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  1. Steve Linthicum

    Texas Cyber Summit 2022

    Maybe Lee's nickname should be CyberTex......
  2. Steve Linthicum

    Certification Magazine

    Does anyone know if Certification Magazine has shut down? Their last article is dated June 24th and my emails to [email protected] have gone unanswered.
  3. Steve Linthicum

    Does the NSA/DHS Designation as a CAE Provide Unwanted Attention for Colleges/Universities?

    I think the following may shed light on this issue. In May 2021, Sierra College (a CAE) where I spent 18 years as a full-time faculty member, was hit by a Ransomware Attack. As noted on the attached temporary website that I downloaded yesterday: Last updated 4 pm 8/21/2022 On Saturday, August...
  4. Steve Linthicum

    Does the NSA/DHS Designation as a CAE Provide Unwanted Attention for Colleges/Universities?

    "Some cybercriminals attack universities ... for the bragging rights about a successful hack on high-profile institutions." https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/07/22/ransomware-attacks-against-higher-ed-increase
  5. Steve Linthicum

    Does the NSA/DHS Designation as a CAE Provide Unwanted Attention for Colleges/Universities?

    In the article I raise the possibility that academic institutions obtaining the NSA/DHS designation as a Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) may be drawing the unwanted attention of ransomware gangs, seeking to demonstrate their skills against alleged hardened targets. Thoughts...
  6. Steve Linthicum

    Instructors

    Let me illustrate by way of an actual example. For this purpose, I will use Lake Tahoe Community College (LTCC), one of the 116 colleges in the California Community College system. I will also set the faculty member as the top pay (20 years of teaching experience at LTCC). For a full-time...
  7. Steve Linthicum

    Instructors

    Rick, the disparity that you talk about also exists inside a single institution. I taught for 18 years at a community college as a tenured "professor." In that role, I focused on teaching career and technical education courses, and along with my CTE colleagues, viewed as not measuring up to...
  8. Steve Linthicum

    Instructors

    Dana pointed to a challenging situation for those of us in the traditional education environment. Here in my State, a majority of IT classes in the California community colleges are taught by adjunct faculty. The union ratified salary schedules treat adjuncts as second-class educators when...
  9. Steve Linthicum

    Instructors

    A challenge training entities (including colleges and universities) face is the low pay compared to earnings for cybersecurity professionals in the workforce. Note in this recent Certification Magazine salary survey all of the six-figure annual income amounts.
  10. Steve Linthicum

    Time for a Little Humor

    I live in a 55+ community. As I work my way into full retirement I've been providing tech support for community residents. Not wanting to give this service away, I ask residents to make donations by going to the following website...
  11. Steve Linthicum

    Lab exercises

    I raised this issue a while back. I'm reasonably sure in one of the sessions last week the message was that for future products the step-by-step will be in the CompTIA student guides and they will be having the assisted labs and applied labs like they have been doing in some product releases.
  12. Steve Linthicum

    Partner Summit: Day 2

    Thanks CompTIA for providing those of us who were unable to make the trip to Chicago with the opportunity to participate in a meaningful manner as virtual attendees.
  13. Steve Linthicum

    Partner Summit: Day 2

  14. Steve Linthicum

    Partner Summit: Day 2

    Rick, well deserved.....
  15. Steve Linthicum

    Still time to join us virtually! Sign up now and watch later!

    At this morning's first session, James asked that virtual attendees take a selfie and email it to him. I figured I might as well share it with all of you. Yes, I've missed shaving for a couple of days. But with no plans to leave home today, that's fine.
  16. Steve Linthicum

    Educational Institutions and Ransomware

    In an earlier posting I discussed the importance of getting your name out there by writing articles. Since I've decided in retirement to teach less and write more, I thought it a good idea to share this article I wrote (and actually received compensation for). For those of you who are teaching...
  17. Steve Linthicum

    Happy SysAdmin Day (yes, I know it's a day late)

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3353690/?ref_=vp_vi_tt
  18. Steve Linthicum

    Improve Your Writing: Authoring Website Content

    It's not all that challenging getting your writings published, if they are designed to interest the intended audience and if they are free content for the publisher.
  19. Steve Linthicum

    Improve Your Writing: Authoring Website Content

    Truth be told, I enjoy writing web-based articles even though the compensation is often non-existent. I guess that's the teacher in me who's spending less and less time in the classroom but wants to keep teaching. Recent authored content has been forwarded to Certification Magazine, one of the...
  20. Steve Linthicum

    CompTIA Learning Resources for Security+ and CySA+

    Thanks Liz for letting us know. Another issue I raise in this comparison of the Security+ and CySA+ CompTIA learning resources is below. Thoughts? I'm finding that for CySA+ the student guide provides detailed content for the CompTIA labs but the same is not true for the Security+ learning...
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