Evening all.

I have to embark on the process of studying for my own Network+ again. What would be your best recommendations for training material and videos that I can use

I just want to publicly thank Mr. Stephen Schneiter, CIN Program Manager, for providing another
outstanding series, but also for providing an exam voucher to attempt the certification exam
that the training covered - CYSA+. This is yet another demonstration of the awesome support
provided by the CIN Program.

Hawkeye Community College, in Waterloo, Iowa, is seeking an instructor to teach Information Technology Specialist. This continuing education course prepares students to take the CompTIA A+ exams and meets twice a week in our classroom starting September 14. Please click on the hyperlink to learn more about this course.Also, looking for an instructor to teach Security+ which is a hybrid course, mostly done by Zoom with 3 classroom labs built in for hands on instruction. If you are interested, please call Christi Mason at (319) 296-4301.

Hawkeye Community College, in Waterloo, Iowa, is seeking an instructor to teach Information Technology Specialist. This continuing education course prepares students to take the CompTIA A+ exams and meets twice a week in our classroom starting September 14. Please click on the hyperlink to learn more about this course. If you are interested, please call Christi Mason at (319) 296-4301.

Like some of you, I attended all of the online Train the Trainer sessions for the CySA+ certification. Wondering if those who completed the training will be receiving an exam voucher?

Looks like CompTIA has entered into a partnership with the National Cyber League (NCL). See announcement. This is a great opportunity for students to participate in cybersecurity competition activities at an inexpensive cost. In my role as both a faculty member and an administrator with the California community colleges, I was able to provide high school and community college students with access to NCL competition activities through grant funding I administered. This program was a great success, providing a higher level of competition than students received in participating in the CyberPatriot competition that is focused on middle school and high school students.

Thanks CompTIA for providing this opportunity to students.

Steve

We are putting together some instructor lead online training courses for various CompTIA exams and are looking for instructors.

If you would be interested or know someone that is, please email [email protected] for more information.

We would be running courses on A+, Network+ and Security+ initially.

For information on times, dates & rates please use the above email address.

Thank you

Where can I find the CompTIA provided Presentation Planners? I need to adjust my A+ timing from 16 weeks to 8 weeks now. I don't just want to cut everything in half. Thank you!

This morning I had an opportunity to speak with Good Morning Texas about the importance of cybersecurity with a focus on account security. Great time, lots o' fun!

Tips on avoiding hackers while working from home

Interested in sharing some computer history with your students? Ever wonder what Amazon looked like originally, or Microsoft Windows 3.0? Here is a history lesson website with screen shots, information, interviews and video about, the web, operating systems and games. It is truly a blast from the past!!

When is CompTIA Security+ SY0-601 coming?

I'd like to be able to create a 'local' lab environment containing all the required VMs for A+, Network+, Security and CySA+. Given that I have the setup guides for each course, is there a particular order for the the installation process?

Some time ago, I was teaching a class on Security+ and we were having the Final Exam. We had two classes, day and night. The morning came and I slapped a piece of paper to the whiteboard that read:

Hey - so I posted the answer key on the server. But for security concerns, it will only be up there and available for the next hour. Please make sure you get it before the exam start.

I went back to my desk and sat down. Nothing further said. Just clickie-clickie on my computer as students' curiosities got the best of them. They came up and read the e-mail formatted note. They asked me about it. I said nothing. Then, I think they got the idea that they had to go looking on our local file server for it. So, in a scene that you could set to Yakety Sax, the students started scrambling around, looking on the server for a file that might be the answer key. They started searching through the student folders, opening various files and searching.

They couldn't find the file, but they did find one directory they couldn't access. The Day crew could not access the Night folder and vice versa.

Then one got the idea, "hey, what's the night student password". Day students logged on as night (passwords weren't particularly secure). So they got into the opposite class's folder, where they found a folder with a PDF and picture of the book cover. Upon trying to open the PDF and realizing it was locked down with a password, they scrambled trying to find it. It was then they looked at the pic:

"Dude, what was the name of that website that Rick used to hide stuff in images?"

So the students scrambled to find their notes on my discussion regarding steganography, which website I used in class (luckily, one of them wrote it down), and found the password to the PDF encoded in the book cover image. The classes had 60 minutes to recover the file, which turned out to be the exam key for the Final. Day got it in 58 minutes, night didn't get it.

But it was one of the better finals I've ever given - probably because they had something to gain by playing.

TL;dr - Used stego to hide a password to an encrypted PDF containing a final's answer key for an open book exam.

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Cheers!

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So, we've all been hearing about the upcoming, new Sec+.

Me, I'm pretty excited about the new challenge, especially since I may end up teaching the class. Ssssoooo... are we sure there's no secret closed-beta people could try and get a seat on? I had a blast with the PenTest+, CySA+ and Linux+ beta exams; those were fun!

@Stephen Schneiter has indicated that there's no beta, since the new version "is just an update". But hey, if The Professor says that 601 has 250 new topics compared to 501, that still sounds like a lot of changes that need testing.

I am studying for this exam and hope to test in the next 60 days. What materials helped you all prepare? Are there any exam prep questions I can use to test my knowledge?

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Always willing to accept free content as I prepare for the new CS0-002 exam:
Requires a Kendle Unlimited but you can cancel it before the end of two months at no cost.

As technology becomes more crucial to business operation, companies want to be sure they understand their IT budgets. CompTIA’s report on The Business Relevance of IT in the SMB Market found that the top three reasons for IT budget surprises are ongoing maintenance, required upgrades, and staff time required for operation. As technical candidates build skills using CompTIA A+ or CompTIA Network+, they should pay attention to how different topics tie together so that they can describe the total cost of building and maintaining systems.

Hello everyone,

I have a student with a visually impaired disability who is trying to get help from PearsonVue for some accommodations. He requested accommodations through PearsonVue two weeks before his exam date, but never head back from them. During his exam using OnVUE, he had difficulty reading content on his screen, but was not able to use the magnifying glass feature to help see the images. He was also instructed to keep his face away from the screen by the online proctor so because his entire face was not visible when he moved very close to see the images.

Does anyone know what accommodations are available for visually impaired test takers? Or does anyone have any suggested strategies to better see the images on the screen during the exam using the OnVUE software?

Thanks.

PLEASE READ!

Due to unforeseen circumstances we have had to reschedule the remaining three sessions for the CySA+ TTT. The remaining schedule is:

• Session 10 - Tuesday July 14, 2020
• Session 11 - Thursday July 16, 2020
• Session 12 - Tuesday July 21, 2020

Please update your calendars to reflect the new dates. The sessions have been updated in ON24 so you should receive webinar reminders for the new dates. I apologize for any inconvenience, however we needed to make this change.

Please feel free to contact me directly in you have any questions regarding the new schedule. [email protected]

Thank you,
Stephen

Wondering if anyone else has run into this issue when trying to create and run a course using the "new" CompTIA official hosted labs (really just the old rebranded Learn on Demand (LOD) labs).

I do not want to build out the lab environments locally and want to use a cloud provider; for a number of pragmatic reasons.

However; CompTIA and LOD have stated the following;

1. They make you (the instructor) PAY for lab access.
-- Charging instructors for access - when we are being an advocate for a vendor, one that brings paying students every term is simply misguided and wrongheaded.

2. Will only provide 30-day complimentary access to the labs
-- 30 days does no one any good.
-- Here is the real world… instructors need year-round access to content to build/revise courses.
-- AND.... after that, you have to pay.

Here is the real world as I see it - Instructors need year-round access to content to build/revise courses.
I like to use a certification vendor's "official resources" so I was happy when CompTIA stated they were "creating a new environment" but instead found that they simply rebranded the old LOD labs.

Due to this "policy", one is forced into to support other vendors; vendors that understand what instructors go thru ( and there are a lot of them).

It is just shocking that this is the official CompTIA stance, with the assumption being that its about money ( always about money). I assume they have to pay LOD for anyone's lab access, including the instructor...well if this is the case, perhaps someone at CompTIA should renegotiate this contract for those of us in the trenches providing a revenue stream.

Hello all,

Does anyone know if a Certificate of Attendance is provided when attending a Train-the-Trainer course?

Thanks.

Trevor C.