I hope this is not in the wrong place, but I was looking to see if anyone had any experience or provide guidance. My institution is starting an Academy (think bootcamp for high school seniors) that will be cover three courses of Java Programming thru Oracle iLearn, CompTIA A+ and Security+ over a highly immersive 17 week session. We are just now (probably late already) looking to fill this (these) positions with part-time to possibly full-time position depending on experience.

My first question for everyone is would would you expect for a salary for such a position. It would be on location, 8 am - 4 pm, Mon-Fri. The A+ and Security+ portion would be a total of three weeks out of the entire session and would be done in between the three Java courses. This could be filled in multiple ways, so what might be a good starting point for each? A+ Instructor, Security+ Instructor, Java Instructor (Foundation, Fundamental, Programming I) What types of benefits would you expect if a contractor?

My second question would be is there anyone out there that has went thru the ilearn curriculum?

Today, PearsonVue posted the results for those of us who took the Cloud Essentials+ Beta Exam on their website. The good news is I passed, I think probably because I was studying for the (ISC)2 CCSP exam when I took it.

This may be a dumb question but is there any benefit in sitting the CS0-002 beta exam if one has already passed CS0-001 and is CySA+ certified?

And how does the beta exam work and how long will it be available?

Eleven Fifty Academy is a non-profit organization that exists to fill the nation’s technology skills gap by creating an ecosystem of coding and cybersecurity talent that benefits the individual, their employer, and their community. In other words, we enable smart people to find their passion and purpose through coding and/or cybersecurity (while making a living wage too!).

An Eleven Fifty Academy Full-Time Instructor is a permanent position that delivers Academy courses preparing students for entry/junior level cybersecurity positions. Engaging the industry, we teach, create, and maintain the curriculum that will foster meaningful student learning experiences that are relevant to their next career step.

Essential job functions include, but are not limited to:

• Teaching Network+and Security+ development courses/ programs that prepare students for entry/junior level cybersecurity positions using a variety of techniques and activities like individual learning, collaborative work, team projects, small-large group direct instruction, etc.
• Delivering a stellar “Eleven Fifty Academy” student learning experience that honors the diversity of learners and skill levels in the classroom
• Assisting in onboarding and developing new instructors, teaching assistants and instructional staff
• Collaborating with adjunct instructors and industry leaders to align classes across the Academy programs
• Creating, developing, maintaining, and enhancing curriculum materials
• Fostering relationships with strategic partners, industry leaders, class sponsors, and potential student employers to contribute to the cybersecurity ecosystem
• Performing administrative tasks like responding to student inquiries, writing student success/remediation plans, and preparing needed materials for classes or programs
• Staying current in regards to technology innovations, training and development best practices and trends, especially in an accelerated learning environment
• Being an advocate for Eleven Fifty Academy programs and students by representing and participating in Academy events, committees, advisory board meetings, and networking activities as needed
• Periodic after hours and weekend work is required
• Performing other duties, as assigned

Competencies and Skills for Success:

• Thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, tech-minded environment with a matrix reporting structure
• Comfortable wearing “many different hats” while managing conflicting priorities
• Approach problems with a “seeking to understand first” and thinking “outside the box” mentality
• Build scalable, repeatable lessons and processes to support organization growth and expansion
• Deliver results while pursuing quality under deadlines
• Lifelong learner that seizes opportunities for continued personal and professional growth
• Relationship-focused with a mentoring spirit – willing to share life successes and failures with students
• Strong verbal and written communication and public-speaking skills
• Passionate about technology, education and outcomes
• Cybersecurity experience in the field and/or in instructional experience in cybersecurity. Experience with CompTIA certifications (or comparable)

• Resumes can be submitted to David Whitt at [email protected]
• Please Note: Part-time instructor positions available as well.

I'll start the discussion by asking that you read the following article that was posted on LinkedIn:

When I completed my reading of the article, agreeing with many of the points it raises, I asked myself why Mr. Bechtel, with an obvious ability to effectively communicate, remains unemployed. Going through the sort of investigative process I would expect most of us to do, my initial thought was to look at his LinkedIn profile to view both education and certifications. I suggest that you do the same (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kbechtel2/ ).

My initial impression (and I apologize to Lee and others from Texas), is the cowboy hat isn't a good thing. Maybe that's a California view, but I suspect people from other states across the nation have a similar view. I view the content in the experience section of the profile as impressive. The weakness in his profile exists in the education section and the licenses/certification sections. What I'm sensing is an attitude that discounts the value of formal education (degrees, certificates), and industry-recognized certifications. We know that isn't an uncommon view, but one that I believe serves as a "red flag" when it comes to an individual's chances of getting a job.

I've reached out to Mr. Bechtel and asked that we connect via LinkedIn. If it happens, I'll let you know how the conversation goes.

Steve

Hello CIN!

Currently I teach face-to-face CompTIA A+, Net+ and Security+ for Collin College and other institutions in the Dallas, TX area. We list the official CompTIA book as required for the class and use the slides provided with the CompTIA Instructor edition of the books. (I also plan to build and start using the labs in the CompTIA books as well.) So far I have been impressed with the official CompTIA resources.

In addition to teaching in person, I have been considering the idea of possibly teaching some "online/recorded" classes for Cybrary.it and/or Udemy. I would love to be able to use the Official CompTIA books and resources to teach these classes if it is allowed.

Do any of the other instructors on CIN have experience with this? Can the Official CompTIA instructor materials be used to conduct online courses for sites like Cybrary.it and Udemy without violating CompTIA's copyright, terms of service or anything else applicable?

Thanks in advance!

Shane

Wanted to share a link to my blog where I posted about my experiences last month that resulted from an ITDRC deployment to Abaco in the Bahamas in conjunction with the post-hurricane Dorian disaster. You can read about it at:

On Wednesday I gave a talk about the experiences to around 100 IT students at Cypress College. Today I'm appearing at an ICT Advisory Committee meeting where I'll be providing a similar presentation. All of you should consider joining the ITDRC (www.itdrc.org), and get your students, as a resume and experience builder, to do the same.

Steve

Not sure if I provided this information in the past, but in partnership with FEMA, Texas A&M University as produced a series of classes that focus on cybersecurity and are, in my opinion, a series of twelve (12) courses worth taking a look at for student use. The price (FREE) is well worth the value of the learning content. See the table I produced, detailing the courses, along with their descriptions by clicking on the link below or accessing the attached PDF file:

Good morning Team! I am currently working towards CASP+. What study material do you find beneficial?

Michael Shannon @ Live Lessons is a decent video series. He hits on the objectives in detail and brings us on a valuable web safari.

I personally enjoy the All-in-One series book. It breaks down the objectives nicely.

Hello everyone,

Does anyone have any good ideas on finding space to start a IT Fundamentals + Training class in Tampa, Florida?

Can you add a calendar to the site? It would be good to see all the upcoming events, like webinars, conferences, etc.

Peeps, I'm having a tough time finding a place where I can create some online labs for CompTIA certs. It seems I can get free VMs in the cloud for a 12-month trial period from all of the big names, but I need a place that will never charge my students any money. I very often am teaching people who made it into an income-based program, so I cannot reasonably ask them to spend more money than they have.

It would seem simple enough to get people to do the labs locally through Oracle VirtualBox or through Hyper-V (if available), but we also run into the issue of having classroom computers that simply are not robust enough (typically lacking RAM) to do the job right. We also have the ongoing problem of labs in the books that require Windows Server 2012, Windows 10, and such, which are not free, although we can ask students to download trial versions.

I'm finding myself very frustrated by the books that came from the LOChoice acquisition, as they ask us to do labs that we cannot do, and the online downloads do not even include the instructor setup files. I'm hoping someone here can help me help my students.

WE ARE BACK!!

It seems like it has been forever since we offered a TTT series, however the wait is over. Join us beginning Tuesday November 5th as we launch the Cloud Essentials+ TTT series. This is a short series with four sessions. We will be joined by our very own CIN member Stephen Padilla as he walks us through the objectives for the updated certification. Register today to reserve your seat!

What: Cloud Essentials+ TTT
Dates: November 5, 7, 12, 14
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm CST (First session Nov. 5th will begin at 6:30pm CST)
Where: ON24 (live and on-demand)
Register for the series


https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/2117599/E5CB3B8279A9C3B26EA7E12BA5C2F89B/702540

I had a blog I wrote for CompTIA posted a few days ago on the importance of Project Management in Cyber Security and IT. Thought I'd share.

For those of you who didn't get the opportunity to attend a webinar presentation today by Mr. Stephen Schneiter and Mr. Kirk Smallwood, you missed quite a treat. These gentlemen provided some rock-solid information even for the most seasoned CompTIA Academy Partner and CompTIA Instructors. The title of the webinar was "CompTIA ICT Educator". If there is a recording made of this presentation, you'll definitely serve yourself, and your students, very well if you have a look. Great, great job Mr. S and Mr. K!

I think pentest needs update now for this gen!!!!!!!

Hi all,

Today, I received a mail from the UK Channel Community,
I was wondering: is there a community like this for The Netherlands?

On a side note, together with a Comptia Partner here in The Netherlands, I really want to boost Comptia trainings and getting more involved with Comptia,
so everything that helps to reach that goal helps

best regards,
Frederik Vos

Hello -
So I put this up on the webinar this morning - I would really love to see a specific forum out here that is aimed at Post Secondary institutions. Maybe there isn't enough traffic to warrant such a thing, but I'd love to have regular discussions with my fellow professors/instructors, content and curriculum developers, and the like when adapting CompTIA material for academic and college credit. It might help with getting our students better prepared for certification.

Y'see, this morning, on the webinar, we heard that many post-secondaries out there have programs for academic outcomes in IT and Cyber, but they don't have the hands-on skills. Much of this is resource or internal curriculum based. But there has to be a way to have our cake and eat it too, right? Making sure we can properly deliver content in a college setting while making sure students are being prepared for certification, managing expectations, so-on and so forth.

Is this something that can be a thing?

Rick

So, the question that that I will post as my inaugural question to CIN is:

Does CySA+ and PenTest+ make sense for the student in the 0-2 year space? New, freshmeat candidates coming into the field, stacking up ITF+, A+, Net+, Sec+ - yes, it's pretty justifiable. But what about the next level - CySA and PT? So far, what I've heard is that incident management is becoming more of a mainstream competency, which isn't so much covered in Sec+, but is heavily covered in CySA.

Thoughts?

/r

Any idea if and when there will be a CySA+ CS0-002 Train the Trainer session? Plans are to start this course at the community college I teach at part-time and was hoping to start out with the new objectives.

Hello everyone, When my students take a certification exam, they are required to bring back their exam results that are printed out at the PearsonVue testing center so they can get credit for taking the certification exam. However, today one of my students were not given a print out and was told they had to go on-line to get their exam results. Then about an hour later a second student was at the same testing center, and they received a print out. Does anyone know if CompTIA is now moving to providing exam results on-line and no longer printing them out at the testing center?

Introducing our new Webinar series, CompTIA Instructor Network Masterclass. Webinars in this series will be geared to those who are teaching the specific certification providing industry insights and discussion on teaching practices to assist student preparation for the certification and the employment.

Join us next week for our first offering for Cybersecurity month as we look closer into Security+. I will be joined by a panel of speakers including:
During this session we will discuss the job roles for those pursuing Security+, what industry expects of IT Pros holding the certification and how to prepare students for these job roles. We will also discuss changes to job roles and industry trends for techs in the field. We will also discuss what we might be seeing as far as changes to the new Security+ exam version 601 to be released next fall.

Webcast Title: CompTIA Instructor Network Masterclass: Up Close with Security+
Webcast Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 11:00 AM Central Daylight Time
Register now

All good things must come to an end. Here is the announcement from CERT today.
Original release date: October 17, 2019

Summary
On January 14, 2020, Microsoft will end extended support for their Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems.[1] After this date, these products will no longer receive free technical support, or software and security updates.

Organizations that have regulatory obligations may find that they are unable to satisfy compliance requirements while running Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

Technical Details
All software products have a lifecycle. “End of support” refers to the date when the software vendor will no longer provide automatic fixes, updates, or online technical assistance. [2]

For more information on end of support for Microsoft products see the Microsoft End of Support FAQ.

Systems running Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will continue to work at their current capacity even after support ends on January 14, 2020. However, using unsupported software may increase the likelihood of malware and other security threats. Mission and business functions supported by systems running Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 could experience negative consequences resulting from unpatched vulnerabilities and software bugs. These negative consequences could include the loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data, system resources, and business assets.

It's October, meaning a lot of great content for Cybersecurity Awareness Month! Join Dr. Stanger next week as he looks at attack recognition. Being able to recognize when an attack is underway and responding to it. These are great sessions for your students to check out as well! Plenty of great information to share. Be sure to register here.