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  1. Hank Cox

    PenTest+ Students have fewer labs than instructors

    I prepared to teach PT0-003 using the CertMaster instructor materials, which have 44 labs. The CertMaster PT0-003 student materials have only 28 labs. CompTIA customer service did not have any information on this. Does anyone here know why the CertMaster PT0-003 student and instructor...
  2. Hank Cox

    "Monitoring in AWS" Lab instructions need update

    The instructions for the CASP+ lab "Assisted Lab: Configure Monitoring in the AWS Cloud" are no longer correct. The instructions in the section "Use Cloudwatch Events to Alert on Changes" do not match the AWS UI. The lab instructions need to be updated. I filed a support request with Skillable...
  3. Hank Cox

    CS0-003 Lesson 1 Question 14 typo: "patchwork"

    The Official CompTIA CySA+ (Exam CS0-003) Lesson 1 Question 14: Inaccurate content: “A system administrator is performing patchwork on their organization's system. The administrator realizes the maintenance window will close before they complete the patchwork.” Explanation: “Patchwork” means...
  4. Hank Cox

    CySA+ CS0-003 prep warning - instructor manual missing slides from margin notes

    Previous CompTIA instructor manuals had margin notes showing where each slide fits into the topics. For example, the Security+ SY0-701 instructor manual does a good job of listing almost every slide in the margin notes. In the CySA+ (CS0-003) instructor manual, starting with Lesson 6, the margin...
  5. Hank Cox

    Corrections for CAS-004 content before using the content in CAS-005 / SecurityX

    My compliments to the CAS-004 developers! I have taught CAS-004 several times, and found almost no errors in the student manuals. Is anyone here working on developing the new CAS-005 / SecurityX materials? @Stephen Schneiter does the development team want instructors to report inaccurate...
  6. Hank Cox

    701 content question (answer for exam or job interview)

    If the question shown below were asked in a job interview, which answers would you advise students to select? Would your advice be the same if the question were on the 701 cert exam? Given the definition of "cryptographic algorithm" in the 701 manual, I don't know which answers would be scored...
  7. Hank Cox

    Do you teach students that encoding is the same as encrypting?

    Topic 3A in the 701 course uses "encoding" and "encryption" as synonyms. I think students should understand the difference between the two terms. I would appreciate knowing what other instructors think about these terms. Does encoding = encryption? I would also appreciate feedback from a...