Search results

  1. jasoneckert

    Passed Network+ today!

    Had a dusty old voucher lying around from the last TTT — figured I should probably use it before it expired and turned into digital compost. This exam actually had a suspicious number of networking questions on it... 😏 Props to the TTT session for giving me just enough of a guilt trip to...
  2. jasoneckert

    Do You Report Cheating?

    Braindumps have existed since the early days of IT certification, dating back to when vendors like SCO and Novell first introduced exams. While the widespread use of braindumps is disheartening - undermining the credibility of certifications and devaluing the efforts of those who earn them...
  3. jasoneckert

    Cautionary tale for IT professionals

    I recently visited a Canadian National Park. While in the visitor's centre, I stopped to take some of the pamphlets at the at the round information kiosk: Lady behind kiosk: If you like, you can sign our visitor's guestbook over here. Me: Sure, I'd like that. Lady behind kiosk: So, where are...
  4. jasoneckert

    CompTIA A+ 1201 and 1202 passed

    Congrats+
  5. jasoneckert

    What's in a name?

    From a Linux perspective, SecurityX sounds a bit outdated. SecurityWayland is more modern.
  6. jasoneckert

    CIN TTT Series: Linux+ V8

    This will be a fun series. We’ll sudo our way up the command line food chain... then script it, ship it, and scale it with Ansible and K8s 🥳
  7. jasoneckert

    Passed CloudNetX CNX-001

    Congrats+
  8. jasoneckert

    Passed Cloudnetx

    Congrats+
  9. jasoneckert

    Passed Linux+ XK0-005

    Sure, Linux is a tough topic area, but only at first. As a Linux user/developer/admin for over 25 years, I can assure you that with enough practice, caffeine, vi-induced Stockholm syndrome, and a few regrettable life decisions and kernel rebuilds, you'll eventually find it second nature... or at...
  10. jasoneckert

    Passed Linux+ XK0-005

    Congrats+
  11. jasoneckert

    Security+ and Certified Ethical Hacker Content Overlap

    I'll echo what @Gregory Childers said but add more of my observations and context. Firstly, like it's name and objectives suggest, CEH is more comparable to Pentest+ than Security+ in topic focus. Secondly, aside from one very biased internship host out east that only hires college grads with...
  12. jasoneckert

    Updated class room to iMac M4 from Windows Surface

    Plus, you can always overclock it to get more performance and longevity out of it. Of course, I recently did this too.
  13. jasoneckert

    2025 NICE Conference and Expo

    Nice!
  14. jasoneckert

    Cloud Essentials+ retires on September 25, 2025

    Anyone remember the long-retired Mobility+ certification back in the days of BlackBerry and the rise of Exchange ActiveSync?
  15. jasoneckert

    Wondering what type of organization you work for as a trainer

    Post-secondary college here!
  16. jasoneckert

    Pearsonvue test center? You got one?

    Yes - a number of our campuses run a Pearson VUE testing center. They have a dedicated test center administrator, and yes, we are paid for hosting and administering exams (otherwise we wouldn't do it).
  17. jasoneckert

    Unused servers

    In a physical lab, provisioning a bare metal server (e.g., with Proxmox) and configuring iDRAC or iLO is a valuable skill for IT students. If, however, your students could benefit from building some upper body strength, I suggest: https://www.cloudfest.com/world-server-throwing-championship
  18. jasoneckert

    Xpert Series - DataX and CloudNetX

    Ditto here - more hybrid cloud-specific design and technology topics for me too that I didn't notice on Network+ or Cloud+ (hence the theme I approached the CloudNetX TTT with).
  19. jasoneckert

    New cert: SecOT+

    Ah - security for the 'non-carpeted IT' :)