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Control Categories (Operational vs Managerial)
I've always presented managerial controls as those that someone in authority requires that those subjects that are under that authority follow. Managerial controls require that a subject do something because that is the way they were told or ordered to do it. Managerial controls override a...- BrianFord
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- Forum: CompTIA Security+
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WHERE IS THE IT INDUSTRY GOING?
The IT or Information Technology industry continues to evolve and grow in many interesting ways. One of the most interesting features in the evolution of IT is the evolution defining what information is and how information is captured, stored and accessed. Information is often based on data...- BrianFord
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- Forum: Certifications
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701 content question (answer for exam or job interview)
Just an opinion but multiple choice questions (in my experience) generally don't work well in interview settings. Unless the options are yes and no. But note that yes and no questions also don't work well in assessing candidates in an interview setting. If this were a question on a...- BrianFord
- Post #8
- Forum: CompTIA Security+
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Do you teach students that encoding is the same as encrypting?
Nope. Session keys don't do any encoding. Session keys are used by cryptographic algorithms / ciphers to encode data. The process of taking some plaintext and using a cipher and a key to produce ciphertext is encryption. When this happens in a computer or on a network that data is encoded.- BrianFord
- Post #6
- Forum: CompTIA Security+
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Do you teach students that encoding is the same as encrypting?
Nope. Encoding implies that the process is reversible and changes the information formatting for some technical reason. One common technical reason when you encode ASCII text into octal or binary for transmission over a network. You encode data written to storage. That data can be easily...- BrianFord
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- Forum: CompTIA Security+
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Networking Concepts in Security+
I have a list of Net+ concepts that are covered in Sec+ and have developed notes and videos that I share with students that are not confident with their understandings of those topics. I call these concepts out as being Net+ and tell students if they have questions to let me know so I can...- BrianFord
- Post #19
- Forum: CompTIA Security+
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CompTIA ChannelCon Save the Date
CompTIA ChannelCon 2024 July 30-August 1, 2024 Atlanta, GA Venue: Hyatt Regency Atlanta For no more information see: https://connect.comptia.org/channelcon/home- BrianFord
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- Forum: CIN Open Forums
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Great point Greg. People ask me why I focus on Sec+, CySA+, and CASP+. Why don't I pursue Network+ and Project+ since I worked in those areas in the past. I started curating my certifications back in 2020. Making sure that I can maintain the ones that are important to me and that I enjoy...- BrianFord
- Post #7
- Forum: CIN Open Forums
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Classroom Signage
When I taught in a classroom I always sought out relevant posters and made sure they were in place students would see them entering and exiting the room and near the break room area. Great conversation starter and for reinforcement of concepts. A great source used to be SANS and some of the...- BrianFord
- Post #3
- Forum: CompTIA A+
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AIPS and PIDS?
Michael, Sorry to read you are down on CompTIA Support. They are really working hard to try and make the product great. In this instance I believe that the SME may be CompTIA staff and the Security+ Product Manager will probably be looking at this thread. On behalf of all of us CINers thank...- BrianFord
- Post #9
- Forum: CompTIA Security+
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AIPS and PIDS?
Probably a typo. What would the answer be if an AIPS is a HIPS and a PIDS is a NIDS?- BrianFord
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- Forum: CompTIA Security+
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2023 Years in Review!
Great thread! I'm going to respond differently. In 2023 ... I taught 12 courses. Security+ and CySA+. That was just under 200 students. My student's 'I passed the exam' response rate was just under 20%. I worked with 6 private training clients. Security+, CySA+, and CISSP. 100% of my...- BrianFord
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- Forum: CIN Open Forums
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**Chinese hackers allegedly target US infrastructure as 'Volt Typhoon' **
As cybersecurity professionals we should all understand that attribution - linking malicious activities to subjects or threat actors - is very difficult in that we are often using latent not direct evidence. Recall that latent evidence requires some analysis and interpretation. Direct evidence... -
*** Tech Fortress Thursday ***
Great query! Here is my response. #1 - Analysis - Objective: Looking at and understanding the opportunity to be addressed or solved. Defining the bounds of the opportunity. The potential inputs and desired outputs. Analysis ends with an opportunity document. That opportunity document...- BrianFord
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- Forum: CompTIA Security+
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Most "Effective" Cybersecurity Defense
Security Awareness Training. When utilized successfully, training users has the potential to reduce the overall threat surface of an organization by raising user awareness of both malicious and non-malicious threats.- BrianFord
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- Forum: CompTIA Security+
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Just completed the CIN TTT Series - Security+ SY0-701 CML - Sessions
Thanks everyone for your gracious feedback. I really enjoyed developing and delivering this update material to the CIN audience.- BrianFord
- Post #6
- Forum: CompTIA Security+
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Security+ 601 vs 701 Break down
Sounds like Jason or someone at Dion Training listened to the Sneak Peek and the first couple of CIN Security+ SY0-701 TTT webinars.- BrianFord
- Post #20
- Forum: CompTIA Security+
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What is a good final score in CompTIA Learn for CySA+?
Anything that says 'pass' is excellent.- BrianFord
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- Forum: CompTIA CySA+
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TTT Soap Box: Breaking the Ice!
Greetings Fellow Instructors! In advance of the upcoming Security+ TTT series I wanted to ask the Instructor Community for their ideas, thoughts, and opinions about some of the tools of our instructional trade. How do you 'break the ice' with the students in your classes? What do you do as...- BrianFord
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- Forum: Instructor Toolbox