able to use the “Learning Plan Progress” bar as well as the “Today’s Knowledge Goal” section to help understand how many concepts or topics they will need to study for that give day. The Learning Plan Progress and Today’s Knowledge Goal sections will automatically update each day, and will adjust accordingly if no progress has been made over a given period of time.

At any time, the students can also check their “Strengths and Weaknesses” from the left side margin while in the learning tool. This will capture any areas where confidence levels were marked (this is a required activity during ALL lessons, see visual on attachment), and will also showcase areas where more attention may be needed. Lastly, this will also give the students a barometer of when they are “Exam-ready” by showcasing their overall progress from Beginner to Expert level of knowledge. This will continue to build as ALL activities within the course are completed. Best practice is that we recommend they reach at least the notch between proficient and advanced before taking their certification exam.

Please see the attachment here as well for visual representation of each concept.

Any additional questions or comments please feel free to share!

One of our partners asked if I could post this to the community as they are having a hard time finding a certified Security+ instructor.

College of Southern Maryland is in need of a certified Security+ instructor who can deliver a live, online class in the evenings (Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM) using Zoom and the CompTIA Official Content for Security+. Class is scheduled to start next Monday (4/11/21). They can also consider rescheduling the start date to a week later to allow for more prep time.

Anyone interested please contact:
Paula Coluzzi
Program Manager
Business and Information Technology
Continuing Education and Workforce Development
College of Southern Maryland
301-934-7557
[email protected]
https://www.csmd.edu/programs-courses/non-credit/workforce-training/index.html

Background- I have been selected to become one of ten instructors for the US Army JROTC Cyber Instructor program. The 4 year curriculum will cover concepts such as A+ for year 1, Network+ for year 2, etc. I was curious if there was relevant training and certification that will "certify" me to teach COMPTIA certification subjects. Thanks in advance.


PS. I have written exam questions for ISC2 and COMPTIA and hold a few certifications- CISSP,CISA,CASP+, GSEC, Security+, CYSA+.

Sir when are starting comptia a + training I am waiting

Do we have an ETA for Partner Summit registration? I'm so excited to hopefully be back in person this year!! Looks like ChannelCon registration is open already, but I couldn't find a link for the Partner Summit. Did I miss the info in a TTT session?

Hi Team,

I am trying to register for A+ TTT.

However, I am getting the following error message

Error: Pleae register using a valid business email.

Note: I have registered for other TTTs using my same email address.

The email address is i use is an Outlook.com email address.

Your help is much appreciated.

Regards
U

Hello everybody,

I have had some students sat the CASP 004 exam yesterday and today, and reported that a simulation and a few questions "disappeared" from the review page and impossible to retrieve before submitting the exam. This is not on-Vue at home, but on-premise exams carried out in our exam centre in Ireland.
Should we report this to Pearsonvue, or are these the new experimental simulations that Mr Lane described at the launch?
The behaviour of the review page raised some complaints from students who failed the exam and blamed this new feature for it.

Please help

This is only happening in CASP 004 apparently.
We had other students take the CASP 003 exam in the same exam centre and there was no problem whatsoever.

Good Morning and Good Afternoon, Everyone! It's that time of week again... QUESTION OF THE WEEK! Who's got the answer this time?


Question:
In CertMaster Learn, how does the Learning Plan benefit the Student User's course progress?


Thank you for all your continued engagement on these threads, we look forward to seeing all of your answers!

Have a great start to your week!

Our next Sneak Peek session will occur on Thursday April 14. Be sure to join us to take a look at the new changes to Linux+ and receive a copy of the new exam objectives.

What: two-hour webinar investigating updated certification
NEW DATE: Tuesday, April 26, 10:00 AM CST
Where: ON24
Who: Lee McWhorter, Covered 6

Registration here!​

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

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

Happy Friday, Everyone! Our question this week is focused on the Calendar Feature in CertMaster Learn. How much do you really know about it?


Defining the Calendar Feature:

The Calendar feature is part of a Student's Learning Plan and is the first thing they see when they log in.

Students can use the calendar feature to set a desired course completion date to help them stay on track to finish their course on time. When a course completion date is set, it will adjust how many Knowledge Points a Student needs to earn each day to ensure they meet this goal.

Users can change this date at any time, see in the next part how each role can use the Calendar Feature.


How to set a completion date (specific to User Roles):


Student Users can change their course completion date’s day/month/year by selecting the dropdown arrow next to the current date, then select the desired date, then click “Set Deadline.”

Institution Admins, Supervisors, and Instructors can use the “impersonate” feature to set a course completion date for students already in the CertMaster Learn platform.



Choosing a course completion date:

CertMaster Learn will automatically set a default date and will need to be changed to your desired date.

When setting the course completion date, keep in mind when Students will want to sit for their certification exam. Students will want to set their completion date in advance of that date, so they are not completing the course right before your exam.

Can someone point me in the right direction as to where to find the 1101 & 1102 CompTIA A+ objectives? I was not able to attend the launch session this week.

I think that we can have "Early Access" to the new A+ materials is available on the Learning Center starting today; How we can request that.I checked CompTIA site.Is it available yet?

Thank you