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I wanted to give you all a heads-up. A person using the username kiranjadhav010407 has posted all the CompTIA-branded (still copyrighted) Security+ SY0-601 materials on LinkedIn. I reported it and asked that it be taken down, but there were over 350 comments: a mix of copyright warnings and...

OK CINers. I'll confess. I build and distribute flashcards to my students. I've been using Quizlet for years. In 1-on-1 engagements, it has always worked well. It's always handy to have a flashcard deck available for small-group training so students can interact, compete, and demonstrate what...

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...

"Three CompTIA certifications (A+, Cloud+, Security+) are in the top 10 list of hottest certifications in the 2026 Salary Guide From Robert Half. "Candidates with in-demand certifications like those listed below can often command higher starting salaries, notably in sectors experiencing active...

Please be aware that October is Cybersecurity Awareness month. There are many different cybersecurity organizations that recognize and offer additional educational resources around this designation. One such are the folks at StaySafeOnline...

Hey there, fellow Instructors. A couple of notes if you are teaching Network+ and Security+. I noted that some topics are covered in both, but the coverage between the objectives, the course content, and the possible exam questions may differ. (1) How DNS works and how DNS is secured...

Instructors, One of my students asked me yesterday via chat to explain how TikTok could be filtered out of US Internet traffic. As we all know, TikTok is an application that runs on devices and different operating systems. That application communicates with some server or servers to retrieve...

Hello, fellow CINers, TL;DR Sign up for my newsletter at https://fordsnotes.substack.com A long time ago, I created a website and posted content that I developed while preparing and delivering classes. When I remembered, I would tell my students about that site. Sometimes, it helped, as the...

Many things can prevent our students from completing their goals, including: • Fear: Fear of failure can paralyze them, while fear of success can lead to self-sabotage. • Lack of clarity: They might not know what they want to achieve or why they're doing it. • Procrastination: Putting...

For all those Security+ or security interested instructors out there... Law enforcement authorities in the US and Europe recently announced the seizure of data attributed to the Lockbit ransomware team. The seized data included thousands of references to the crypto keys generated to encrypt...

I recently passed the AWS Solution Architect Associate exam. Two days later I received a heads up email message from CompTIA that one of my certifications was 180 days from expiration. I submitted the email from AWS for CEUs via Certmetrics and was very, very pleasantly surprised to receive...

Over several months in 2024 I will be conducting a series of polls of the CompTIA Instructor Network (CIN) Community. Participation is completely voluntary and based on the assumption that respondents are Instructors (i.e. members of CIN). My goal in conducting these polls is to compile data...

Over several months in 2024 I will be conducting a series of polls of the CompTIA Instructor Network (CIN) Community. Participation is completely voluntary and based on the assumption that respondents are Instructors (i.e. members of CIN). My goal in conducting these polls is to compile data...

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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...

Fellow Instructors, In Security+ and again in CySA+ (and CASP+) students need to understand how the www works. I often use Virustotal dot com to briefly demo how to investigate suspect urls and files. I found another web based (free to use) tool that helps explain more. That's urlscan dot...

Hello to all those who will be attending Partner Summit in Las Vegas. Anybody have any info about the Instructor sessions that are planned?