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In today's emails I received a bunch of them that were from CompTIA, each saying the same thing but identifying different certifications I hold: Dear Steven Linthicum, This is a friendly reminder that your CompTIA CySA+ ce certification will expire on Apr 21, 2026. While that is still a couple...

Microsoft appears to be following a new path: "On August 22, we will begin updating our exams so that you will be able to access Microsoft Learn as you complete your exam. This resource will be available in all role-based and specialty exams in all languages by mid-September." Thoughts...

Just received the following email from CompTIA that's worth sharing: CyberSeek, the joint initiative of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's NICE program, Lightcast and CompTIA, announced the latest new data and tools to support cybersecurity workforce development efforts. For...

Below a message I spammed out today to the residents in my senior (55+) community: As some of you know, I'm approaching full retirement from teaching in May as I leave my current role as an IT/cybersecurity professor at Saddleback College and National University. My efforts will then focus on...

The A+ course will run online (zoom, etc.) from 6:00p.m. to 10:30p.m. Pacific Time. I'd do it, having known Jamie for decades, but I'm retiring. Reach out and contact him if interested. His contact information is below.

Wanted to share an article I wrote, detailing test-taking processes I've used over the years and shared with my students. https://www.certmag.com/articles/improve-your-certification-exam-results-with-intelligent-guessing-and-time-management

I've made a conscious decision to fully retire (except for volunteer work), effective June 1st. That decision is in part based upon not moving forward in maintaining my technical skills, specifically as they relate to cloud computing and coding. Living on the technological bleeding edge is...

I thought you might find the table I created interesting as it details the 22 courses in the C-ID course alignment project for the Information Technology - Information Systems (ITIS) discipline. C-ID Descriptors for Information Technology – Information Systems (ITIS) Discipline Course ID...

Does anyone know if Certification Magazine has shut down? Their last article is dated June 24th and my emails to [email protected] have gone unanswered.

In the article I raise the possibility that academic institutions obtaining the NSA/DHS designation as a Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) may be drawing the unwanted attention of ransomware gangs, seeking to demonstrate their skills against alleged hardened targets. Thoughts...

I live in a 55+ community. As I work my way into full retirement I've been providing tech support for community residents. Not wanting to give this service away, I ask residents to make donations by going to the following website...

In an earlier posting I discussed the importance of getting your name out there by writing articles. Since I've decided in retirement to teach less and write more, I thought it a good idea to share this article I wrote (and actually received compensation for). For those of you who are teaching...

Truth be told, I enjoy writing web-based articles even though the compensation is often non-existent. I guess that's the teacher in me who's spending less and less time in the classroom but wants to keep teaching. Recent authored content has been forwarded to Certification Magazine, one of the...

Having taught both Security+ and CySA+ courses fairly recently utilizing the CompTIA student guides and labs for both courses, I'm finding that for CySA+ the student guide provides detailed content for the CompTIA labs but the same is not true for the Security+ learning resources. I see real...

As I approach retirement and turn my direction to "learning for fun" I'm thinking of studying machine learning, AI, and their focus on data. Yeah I know that sounds a little dry, but I've been reading up and content like that contained in this Article, convinces me this pathway will serve to...

The Spring semester is history (grades in) and I'm scaling back from teaching, slipping into retirement. But as most of you know, I'm not very good at doing nothing. Below are the links for the first two articles in a series of articles that I think would ultimately lead to a series of labs that...

Too bad the HTI+ (Home Technology Integrator) certification is no longer available. See: https://www.emporiaenergy.com/blog/managing-electrical-energy-costs-with-tou-limitations

"(ISC)² has created an entry-level cybersecurity certification – a first step through which we can attract and develop diverse talent to round out the cybersecurity teams of the future, including students, recent college graduates and career changers. This is a major shift for (ISC)² and for the...

I'm happy to say that all of my fall semester grades are in, and I'm enjoying a workload for this month that is almost nothing. I am teaching a single course in digital forensics that for some unknown reason has only one student, requiring adjustment since a number of the assignments are...

Guys, I've share this attachment with Stephen and others at CompTIA, but I think it goes a long way at explaining the difference we can all make as CIN members. A while back there was a posting in the CIN Jobs section about mentoring for a non-profit. Since oftentimes I'm no longer gainfully...