Search results

I started this Monday ritual a couple of years ago. If there is a Monday holiday, it shifts to Tuesday morning. The first thing I do is check for any updates to the software I use on my business systems. That's Windows 10 and 11 Pro AND a list of applications that I rely on. I also check my...

What Rick said.

You said: " leveraging CompTIA's courseware and certifications as a central part of the curriculum.". Has anyone at CompTIA agreed to participate in order to leverage CompTIA'a courseware? Does this initiative have a name? Is this initiative a not-for-profit?

Jeff, From the Certmetrics site "If you hold an A+, Security+, Linux+, Pen Test+ and or CySA+ and you plan to renew fully with a higher level CompTIA certification then your CE fees will be waived.". I hold Sec+, CySA+, Linux+, Cloud+, and Data+ AND CASP+. I pay $50 for CASP+. That's all...

I'd suggest taking a look at some of the larger CAs OCSP capabilities and responders. See this excellent tech note on OCSP from Microsoft.

At the Partner Conference, Master Instructor @Lee McWhorter spoke about this when he delivered his Network+ update. I was a Network Academy instructor, so I know that in those institutions, there is often access to a lab for instructor demos and student learning. As an instructor, I think the...

Do you know of any current network protocols that support a ring topology? Have you encountered any token ring lately? Do you know of any networking protocols that specifically support a bus topology? I think bus topology is covered in the current A+. I completely agree with your point about...

@Dan Regarding name changes: Why change something that works well? I don't think A+ has any real competition. So why change the name? @precious I'm not sure I agree with your statement "CompTIA didn't rename CASP+ to CompTIA Security X. ". I think the title 'CASP+' needed to be...

OK. I'll share my secret to finding exam objectives. It's Google. You can find the DataSys+ exam objectives here. Also visit: https://www.comptia.org/certifications/datasys https://www.comptia.org/certifications/datasys#examdetails

J, Interesting point. I think you're calling out the difference between using and administering a container. I read that question as use the container app. I know some of my students who have taken the lab appreciated it as it broadened their knowledge (most never used containers before) and...

So I checked and learned that this exam objective refers to the Microsoft Common Language Interface Standard. Not a typo. Microsoft's Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) is a technical standard and open specification that allows programs written in different programming languages to run on...

For all those Security+ or security interested instructors out there... Law enforcement authorities in the US and Europe recently announced the seizure of data attributed to the Lockbit ransomware team. The seized data included thousands of references to the crypto keys generated to encrypt...

Thanks. Looks like a typo or maybe somebody enabled AI for the spell check. I passed this along to the content team.

Pearson Vue has very specific rules about the roles in the testing center. To the best of my knowledge an ANY Instructor CANNOT BE a proctor.

If you are just looking to facilitate student testing you could set up one or two small rooms with a desk, chair, and computer with nothing on the walls ; and then use Pearson On Vue. Setting up a test center with the plan to just provide exam services for your students while admirable isn't...

Great catch Ray! During the network architecture lesson I add comments about how these technologies are used in on-premise networks; in specialized networks or network segments (think Internet edge or datacenter), and (possibly) in the cloud. I then use the cloud architecture lesson to contrast...

Great topic Michael! A resource that I found very useful was this from Altassian. Agile development and Devops methods are compatible but not the same thing. This article walks through both agile development (the agile manifesto) and introduces a couple of the sources of Devops methodology...

According to the CompTIA Security+ Product Manager this reporting from Total Seminars is inaccurate. The English language version of the SY0-601 exam retires on July 31, 2024. The foreign (non-English) language versions of the exam will retire later on 1/31/25.

In my experience these 'Essentials' courses are great technical introductions to a technology. I completed the cloud essentials and was greatly impressed how it included topics relevant to multiple cloud providers and highlighted connections to existing network and security technologies...

I recently passed the AWS Solution Architect Associate exam. Two days later I received a heads up email message from CompTIA that one of my certifications was 180 days from expiration. I submitted the email from AWS for CEUs via Certmetrics and was very, very pleasantly surprised to receive...