Xpert Series - DataX and CloudNetX

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    There are three XPert Series exams: SecurityX, DataX, and CloudNetX.

    SecurityX (formerly CASP+) is an expert level cybersecurity certification. It is higher level than Security+, CySA+, and PenTest+. It also renews each of these certifications.

    DataX is an expert level data science certification. It is a higher level than Data+ and DataSys+. It currently does not renew either of these certifications.

    CloudNetX is an expert level networking certification. It is a higher level than Network+ and Cloud+. It currently does not renew either of these certifications.

    Does anyone know if DataX or CloudNetX will renew lower level certs or provide partial CEUs for lower level certs at some point in the future?

    @Stephen Schneiter, do you have any information about these certifications?
     
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    Gregory Childers said:
    DataX is an expert level data science certification. It is a higher level than Data+ and DataSys+. It currently does not renew either of these certifications.
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    See, I could see DataX renewing these two.

    Gregory Childers said:
    CloudNetX is an expert level networking certification. It is a higher level than Network+ and Cloud+. It currently does not renew either of these certifications.
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    Meanwhile, not so much here - since CloudNetX is more of an amalgam of cloud and networking. Like a Venn diagram, there's a good amount of material in Cloud+ and Network+ that would not come out in CloudNetX from what I can determine.
     
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    Rick Butler said:
    See, I could see DataX renewing these two.
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    I wish they would. My Data+ is up for renewal in November, and my DataSys+ is up next year.
    Rick Butler said:
    Meanwhile, not so much here - since CloudNetX is more of an amalgam of cloud and networking. Like a Venn diagram, there's a good amount of material in Cloud+ and Network+ that would not come out in CloudNetX from what I can determine.
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    I think there is probably as much overlap between CloudNetX and Net+/Cloud+ as there is in SecurityX and PenTest+/CySA+/Security+.
     
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    Gregory Childers said:
    I wish they would. My Data+ is up for renewal in November, and my DataSys+ is up next year.

    I think there is probably as much overlap between CloudNetX and Net+/Cloud+ as there is in SecurityX and PenTest+/CySA+/Security+.
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    I got the impression CloudNetX was basically a blend of Net+ and Cloud+ with very little covered outside the existing scope of those two, lower level exams. Whereas with SecurityX, it seems to be a bit more of a higher level exam--a jump above PenTest+/CySA+. But I took the CloudNetX beta, so it might've changed by the time it got to the official release.
     
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    Jill West said:
    I got the impression CloudNetX was basically a blend of Net+ and Cloud+ with very little covered outside the existing scope of those two, lower level exams. Whereas with SecurityX, it seems to be a bit more of a higher level exam--a jump above PenTest+/CySA+. But I took the CloudNetX beta, so it might've changed by the time it got to the official release.
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    Jill West said:
    I got the impression CloudNetX was basically a blend of Net+ and Cloud+ with very little covered outside the existing scope of those two, lower level exams. Whereas with SecurityX, it seems to be a bit more of a higher level exam--a jump above PenTest+/CySA+. But I took the CloudNetX beta, so it might've changed by the time it got to the official release.
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    From what I understand its comparable to AWS Solution Architect / Google Professional Cloud Architect / CCDE
     
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    baylis said:
    From what I understand its comparable to AWS Solution Architect / Google Professional Cloud Architect / CCDE
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    I've taken AWS's Solutions Architect Associate exam, and I wouldn't say it was comparable. That's more what I was expecting, but I might've gotten all the easy CloudNetX questions, lol. Maybe the harder CloudNetX questions that I somehow didn't get would hit at about the Associate level for AWS's exams. Any of the cloud Professional level exams (like Google's that you mentioned) would be at a much higher level than anything I saw on the CloudNetX.
     
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    Jill West said:
    I've taken AWS's Solutions Architect Associate exam, and I wouldn't say it was comparable. That's more what I was expecting, but I might've gotten all the easy CloudNetX questions, lol. Maybe the harder CloudNetX questions that I somehow didn't get would hit at about the Associate level for AWS's exams. Any of the cloud Professional level exams (like Google's that you mentioned) would be at a much higher level than anything I saw on the CloudNetX.
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    I'm repeating what's on CompTIA exam's site. Google professional exam are not exactly easy and the CCDE is ridiculously difficult .
     
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    Jill West said:
    I got the impression CloudNetX was basically a blend of Net+ and Cloud+ with very little covered outside the existing scope of those two, lower level exams. Whereas with SecurityX, it seems to be a bit more of a higher level exam--a jump above PenTest+/CySA+. But I took the CloudNetX beta, so it might've changed by the time it got to the official release.
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    I thought CloudNetX was more challenging than either the Cloud+ or the Network+. I recently passed my fifth version of Network+ and my second version of Cloud+, and I thought that those two were much less challenging. There were definitely topics on CloudNetX that weren't on the other two. And the PBQs were much higher level.
     
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    Gregory Childers said:
    I thought CloudNetX was more challenging than either the Cloud+ or the Network+. I recently passed my fifth version of Network+ and my second version of Cloud+, and I thought that those two were much less challenging. There were definitely topics on CloudNetX that weren't on the other two. And the PBQs were much higher level.
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    Ditto here - more hybrid cloud-specific design and technology topics for me too that I didn't notice on Network+ or Cloud+ (hence the theme I approached the CloudNetX TTT with).
     
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