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 are ...
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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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
Rochester Community and Technical College is offering the following cybersecurity Exam Prep Courses this spring! Please share with anyone who may be interested
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.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 ...
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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I will be presenting this one-hour seminar on ransomware for the training company Vinsys
Be #Ransomware Ready! Learn to deal with the modern ransomware.
In our webinar “#Cybersecurity: The Evolution of Ransomware” by Mr. Bob Weiss, you will get valuable insights on how the ransomware attacks are evolving and transforming with technological advancements.
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Network+ and Security+ Certification Classes at Rochester Community and Technical CollegeAre you planning to prepare for CompTIA’s Security+ or Network+ certification next year? Then check out these course offerings
Registration Fee: $1999
(must be paid in full at time of registration)
Recommended Textbooks:
THE OFFICIAL COMPTIA NETWORK+ STUDENT GUIDE (EXAM N10-008)
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It has been my great pleasure working with Rochester Community and Technical College (RCTC) and the Mayo Clinic information security group since 2019 presenting a CISSP certification class. For the first time RCTC is offering this class to the general public. If part of your professional development plan is achieving the CISSP certification, you should take a look ...