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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Keeping PowerShell: Measures to Use and Embrace

Original release date: June 22, 2022

Cybersecurity authorities from the United States, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom have released a joint Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CIS) on PowerShell. The CIS provides recommendations for proper configuration and monitoring of PowerShell, as opposed to removing or disabling it entirely due to its use ...

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220-1100 series, ICS, Log4Shell, operational technology, OT, Powershell, SCADA, WMware

Comments of the CompTIA Security+ SY0-601 Exam

by Bob Weiss

I am doing a lot of one-to-one tutoring with students who are preparing for the new SY0-601 Security+ certification exam. As I have done with the CISSP, CASP+, and CySA+ certifications, I have done some research and put together this post to help students prepare for the exam.

To that end, if you find this post as your prepare for your ...

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New A+ Exams 220-1100 and 220-1101 Due for April Release

By Bob Weiss

The new A+ exams will be released on April 20th, and the current A+ exams will be retiring six months later on October 20th. To all those still studying for the 1000 series, you have almost 6 months left before the current exam retires.

Every time the exams change, about once every three years, there is a flurry of ...

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220-1100 series, A+

CHANGES TO THE CISSP EXAM LENGTH COMING SOON

Beginning June 1, 2022, additional pretest items and time will be added to the CISSP exam for the Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) format.

The current CISSP CAT exam contains 25 pretest (unscored) items. The addition of 25 more items will bring the total count to 50 pretest items. With these added items, the minimum and maximum ...

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New Insights About the New CISSP Exam May 2021 Update

As many of you know, I teach a number of information security certification classes, especially the (ISC)2 CISSP certification. Almost a year ago the (ISC)2 update the course content and questions for the CISSP. Students that I have taught since then have started taking and passing the new exam, and here are some of their comments.

This is a ...

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MAR

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CompTIA Server+ Exam Insights and Performance Based Questions

I passed the Server+ exam yesterday. 90 minutes for 82 questions. 759 out of 900, and I needed 750 to pass. All but the first two question were multiple choice, single answer or multiple choose, multiple answer (pick two). I would recommend knowing a bit of Linux for this exam. While there is no work at a simulated terminal prompt, you do ...

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MAR

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CISSP and Security+ are Available Online in April from RCTC

Rochester Community and Technical College is offering the following cybersecurity Exam Prep Courses this spring! Please share with anyone who may be interested

CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)
- Combination of online modules and virtual instructor led sessions
- Starts April 5, 2022
- Hybrid-Virtual-CISSP Flyer Spring 2022c
Security+
- Instructor led sessions
- Starts April 11, 2022
- Live Online-Security Plus Spring 2022

For more information, please see ...

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

CHANGES TO THE CISSP EXAM LENGTH COMING SOON

Beginning June 1, 2022, additional pretest items and time will be added to the CISSP exam for the Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) format.The current CISSP CAT exam contains 25 pretest (unscored) items. The addition of 25 more items will bring the total count to ...

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MAR

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New Insights for the CASP+ CAS-004 Exam

By Bob Weiss

I just took the new CASP+ CAS-004 Exam on March 14. This exam is an unscored pass/fail exam. I passed. There were very many questions where the feeling was “when did we ever learn about this.” I’m an instructor for this course, and several others. So the moral of the story, let go of ...

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MAR

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CAS-004, CASP+

Webinar: Anatomy of a Phishing Exploit

Cyber-hygiene alert!! You are invited to a one hour seminar titled Anatomy of a Phishing Exploit. I will be the presenter

Understand cyber-hygiene essentials to secure your data from phishing attacks in a highly informative, one-hour webinar organized by Vinsys. The heaping cases of cybercrime worldwide has raised a serious concern to organizations and their data. ...

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account hijacking, certification, email, Phishing, public event, social engineering