Recent content by BrianFord

The short story is that there is a process to be followed. The Security+ SY0-701 exam was being developed when the TestOut acquisition happened. It was in my opinion way too far along (and too important to CompTIA) to try and wait for a work in progress merged platform. Having participated in...

I think the new website is good and the messaging is great! It's all about SKILLS.

I studied for and earned Cloud Essentials+ back when it was first offered. I had been preparing for the AWS Cloud Practitioner exam and was ready to set the date when I learned of Essentials. I took both on the same day and passed both. In my opinion, Cloud Essentials was the better exam...

Yes. I believe that this new course will cover the Purdue Model for ICS. See: https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/Infra_Topic_Paper_4-14_FINAL.pdf and https://www.fortinet.com/resources/cyberglossary/purdue-model and...

I've also heard good things about https://www.cloudrangecyber.com/ but this seems a corporate training solution. They have a number of courses targeted at different cyber roles.

The Virginia Cyber Range is a Commonwealth of Virginia initiative with a mission to enhance cybersecurity education for students in the Commonwealth’s public high schools, colleges, and universities. Governor McAuliffe proposed the Virginia Cyber Range in the spring of 2016 as part of his vision...

Patrick, I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts about how this exam compares to Sec+, CySA+, and SecurityX.

See https://www.comptia.org/continuing-education/submit I'd suggest submitting the most advanced course that you teach. I submit my CySA+ time at CompTIA. I've also successfully submitted CASP+ and CISSP 1::1 training hours and mentoring at ISC2. The key to 1::1 and mentoring CEUs is...

I suggest that you have, at minimum, the dates you taught and the name and point of contact (email) for the organization that sponsored or offered the class. I try to submit a syllabus or course agenda slide as an upload.

Which exam are you referring to, Jeff? I believe that you are allowed to proctor the Tech+ exam as an instructor. According to the rules laid out by CompTIA and Pearson, instructors for any other course are not allowed to proctor exams.

Earning Security+ does renew A+ and Network+. However, if your Network+ expires, you must take that exam again. Everyone please bookmark: https://www.comptia.org/continuing-education/learn/renewing-multiple-certifications and https://www.comptia.org/continuing-education/learn/how-to-renew

For CertMaster Labs I suggest opening another one of the labs and in the Help tab on the right side of the screen selecting 'Open a Case'. From there you can open a case with support and ask them to reset that lab environment. In the past they typically got that done within 24 hours.