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  1. Brian Callahan

    Passed CS0-003 Exam

    Congrats+
  2. Brian Callahan

    AI Training

    I am not opposed to this. I have a lot of questions as to how it might be implemented and how the expansions integrate with existing certs (e.g., Do I need additional CEUs if I have the cert+expansion? Why no CASP AI+?). But I would definitely be interested in helping out with and taking every...
  3. Brian Callahan

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

    🤷‍♂️ I suppose we will have to agree to disagree. Both the book's and your definitions are correct (and I wasn't debating that, in fact I made that exact point). My point is I don't think it matters over the course of what the Security+ is trying to accomplish, and I still don't. I think there...
  4. Brian Callahan

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

    As an instructor (not a CompTIA SME), I would make the following tweaks: Change: ‘Cryptography, which literally means “secret writing,” is the art of making information secure by encoding it. ‘ to: ‘Cryptography, which literally means “secret writing,” is the art of making information secure by...
  5. Brian Callahan

    When to switch to teaching new exam revision?

    I did not mean there are no 701 materials. I meant there are no 701 materials on our employee learning platform.
  6. Brian Callahan

    When to switch to teaching new exam revision?

    Thanks! This was my thinking too. But alas, no 701 materials yet :(
  7. Brian Callahan

    When to switch to teaching new exam revision?

    Not for me. I have a very rich understanding of my security students; most of them are with me every single day as they work for me in my research lab and then also are in classes with me. I know them not simply as students but as the people they are. If on rare event one of them fails a...
  8. Brian Callahan

    When to switch to teaching new exam revision?

    Our semester ends in early May. They will fail my course if they don't take exam before the end of the semester.
  9. Brian Callahan

    When to switch to teaching new exam revision?

    Hi all -- I have 4 students taking the Security+ this semester. I am going to have them all take the 601, since they will all be done long before July. A primary factor for my decision is that our university purchases Skillsoft/Percipio as our employee learning platform (which all students have...
  10. Brian Callahan

    Networking Concepts in Security+

    In my infosec course, I can't assume that students have taken our network programming course, since it's not a direct (or indirect) prereq. So I have a week of lecture early in the semester where we cover as much of networking as we can. It's not "enough," but it is enough to get them...
  11. Brian Callahan

    Cloud+ beta, february 2024

    Good luck to everyone. My Cloud+ is good through 2029 so not much motivation to try the 004 beta.
  12. Brian Callahan

    Pentest+ Passed

    Congrats+
  13. Brian Callahan

    CompTIA 2024 extended product vision

    Saw this on LinkedIn today: https://www.comptia.org/newsroom/press-releases/comptia-2024-product-vision-extends-the-depth-and-breadth-of-learning-options-for-students-and-career-professionals Wonder what others think about it. Most interesting to me is the Pro series, where there is...
  14. Brian Callahan

    14 active certifications......for now

    Somehow, I've managed to complete my Pokédex. I suppose I have to pass CloudNetX and DataX this year to keep that true.
  15. Brian Callahan

    PASSED XK0-005

    Congrats+
  16. Brian Callahan

    701 TTT vouchers

    Just got one! Check your emails :)
  17. Brian Callahan

    Completed the Pokédex

    Passed DataSys+ this morning. The TTT helped a ton. I now have the (very dubious) distinction of joining the club of those who have earned all active CompTIA certs... ...until DataX and CloudNetX release, at least. Thanks to all the TTT hosts, CompTIA, and fellow CINners. It has been fun...
  18. Brian Callahan

    2023 Years in Review!

    Exams passed in 2023... Network+ CSA CCSK ISC2 CISSP Google Cybersecurity Certificate Google IT Support Certificate Fortinet Certified Fundamentals Cybersecurity ISC2 CCSP Cloud+ CASP+ CSA CCZT Server+ I'll be passing DataSys+ before the end of the year, which will earn me all currently active...
  19. Brian Callahan

    Passed XK0-005 on the last day of my TTT voucher's validity 🎉

    Congrats+ (Hard to believe it's been a year since the TTT!)