• CIN will be sunsetting the official CIN app! The app will be turned off on Saturday, August 1st. Thank you to everyone who used the app to post updates. It just was not adopted as much as hoped. This is ONLY the mobile app. The CIN community is not being affected. :)

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  1. BrianFord

    Employers are demanding AI skills. What's the best way to learn them?

    From CBS News. Some interesting reporting from CBS News on research by Resume Genius. My own completely unscientific research would agree: "8 in 10 hiring managers consider AI skills a priority". I was surprised to read this: "while many workers today are well aware of the need to hone...
  2. BrianFord

    Passed SecAI (CY0-001) today.

    I passed CY0-001 several weeks ago. I was impressed by how the way CompTIA exam questions are asked has changed. I didn't find any of the simple questions like "what is port 443?" The questions I saw were all very well thought out. I had not reviewed CertMaster Learn for the CY0-001 exam before...
  3. BrianFord

    Best resources for teaching

    Another question might be what topics students find difficult to grasp?
  4. BrianFord

    If You Had to Restart Security+, What Would You Do Differently?

    My thoughts are inserted into Kristina's response.
  5. BrianFord

    Why recertify?

    Thanks for that post, Greg. Reading this and your other postings, I believe you are (at least in my opinion) an alpha lifelong learner. I'm close, but I think you have me beat in terms of technical diversity. I see that Jason Eckert liked your post, and in my book, he's an alpha too. I'm...
  6. BrianFord

    A+ Practice Exam 1201

    Throughout the CompTIA course and certification offerings, there is a common thread: that people using computing need three things. Those three things are: access to data, the ability to send email, and the ability to receive email. We cover this in Network+, Security+, and Cloud+. I...
  7. BrianFord

    A+ Practice Exam 1201

    The entire cost of a private cloud is borne by the organization that uses it. I would suggest that "does not have capital" rules out Private Cloud as a choice. The statement that "they do not want to share resources" would only rule out the Community cloud. Any organization that uses the cloud...
  8. BrianFord

    New version of Security+ TTT?

    At the last update, the Security+ curriculum update was slated for late 2026.
  9. BrianFord

    Wishing you the Best in 2026

    Happy holidays to all you CINer's! And a special thanks to Stephen and all of the TTT presenters.
  10. BrianFord

    Session 5 CIN TTT AI essentials not loaded on demand

    Check out session 3 & 4. It was announced that there wouldn't be a session 5 during sessions 3 & 4.
  11. BrianFord

    CIN TTT Essentials Series: CompTIA AI Essentials & AI Prompting

    Given there is no Pearson Vue exam. The easy way to verify attendance is to screen cap the first slide in the presentation. If audited they'll contact Stephen and he can verify via the Zoom logs.
  12. BrianFord

    Holding AI Accountable

    I could not agree with Rick more. There is legislation being offered and considered in several states seeking to 'regulate' AI. If you follow the status of that in California you'll likely find that sponsors have brought in supporter to testify about this and similar cases. I watched some of...
  13. BrianFord

    AI essentials TTT session 1 certificate

    Regarding a 'Certificate of Completion for these CompCert TTT sessions. Is this really an issue? The CompCert courses have an assessment contained within the course materials. No 'exam voucher' is available for a CompCert course as there is no external exam. My suggestion regarding...
  14. BrianFord

    Pacing Course Excel Doc for Net+, Sec+?

    Sorry. I interpreted 'They can't afford to fail.' as the students couldn't afford to fail. I've participated in a good number of workplace training programs and find that sometimes the sponsors have unrealistic expectations of the participants. Who knew?
  15. BrianFord

    AI essentials TTT session 1 certificate

    Luckily, that TT has not yet completed so if you tune in today (12/8/25) at 2 PM CST I'm confident Stephen and Nick will provide an update oin that.