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  1. Mark Anthony Germanos

    CompTIA Product Dev Team wants to hear from you

    Hi Catherine. I did the waiver a few weeks ago. Do you have it on file?
  2. Mark Anthony Germanos

    To validate that I am an official CompTIA instructor, do I need to have the CTT+ or is there another new related certification?

    It may be a client that, due to their poor decisions, goes out of business.
  3. Mark Anthony Germanos

    CompTIA Product Dev Team wants to hear from you

    Non-repudiation is a good thing. At a client, a user clicked a link he should not have clicked. He ended up forwarding a phish email to everyone in his Address Book. Clients, vendors and coworkers reported the phish. The user told his boss he did not click the link and did not forward any phish...
  4. Mark Anthony Germanos

    CompTIA Product Dev Team wants to hear from you

    Content filtering is a good thing I sold a client on deploying a firewall with content filtering. I routinely block websites in the categories of Adult, Crime, Drugs, Gambling and Violence. The owner noticed. One day, he tracked me down in the hallway and told me to stop blocking his porn. I...
  5. Mark Anthony Germanos

    Instructor needed to teach Networking and Cybersecurity

    Searches for Job Category: All at https://www.fourcounty.net/protected/jobpostingsearch.aspx produced no results. Is the link from the web app to the database accurate?
  6. Mark Anthony Germanos

    To validate that I am an official CompTIA instructor, do I need to have the CTT+ or is there another new related certification?

    Prospective employers have other ways to vet us. They're looking for trainers who know what they are talking about, avoid posting controversial topics on social media and present topics clearly.
  7. Mark Anthony Germanos

    CompTIA Product Dev Team wants to hear from you

    Hehehe. I got a lot. How many can we submit?
  8. Mark Anthony Germanos

    Bounty

    Document your findings, and share them exclusively, in writing, with the client point of contact. They may not see the need to do anything until they incur some pain. Make sure you shield yourself with good documentation.
  9. Mark Anthony Germanos

    701 content question (answer for exam or job interview)

    D and E. Encryption and Decryption because the private key is not publicly available.
  10. Mark Anthony Germanos

    Philadelphia Area Adjunct Instructor Needed - A+ (1101 and 1102) - Fall 2024

    For me, it is 1992 onward, with WordPerfect 5.1 and MS Excel v3.0. They could end up with a Master's Degree holder who is not fully versed in modern technologies :rolleyes:
  11. Mark Anthony Germanos

    Philadelphia Area Adjunct Instructor Needed - A+ (1101 and 1102) - Fall 2024

    Yep. Some retiree that wants an excuse to get out of the house.
  12. Mark Anthony Germanos

    Philadelphia Area Adjunct Instructor Needed - A+ (1101 and 1102) - Fall 2024

    How many years' experience equals a Master's Degree?
  13. Mark Anthony Germanos

    Networking Concepts in Security+

    I choose Stephen's option A. (cover as you come across... I had an impromptu session on subnetting. Not sure why they were in Security+ if they couldn't grasp subnetting a class C network or explaining the reserved IP address ranges.
  14. Mark Anthony Germanos

    CompTIA ChannelCon Save the Date

    I enjoy waiting in line to board the plane and telling someone that the vehicle travels nine miles per minute. You can see the cogs spinning in their heads, trying to figure out how many miles they will go in an hour.
  15. Mark Anthony Germanos

    New to CIN!

    Hi Moez. Your profile picture looks like a dog. Perhaps you’d like to take a selfie and use that as your profile picture instead. A little more professional IMO.
  16. Mark Anthony Germanos

    Continuing Education Question

    Training. You can go one step further, and say continuing training, or continuing education.
  17. Mark Anthony Germanos

    Antivirus as example of Physical Security?

    If virus protection qualifies as physical security, we could argue firmware updates and SEIM log collecting also qualify. We have to draw the line somewhere. :cautious:
  18. Mark Anthony Germanos

    Looking for Remote CompTIA Instructors (A+Core 1 & 2, Network + and Security +)

    I'd like to see if anyone gets hired through this thread. Rachelle, please respond that the job has been filled / is still open after 73 days. Thanks in advance.
  19. Mark Anthony Germanos

    Exam codes in Pearsonvue for Network+?

    For ADA, does the testing environment have text to voice?