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  1. Mark Anthony Germanos

    CompTIA Instructors & Mentors Needed (Remote – Flexible Schedule)

    I'd say that is the $1,000,000 question nobody wants to be the first to ask. :)
  2. Mark Anthony Germanos

    Do I have to Create my own Presentations

    When I add slides, I add an asterisk at the end of the title.
  3. Mark Anthony Germanos

    What prevents our students from completing their goals

    I love the caffeine comments, and disclose I had Diet Coke and a banana for breakfast. ;) Getting back to business, I vote for Brian's "Underestimating the difficulty: Not realizing how hard it will be to achieve their goal."
  4. Mark Anthony Germanos

    Happy Thanksgiving, CIN!

    And it was great to meet you in person in Atlanta, Rick. Let’s shoot for next year in Nashville. Which vendor will be sponsoring our cold brews?
  5. Mark Anthony Germanos

    Ransomware Attack

    Can you italicize “may” in the second to last step?
  6. Mark Anthony Germanos

    Advanced degrees

    I hold a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations Policy Problems from Michigan State University. If anybody wants to know why the world has so many America haters, just see me🤪.
  7. Mark Anthony Germanos

    Cybersecurity Terms

    Yes, the poor soul is the intended target, aka attack surface.
  8. Mark Anthony Germanos

    Cybersecurity Terms

    Since we're talking terms, let's address mantrap and access control vestibule. In my Security+ class, I use the same slide for both and explain how the industry is trying to sterilize verbiage. If you go to a job site and talk to the foreman, asking about the "access control vestibule" may lead...
  9. Mark Anthony Germanos

    Cybersecurity Terms

    Attack surface is the target. Attack vector is the avenue of attack. For example, a phish email is an attack vector and the poor soul who opens it and clicks a link is the attack target.
  10. Mark Anthony Germanos

    CA1-005: CompTIA SecurityX Certification Beta Exam

    Should we be expecting more feedback from a beta exam than a real-world exam? A simple pass/fail seems insufficient. Part of the reason beta exams become available is so Subject Matter Experts can sit the exam and provide feedback to a) the exam writers, and b) those who are pondering spending...
  11. Mark Anthony Germanos

    CE Maintenance Fees

    CompTIA should do a better job promoting higher certs. A lot of certificate earners just pay the CE fees because they do not know they can get a higher cert and avoid the CE fees. Also let's remember, the higher cert helps them qualify for jobs with more $$, more pride and more responsibility.
  12. Mark Anthony Germanos

    ChatGPT Privacy: What You Need to Know Before You Type

    Yep. People are used to over sharing on social media and now prompts. They don’t realize the data they share is being harvested. Thank you precious for responding.
  13. Mark Anthony Germanos

    ChatGPT Privacy: What You Need to Know Before You Type

    Thank you Lee for responding. We may be moving to an AI Cognito mode like we have with our web browsers. We sign in but then have the option to be recorded/not be recorded. Let's see who is first to propose that.
  14. Mark Anthony Germanos

    ChatGPT Privacy: What You Need to Know Before You Type

    ChatGPT’s Footer In a recent ChatGPT session, I noticed the footer “Don’t share sensitive info. Chats may be reviewed and used to train our models. Learn more.” Not sure if they recently added it, or if our ChatGPT friends have put that there from the beginning. Regardless, I am writing about...
  15. Mark Anthony Germanos

    AI-Powered Suno Transforms Left-Brain Trainers into Music Creators

    We'll be looking for your playlist on Monday morning. Good day Rick.
  16. Mark Anthony Germanos

    AI-Powered Suno Transforms Left-Brain Trainers into Music Creators

    Thank you precious. Everybody needs to step away from the usual bump and grind to nourish the other part of our brains :).
  17. Mark Anthony Germanos

    AI-Powered Suno Transforms Left-Brain Trainers into Music Creators

    Suno Revolutionizes Music Creation for Analytical People Like You and Me Suno is an AI-powered music creation platform that offers significant potential for businesses across various industries. This innovative tool streamlines content creation, reduces costs and provides unique branding...
  18. Mark Anthony Germanos

    Teaching CASP+ next week

    I am getting that with my Security+ students. They come into class expecting to digest the Security+ curriculum and then run job hunts, but they do not understand why subnet masks, DNS and VLANs exist. They instead get A+ training and transition to Security+ the following week.. I feel we are...
  19. Mark Anthony Germanos

    How Microsoft is Powering AI with Three Mile Island

    I foresee more old operating facilities coming back online/remaining online to help satisfy the AI demand. Thank you Precious for responding.
  20. Mark Anthony Germanos

    How Microsoft is Powering AI with Three Mile Island

    Three Mile Island: From Meltdown to Microsoft’s AI Power Play Three Mile Island unit 1 is coming back online, thanks to Microsoft and AI demand. Remember Three Mile Island? That nuclear plant south of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania that gave us all a scare back in 1979? Well, it’s making a comeback...