By Bob Weiss
I often get the question from people looking to move into a cybersecurity career, “Where should I start.” The standard answer used to be, “Get an entry-level help desk position and work your way up to cybersecurity.” But with the plethora of IT and cybersecurity university degree programs, technical college programs, and the critical need for cybersecurity professionals in government, business, ...
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I passed another certification exam, this time for CompTIA’s Cloud+. It was harder than I expected, but I passed with a score of 777 out of 900.
The test was all single answer multiple choice, with a few PICK TWO questions.
The first question was the only Performance Based Question (PBQ), and it involved reviewing the configuration of a network diagram. I had to ...
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I have recently recertified for Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v11). My existing certification was on CEH v7, which I took in 2006. One of my training partners needed me to recertify on the current version so I would be qualified to teach the CEH class
I originally took CEH v7 back in 2006. CEH was my second certification, my first was Microsoft’s old-school ...
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CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Exam Prep – NEW!Accelerate your cybersecurity career with the world’s premier cybersecurity certification – the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). The CISSP certification was created to ensure professionals in computer security have standardized knowledge of the field. Earning the CISSP proves you have what it takes to effectively design, implement and manage ...
Continue Reading →This is a gift from LycanWolfe on reddit/r/CompTIA. Used with permission.
I struggled memorizing these and hope these tricks I used to get them to actually stay in my brain rather than memory dump after tests help you as well :). Try making your own mnemonics as I feel the process of making ways to remember helps it stick much faster and you’ll always remember the funny way you linked things up.
File Transfer Protocol – FTP: 20-21. ...
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by Andrea Gibbs
Children are susceptible to online dangers just as adults are, but their lack of experience and comprehension often leads them to put themselves in more dangerous situations than they realize. Many parents are unaware of the dangers their child faces on the Internet and may not think they are doing anything wrong.
Providing a child with information while keeping their age ...
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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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By Joey Pepka of Peptronics
[Editor comments: I feel like we all have become experts on using conferencing applications such as Zoom, Teams, and WebEx. I had an opportunity last moth to participate in a Zoom session that used breakout rooms, thanks to Jackie Mene at Micro Business Alliance. Joey’s article just seemed to hit a point where many of us ...
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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 ...
Continue Reading →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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