Recent content by Jeff Strain

This is a great question. My students are from all around the world, and a degree from the USA is no always considered sufficient. Professional certifications seem to help bridge that gap for many of them. Mostly, I ask the students what they want to do. Have them look for jobs and find what...

Hum, found the policy :( https://www.comptia.org/testing/testing-policies-procedures/test-policies/proctor-policies CompTIA certificate holders who wish to become a test center administrator must wait a minimum of six (6) months following the most recent CompTIA exam before becoming a test...

I just took Tech+ as I got my voucher from the TTT. I may want to partner with some high schools and offer that. Being far from everything and with the student population at BYU-Hawaii, testing centers are inaccessible. Like most higher education institutions, our testing center closed. I am...

So, getting ready to take a test and noticed that you are not supposed to use laptops others have used. I often loan out my old laptops to students whose devices do not work. What are my options? Also, can you proctor the tests in a classroom? How do you become worthy of being a CompTIA exam...

https://partners.comptia.org/docs/default-source/resources/comptia-tech-fc0-u71-exam-objectives-(1-2)022f382c09d76fc19da8ff0a002c2329

I kept getting told to switch to LastPass, and every time I started to consider it... a new breach was reported. Some of the breaches have been worse than others. For an interesting read... https://bestreviews.net/which-password-managers-have-been-hacked/ Unfortunately, we have to choose...

It is a great time to slow down for a few minutes. Egg Nog, Candy Canes, and Martinelli's are things we enjoy over the season. I also like to take the time to improve my skills. Of course, like most people, I use the New Year to set up goals for the next year. It is also a time to dive deeper...

@Stephen Schneiter I had a mismatch with my email for Tech+ TTT and have no yet received the voucher for it. I do no need the Cloud+ voucher I received for that TTT if you can pull that back and give it to someone else.

Endpoint protection aims to monitor and protect your systems. One of the most widely known, not just for the airline outage it caused, is Crowdstrike. You can find them at https://www.crowdstrike.com/. One benefit over antivirus is your system logs are sent to a central point where they are...

This is such a loaded question. Too many anti-virus programs have become adware. The correct answer is "it depends" For most individuals, anti-virus is no longer needed and will not protect you from what you fall for now. Many OS tools are sufficient. For most companies, anti-virus is...

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I would look for guidance in other areas. Example: CompTIA-published study guides and materials have exam tips and sample questions. I would advise you to have a copy or two of those around that you can use to point learners in the right direction. My office is packed up, or I would look at...

A few notes here. Accessing normal, safe sites, such as google and Amazon, on the dark web is super annoying. They are constantly asking if you are humal and if you have to log in, it is not anonymous. That should be a no brainer. First, I would advise against going there, but if you do, do not...

My understanding is the advanced should cover/include the other (Data+, A+, etc) but it looks like it does not. Also, renewing may not be the same as maintenance. Then again, maybe I am paying something I do not need to. I just paid all my others and am trying to understand CompTIA. With my...

For a bit of IT comedy... My brain translated "how busy stephan is" to a todo task... Spit out clone AIs of Stephen. I am sure CompTIA is already actively working on this so I will put it at the bottom of my infinite list that AI will accomplish for me by next week :).