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  1. Steve Linthicum

    New (ISC)2 Entry Level Cybersecurity Certification

    "(ISC)² has created an entry-level cybersecurity certification – a first step through which we can attract and develop diverse talent to round out the cybersecurity teams of the future, including students, recent college graduates and career changers. This is a major shift for (ISC)² and for the...
  2. Steve Linthicum

    Sort of Retired

    The article that I mentioned in the first posting in this forum string was finally published on Certification Magazine's website. You can view it by clicking HERE. Great to get my student and co-author recognition (see below): Helena Trukki is a National University student pursuing an...
  3. Steve Linthicum

    A+ Core 1 220-1101 & Core 2 220-1102 Sneak Peek

    For those who don't know Allen, he is Mr. CyberPatriot (or should I say, Commander CyberPatriot). Allen is a retired Naval Officer, teaching in Orange County just North of me. If you go through the history of CyberPatriot finals competition, his teams are always placing at (or sometimes near)...
  4. Steve Linthicum

    Opportunity to learn about becoming a registered apprenticeship intermediary!

    Having written and served as the initial $1M grant-funded cybersecurity apprenticeship as its principal investigator (I'm still involved with as a volunteer), these efforts are not without challenges. Principle among these is obtaining success relative to employer engagement. It is not an easy...
  5. Steve Linthicum

    Learn + Labs + Book - Logical Order

    With the new content, I'm finding that connecting the Student Guide content with the available virtual labs to be an easy task, with some relatively minor additional work utilizing the Presentation Guide that can be adjusted to the course length (in my case typically a 13 to 18 week semester)...
  6. Steve Linthicum

    ITF Update / Date

    The one thing that suggests a "non-three year" path is the ITF+, like the Server+, is not ANSI accredited. The listed certifications shown on the link are ANSI accredited and on the three-year cycle.
  7. Steve Linthicum

    Question About Timeframe for Part-Time A+ Students

    Hands-on needs to be relevant. In high school, my favorite class was auto shop. Today as I gaze under the hood of my plug-in hybrid vehicle, I know the best thing I can do is close the hood as quickly as possible. Back in a time, before the turn of the century, like gas stations, there were...
  8. Steve Linthicum

    Question About Timeframe for Part-Time A+ Students

    This has been a challenging question and one that raises a side issue. That is should the A+ certification be structured in a two-exam format? As we all know, this is the only CompTIA certification that requires passing two exams in order to become certified. That made sense, back in the day...
  9. Steve Linthicum

    CompTIA DFIR certification

    Lee drinks Texas Tea? For those who are old enough to remember the Beverly Hilbillies, "Texas Tea" has a special meaning.
  10. Steve Linthicum

    CompTIA DFIR certification

    There has never been broad buy-in relative to industry recognition for forensics certifications, other than the recognized vendor certifications (specifically Encase or FTK). Best to provide "forensics" evidence of this truth. A while back (ISC)2 had their CCFP (Certified Cyber Forensics...
  11. Steve Linthicum

    Need some Advice

    With the welcome assistance of two community college faculty and a high school teacher.....
  12. Steve Linthicum

    Complete ITF+ Course In Canvas

    It would be very helpful to have students walk into an A+ class, already having the ITF+ knowledge.
  13. Steve Linthicum

    PenTest+ TTT

    Lee, are you out here in California (Pacific Time Zone)? If so, we ought to do lunch....
  14. Steve Linthicum

    New Instructor Advice

    What "floats my boat" evidences itself in a page from a book written by the former Vice-Chancellor of the California Community College System. The bottom line is we need to focus on drawing potential students to the fields of IT and cybersecurity.
  15. Steve Linthicum

    New Instructor Advice

    Most of the teaching I've done is through taxpayer-funded colleges. Where my time was paid for by taxpayers effectively justifies treating learning products as "public domain" resources.
  16. Steve Linthicum

    New Instructor Advice

    Please reach out to me at [email protected]
  17. Steve Linthicum

    Sort of Retired

    I'm happy to say that all of my fall semester grades are in, and I'm enjoying a workload for this month that is almost nothing. I am teaching a single course in digital forensics that for some unknown reason has only one student, requiring adjustment since a number of the assignments are...
  18. Steve Linthicum

    Seasons Greetings, CIN!

    Ditto from me....
  19. Steve Linthicum

    Subnetting

    A nice way to illustrate subnetting is defining a particular need, like a router to router network, where all you want to end up with is two valid host IP addresses for the subnetwork (255.255.255.252). Example: 172.16.0.0 = Network Address 172.16.0.1 = Host 1 172.16.0.2 = Host 2 172.16.0.3 =...
  20. Steve Linthicum

    CertMaster Learn Solutions - We are here to help you!

    Rick, et al. I'm heading into the end of the semester, evaluating what's next. Frankly, I'm missing the physical classroom, not seeing the light bulb go on in the eyes of my students. Zoom, while better than nothing, just doesn't cut it. I'm teaching a single class in the spring, down from the...
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