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  1. Gregory Childers

    Got me all excited and then...

    Good for you. I've only been here five years so it's good to see that you've made it to the bigtime.
  2. Gregory Childers

    What's in a name?

    Now that CompTIA is being run as a for-profit organization, I wouldn't be surprised to see some of their current certifications to get retired. A+/Network+/Security+ have always been the most popular, but traditionally CompTIA has done a very poor job of marketing the rest.
  3. Gregory Childers

    Passed CloudNetX CNX-001

    Congratulations
  4. Gregory Childers

    Passed SecurityX CAS-005

    The people who are exam cramming their way to paper certs are the sane people who complain that CompTIA exams are too expensive. Then I remind them that GIAC, ISC2, ISACA, and OffSec certifications are much more expensive.
  5. Gregory Childers

    Passed SecurityX CAS-005

    I'm concerned that with the continual reduction in length, they may be removing the rigor of the exam. There are a lot of candidates who somehow manage to pass the exams without the minimum five years of experience. CompTIA exams are already like that. There are far too many people who exam...
  6. Gregory Childers

    Security+ Voucher

    The new version of Security+ hasn't been announced yet, so it wouldn't be until 2026 at the earliest.
  7. Gregory Childers

    Passed SecurityX CAS-005

    It was 125-175 questions. Since last year, it is 100-150 questions. A long time ago it was over 300 questions with a paper and pencil exam.
  8. Gregory Childers

    In-Class Exercises

    The labs are a good way to reinforce the knowledge, but CompTIA doesn't test people on how to use the tools. They test on the concepts. Any labs are good as long as they help reinforce the knowledge. Quite frankly, some vendors are better at writing study guides and creating labs than CompTIA.
  9. Gregory Childers

    Passed SecurityX CAS-005

    ISC2 officially shortened the CISSP exam from 125-175 questions to 100-150 questions (for the CAT version) and reduced the time limit from four hours to three hours, effective April 15, 2024 . DataX vouchers were distributed a while back. That's how I got mine to take the exam.
  10. Gregory Childers

    Passed PT0-003 today

    Exams are easy or difficult based on your level of experience. Two decades ago, I thought Security+ was easy. Now I find it incredibly simple after passing six different versions of the exam. The second question is impossible to answer because all jobs are role-specific and have their own...
  11. Gregory Childers

    Passed SecurityX CAS-005

    The only current CompTIA exams I haven't completed are Linux+ and DataX. I've got DataX scheduled within a month. I also passed the CISSP with the minimum number of questions, which was 125 at the time before they shortened the exam by 25 questions last year.
  12. Gregory Childers

    Passed PT0-003 today

    Congratulations! In my opinion, SecX is a bit easier than PenTest+ because you don't have to know 50+ different tool sets. Good luck!
  13. Gregory Childers

    Passed Linux+ XK0-005

    In my opinion, CySA+ was much easier than PenTest+ but your mileage my vary.
  14. Gregory Childers

    Are There New Requirements for CompTIA Trainers?

    I have the MCCT and used to work for a sister company to the one that developed it. There's some decent content, but it's ridiculously easy to pass and lacks the depth of the CTT+.
  15. Gregory Childers

    What Machine Learning Libraries Are You Betting On in 2025?

    Just signed up for an account and this is the first post. Looks like a spam account.
  16. Gregory Childers

    Passed Linux+ XK0-005

    Without a doubt, the Linux+ exam is the toughest CompTIA exam outside of the SecurityX/CloudNetX/DataX Expert series exams. PenTest+ is probably the second toughest. Congratulations! Are you considering other Linux certifications like Linux Professional Institute (LPI) or RedHat?
  17. Gregory Childers

    Passed SecurityX CAS-005

    They had a VM question in both the previous CAS-004 and the current CAS-005.
  18. Gregory Childers

    Passed SecurityX CAS-005

    I can't particularly think of any topic that was particularly difficult. There was one that seemed to go deeper than the exam objectives about ISC/SCADA, but that's all I can recall.
  19. Gregory Childers

    Passed SecurityX CAS-005

    I've got 30+ years of IT experience, 25+ years of technical training experience, and 20+ years of cybersecurity experience. I passed the previous version of SecurityX in 2022, and also passed the CISSP and CISM. Yeah, I'm sure that it was easy for me because of my experience. I barely...
  20. Gregory Childers

    Passed SecurityX CAS-005

    I took the exam online using Pearson Vue's OnVue service and it was issue-free. From what I could tell, the exam has not changed much since the previous version. As I said before, I didn't look at the exam objectives or study at all but still had a rather easy time. Of the four PBQs, three...
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