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@Stephen Schneiter @Stephen P

Gentlemen, how are you? I've just tested and passed Cloud Essentials+ this morning and wanted to provide feedback for future change consideration. The exam questions were fair, to the point, non-confusing and testing objectives aligned. There was not one question in my test bank that was odd.

Per the testing objectives:
Number of questions: 70
Length of test: 75 minutes

My exam was 73 questions in 60 minutes. I was not concerned with the number of questions, but to do 73 questions in 60 minutes was an unexpected challenge. I had literally a minute left to sum up my exam and that was with speed reading through the questions. I do not feel this is a fair amount of time to accurately and fairly test one's knowledge, especially for an entry-level exam.

I look forward to your reply. I do feel this exam is a great one to work towards!

Thank you!

Hi all,

We are a private cyber security training institution based out of Vancouver, BC. We are currently looking to hire instructions for the following certifications:

CompTIA Security+
CompTIA CySa+

Please send an email to [email protected] if you are interested

Thanks!
Vidhi

This has probably been asked and answered many times, but I am very new to this and am trying to get up to speed ASAP. We will be using real hardware because I have a lot of old hardware and am trying to save the students money so that they do not have to buy virtual labs. Although, the virtual labs I have seen are quite nice. Perhaps we will move in that direction going forward. Given that we will be using live equipment, I think I will be more comfortable with a safety emphasis upfront. What do you do to get safety into their heads? Signs, constant reminders, a test that they pass and sign?

I am watching the TTT for A+. I was really impressed with Walt's explanation of the wrist strap: Do NOT wear wrist strap when working on equipment that is plugged into A/C power. I might even make a sign about that. I have just gotten started in that series and expect to glean many more nuggets of pure wisdom and common sense. Thanks for reading and for any help. --Harvey

A while back in an earlier forum post I detailed in an article I wrote for Certification Magazine information about the ITDRC. I'd encourage you to take a look at that article. To further bolster why I think all CIN members should join, I'd encourage you to look at a video on our activities on Abaco (Bahamas), that was posted on Youtube earlier this week. See:
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Hello all. I'm looking at starting a training program for Security+ and am having a hard time figuring out how this all works. What resources do you use? Do you buy books from CompTIA? Online practice tests/ebooks? Don't even know how to start this up really.

Thanks in advance for any info provided.

Does anyone have any good resources for completing the CTT+ Exam TK0 - 201...

I can only find an extremely old book on Amazon...

Anyone going to be in Anaheim, CA next week for the ACTE conference? Be sure to stop by the CompTIA booth #825 and say HI. There will be a couple of session sponsored by CIN and CompTIA. I will be presenting in the CareerTech Pavilion on Wednesday afternoon and @Taz will also be presenting along with Herb Bennet later in the afternoon. https://www.careertechvision.com/careerpavilion.cfm. Then on Friday afternoon @Taz and I will team up and present on ITF+ and A+.

Be sure to plan on joining us Thursday evening for a CIN Meet Up. Any CIN instructor in teh area we will plan on meeting up to connect over a cold beverage. I will post the location here in the thread, or stop by the booth at ACTE. Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Once again CompTIA was represented very well last week by 2 members of its Business Development CompTIA Academy team at the 2019 NICE Conference in Phoenix,AZ. Jill Thielmann and Brian Matzelle didn't have much time to catch their breath with all the conference attendees stopping by their table. Well, I suppose that what you can expect when you've got a quality product. As always it was great to visit with both of them.

If I attend a live webinar or watch a recording later is there some way to get proof of my participation in order to get CEU credit with CompTIA?

Hoping the community can help steer me in the right direction.
My company looking for an experienced instructor to cover 3-6 months of on location classes.

Thanks,
Jason

Took the Linux+ exam on Nov 18. Happy to say that I
was successful.

Just wanted to share with all the individuals within
CompTIA that the T-T-T resources and vouchers that
you make available are being utilized and appreciated.

I was happy to see the hands-on items on the exam.
These type of questions truly increase the value of
your exams.

Thanks again to Mr. Stephen S. and his team for the
resources that made it possible for me to extend my
knowledge in this area, and to assess and validate
that knowledge.

Just wanted to share with those at CompTIA who make the T-T-T sessions and exam vouchers
available, that your efforts are being utilized. I received a notice last week that I passed the
Cloud Essentials beta exam. Thank you Mr. Stephen S. for all that you do for the CIN.

Does anyone know any Slacks that I should would be great to join as IT professional or CompTIA Instructor?

All, he's live right now. Grab the review.

http://www.professormesser.com/live

@Stephen Schneiter how are you? Please remind me again when the vouchers will go out for completing TTT. Thank you, sir.

Attention all CySA+ Instructors (and instructor wannabees)! The new CySA+ CS0-002 will be released next spring, of 2020. Want to get an early peek at the changes to the new objectives? Be sure to join us for the CySA+ Sneak Peek on December 11, 2019. During this two-hour session we will take a deeper look at the changes coming to the new exam and discuss some teaching tactics and demos to cover the new exam objectives.

What: CIN Sneak Peek Webinar - CySA+ CS0-002
When: Wednesday December 11, 2019, 11:00 am CST - 1:00 pm CST
Where: ON24
Register Now

Here in Phoenix at the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Conference. Any other CIN members here?

A+ is, by far, one of my favorite certifications. I enjoy teaching it and the content creates a foundation for your IT career. The cert makes you think what avenue you wish to travel down. Do you enjoy security, cloud, networking or help desk? Start with this certification if you are new to the industry.

Hey Everyone!

I took and passed the CASP back when it was the CAS-001. Now I am taking it again before the end of the year. Any advice? Study recommendations? I plan on passing with flying colors.

Hi All, I try to find information on how to become certified CompTIA instructor my plan is to open a training center in Thailand. Anyone can give me more information.

Good day!

Just like to ask if this site is global, and if there is a specific CIN community for Australia?
I am connected with the CompTIA ANZ community, but I am wondering if there is a CompTIA CIN ANZ community.