Hiya!

CompTIA used to have a directory on their site, where one could lookup authorized (delivery) partners. I was on that list.

I can't seem to find the list anymore. Some cached pages on Google still have hints that the list used to be there, but I just really, really can't find it anymore.

I've already pinged Luke to ask him what's up, but maybe someone else knows? Where did the list go?!

If you want to get some responses to your solicitations for trainers, please remember to do the following:

1. Be specific in what you're looking for. Is the assignment contract work, part-time, or full-time? Do you require that the trainer be certified in the latest version, or just have an active certification that is maintained through CEUs? Do you require a degree? Does the assignment require TS/SCI clearance? Is the assignment onsite or virtual? Do you want local trainers, or will you accept distant or even overseas trainers? In which time zone will the training take place? In what language will the training be conducted?

2. Post a pay range for your budget. It saves you time and it saves the trainers time. If you have a limited budget, there may be trainers who will bid on the job. But more experienced trainers with high demand won't get tied up for an assignment that ultimately they won't accept.

3. Respond in a timely manner. If you post on this site, but take a week to respond to questions or comments, don't be surprised if you see little interest in the assignment.

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I'm having some difficulty on delivering the course for the new Comptia Network + certification in a week. The training materials contains a Course Paging Guide for a 5 day course but the total estimated instructional time there is 5942 minutes which means aproximately 99 hours, too much for a week.

Do you have any materials with recommendations about the recommended timing for the course so I can deliver the knowledge in a week (8 hours per day)? For example, the old course had a document called Presentation Planner for Network+ which you could have used for schedulling the time.

My cybersecurity journey has been a fascinating evolution, spanning over two decades of continuous learning and professional growth. Back in 2003, I first obtained my CompTIA Security+ certification, which was a significant milestone in my career. Recently, I revisited this foundational certification by successfully passing the latest Security+ (SY0-701) exam, demonstrating the importance of staying current in our rapidly changing cybersecurity landscape.

I will complete Pen+, CySA+ and CASP this year. I wrote an ARP Poisonging detection tool in Python and was going to share it, but when testing there were a few errors so I will test it further.

I cannot find the Tech + TTT (or even the ITF TTT) on the CIN website anymore. I know it used to be there, I just can't find it.

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Claim Academy

Good Day Everyone!

Is there a master solution set for the Live Labs for the DataX class? For example, a ZIP file that contains working examples of all of the Jupyter Notebooks?

Any other insights are appreciated!

Thank you,
Ben

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Hi, can someone please help me. I am an authorized delivery partner and my account manager who i have been communicating with suddenly disappeared. No answers to emails or calls. Comptia help have also been unresponsive. Does anyone know who i can contact? I will really appreciate some clues.

[Please ignore this message]Hi, can someone please help me. I am an authorized delivery partner and my account manager who i have been communicating with suddenly disappeared. No answers to emails or calls. Comptia help have also been unresponsive. Does anyone know who i can contact? I will really appreciate some clues.

Hey there, fellow Instructors. A couple of notes if you are teaching Network+ and Security+. I noted that some topics are covered in both, but the coverage between the objectives, the course content, and the possible exam questions may differ.

(1) How DNS works and how DNS is secured. Network+ covers DNS over UDP, DNS over TCP, DNS over HTTP (DoH), and DNS over TLS (DoT). DoT and DoH are included in the latest Network+ objectives (but not in the Security+ objectives. I cover these in both courses. I point out the difference in the objectives. I also challenge (quiz) students with questions that differentiate these protocols. I also noted differences in how the topics were covered in the latest Mike Chapple and Mike Meyers Study Guides.

(2) Disaster Recovery (DR) is covered in Net+ and Sec+. Net+ objectives call out RPO, RTO, MTBF, and MTTR. Sec+ objectives call out RPO, RTO, MTD, and MTBF (no MTTR). I had students ask me questions about this after taking both exams. I recently took the Net+ exam and saw this topic. I'd advise covering these terms in both courses with some reinforcement (ask questions or include them in the quiz).

My advice to students is that understanding the details of a technology or process helps them perform better on exams. These are two topics that I explore in greater depth to aid students in developing that understanding.

I know that this is for the ITF+ but there is no current group or thread for the Tech+ yet. I was one of the instructor SMEs that met in Chicago during the 2023-2024 school year to help develop the new Tech+ course. While teaching the course this year, I noticed that there were several issues with the content. Since there have been a lot of changes within CompTIA recently, I was hoping that someone within the CompTIA organization might be willing to set up a focus group to review the content and suggest changes to the Tech+ course now that we have had a chance to teach the content. If so I would be interested in being part of the focus group

Good day, everyone

actively looking for a instructor to take the project+ training in this Q1

its a virtual training in CET timezone. Dates hasn't been confirmed yet

A recent Facebook decision to block posts and groups related to Linux, categorizing them as "cybersecurity threats," and even claiming that Linux is malware is a big concern within the tech community. DistroWatch, has reported being restricted since January 19, with users experiencing account suspensions for disseminating Linux-related content. As instructors and IT professionals, many of us rely on social media platforms like Facebook to share knowledge, discuss open-source tools, and educate others about Linux.
How will this impact the tech community and cybersecurity education?

Hello

Will there be an update to the PK0-005 content and exam in 2025?


Regards
Chintan Patel
Johannesburg, South Africa

Hi everyone,

Just wondering is there some kind of road map/calendar for the Train the Trainer series. Curious to see what is upcoming!

Kind regards, Patrick.

Hello

Will there be an update to the 220-1101 and 220-1102 content and exam coming in 2025?


Regards
Chintan Patel
Johannesburg, South Africa

We are trying to deliver multiple courses (A+, Security +, Network+, Cloud+ etc.), I can buy the student material, but do I ahve to create the presentations my self? Does Comptia provides any power point presentations to the instructors?

Thanks for your guidance

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The exceptionally low development cost, and the fact that it runs on older processors, have rocked the AI market.

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Good evening to the CIN community.

Bit of an odd one, I think when cleaning up some e-mails, the one containing my voucher got deleted, does anyone know of a way to recover the e-mail? Hopefully, This is the last time for me, but not the first time it has happened as a collective.

Happy Friday!

Rowan College at Burlington County currently offers CompTIA courses to the community.

We would like a local instructor who could come on campus for A+ and other courses as needed.

The below graph is how we have run courses in the past but the schedule is flexible.



If you are interested in any of the options below, please use this link to apply as an instructor:

https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/rcbcedu/jobs/3971269/lecturer-continuing-education



Questions can be directed to my email [email protected]

Thank you!

In the past, I've found that the certification exams do a pretty good job of meeting the outcomes stated at the top of the exam guide regardless of the material that is presented for the different learning objectives...ie that there is often a difference of interpretations between what gets trained and how it gets tested.

This particular exam and the course material seems to leave a lot of whitespace within the words used to define the outcomes and objectives, and the scope of the objectives (given the number of sub-topics), that a test developer can fill in ... (outcomes and a couple of objectives noted at the bottom of the post)

For example, in Pentest+ 003 what is the definition of phases, ttp's, and laws referenced in the outcomes?
a) phases that the outcomes refer to (note the domains and objectives don't follow any published pentest methodology and seem to conflate phases with tactics in mitre attack)
b) which list of tactics, techniques and procedures are we aligning the attacks, tools and phases with...(note Mitre attack is the only ttp listed but it is not used consistently in the objectives)
c) what laws and compliance/control frameworks should we be aligning the attacks with (note, I don't really see this level of detail reflected in the course material...the objectives just say security and privacy laws in 1.1 and the frameworks in objective 1.3 don't identify any control frameworks beyond the owasp masvs)

...and given the outcomes, 80+ tools and 100+ "attacks", and just 2 of the objectives (noted below), I'm led to believe that the students will need to:
1. Associate each tool with all of the relevant phases, tactics and techniques...note I don't know what the authoritative list/lists of these are
2. Be able to script the commands and switch options for every tool ... and associate those with specific attacks
3. Know the appropriate mitigations for each attack and probable root causes for each control's failure
4. Be able to identify an attack with the control or law you intend to test

so, am I overthinking what my students will need to be capable of or where the test writers may take the exam?

---------exam outcomes and objectives -----------

The exam guide identifies 4 outcomes for Pentest+ 003:
• Plan, scope, and perform information gathering as part of a penetration test.
• Perform attacks that are aligned to and fulfill legal and compliance requirements.
• Perform each phase of a penetration test using and modifying appropriate tools and use the appropriate tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Analyze the results of each phase of a penetration test to develop a written report, effectively communicate findings to stakeholders and provide practical recommendations.

That said, the 26 objectives (including 15 apply and 3 analyze level of learning) list over 80 pentest tools/platforms/technologies and over 100 attacks/tactics/techniques. Including these two doozies
- Given a scenario, use scripting to automate attacks.
- Given a scenario, analyze the findings and recommend the appropriate remediation within a report.

We know that CompTIA is no longer producing printed courseware, but what about the PDF Instructor Guides? I know they exist for some certs, but not for others. E-books are available when PDFs are not.

I can speak for myself and my students. E-books suck. They require network access. There is no way to access them offline. This is a HUGE mistake. People love having offline access. PDFs are easily searchable. E-books are not.

The content has also changed. I was teaching Cloud+ last week, and the PDF was missing the cover page, the legalese/publication information pages, and references to all the labs. There were no activities or labs listed in the PDF courseware at all. There is also no mapping document for which labs align with which lessons. Basically, the instructor is stuck telling students "Hey, there are labs. They don't really align with our lessons, but you should probably do them at some point." I have to assume that this is a cost-cutting decision, because it makes no valid sense to eliminate PDF courseware as an educational offering.

CompTIA Learn had Instructor guides, quizzes, assessments, PBQs, and videos. It looks like they're trying to do the bare minimum with the E-books and (loosely) associated labs. There are already a lot of other content providers in the marketplace. If CompTIA doesn't reverse the trend of lowering the bar and start raising the bar, competitors will start taking over the training space. CompTIA will still have the certifications, but students will go elsewhere for the training offerings.

Hi,
We are a nonprofit that will host an online, virtual Network+ cert course. This will occur over several months and we have the lessons already to go using a popular online platform. We would like an instructor to host a 1 hr. monthly session each month for 4 months to help the students navigate and summarize what they should be focusing on as they progress, or they may have questions about the content as they navigate thru the online course. This is a REMOTE learning format. Zoom/Google Meet links will be provided.
If interested please email: [email protected]
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