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A bit random, but I was going to schedule my Sec+ and was looking at the ID requirements for CompTIA testing and I have my drivers license ok, but it doesn’t look like they take the Social Security Card for a second form, so I pulled out my passport…and it’s expired. The question is, does anyone happen to know if the expired passport will work for my second form?
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BaseballPCHiker posted:I think they'll also except like a debit/credit card with your name on it as well. I hadn’t thought about credit cards having signatures on the back. I wonder if I tweeted at them they’d hit me back? Edit: There’s a note a bit further down about how to contact them for ID questions. I’ll try that. navyjack fucked around with this message at 22:10 on Jan 4, 2022 |
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Does anybody have a resource for really understanding the differences between the various “*aaS” schemes? Preferably with examples? I’ve gone over them and over them and be sure I understand them and then when I take a Sec+ practice test there’ll be 6 questions and I’ll get 5 wrong it’s making me crazy.
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Feb 7, 2022 22:56
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cage-free egghead posted:This should help out! I’ve done the Professor Messer videos, but thanks for the response. Cyks posted:May also help to look up cloud certifications, as that is usually one of the first things covered by AWS/Azure material. Hopefully this link works I’d have to go back and see the exact ones, but I had one that was playing a video game from anywhere which turned out to be Desktop as a Service, and another one that ended up being XaaS (anything as a service). At a certain point I feel like I’m just being hosed with. FUaaS 
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Feb 7, 2022 23:25
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Passed my Sec+ today. It was very hard and I was making GBS threads bricks the whole time, convinced i failed. Thank you Professor Messer and Jason Dion!!
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Feb 18, 2022 23:40
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Professor Latency posted:Did it! Passed Net+ with a 784. The entire time I felt like I was getting every question wrong. This was me with Sec+ last week. Would have sworn blind that I got 60% until I got done with that goddam survey at the end and got my score.
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Feb 27, 2022 00:19
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BaseballPCHiker posted:The best method, that worked for me at least, was the "magic number" method. Quoting to find later.
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Mar 16, 2022 17:36
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Cyks posted:That's a good video but I feel like people stress out too much thought into subnetting , especially for the exams. I've seen bootcamps that dedicate a whole day to the topic. Quoting so I can find it again when I’m not half in the bag
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Mar 18, 2022 05:52
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Ok, taking my network+ in a week and a half, after passing Sec+ in Feb. I have a pretty good grip on subnetting, ports, and cabling bandwidth. Any other areas where I should be sure to memorize for test day? Like did you finish and were like “ooh I wish I’d memorized the difference between EAP, EAP-FAST, and LEAP or some other dumb poo poo?
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Jun 20, 2022 07:38
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Dandywalken posted:The 802.11 standards in terms of operating frequencies, data throughput, etc. For the cabling stuff, be sure to know max lengths etc too as well as connector types for ethernet and fiber. Knowing basic differences between TACAS+ and RADIUS too helped too. I’m taking the 07 on the last day it’s offered  Thanks for the tip!
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Jun 21, 2022 18:21
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Network+ tomorrow after lunch. Scoring routine high 70s and low 80s on Jason Dion tests which is about where I was when I passed my Sec+. Wish me luck!
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Jun 29, 2022 06:28
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Who has 00000010 thumbs and just passed Net+? 127.0.0.0, that’s who!
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Unexpected Raw Anime posted:Just wanted to post a wonderful shout out to this thread. I’m in the restaurant biz and trying to get my first IT job with Net/Sec+, so I’m curious as to what you’re initial path looked like to get your foot in the door. Helpdesk?
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LochNessMonster posted:The CompTIA certs are definitely entry level. CCNA is already more in depth and sets you up for your entry level network admin job, unless you're planning to take on more certs before applying to a new job. If I passed Net+ without every having worked in IT and only done virtual lab networking, can I pass CCNA or is that going to require more hands on Cisco equipment to be able to challenge the test?
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:have not been a fan of mike myers course at all. professor messer's boring, monotone and dense but his videos track the COMPTIA objectives pretty closely. Myer's has his own system for covering information that is completely unrelated to the A+ objective structure. His videos seem mainly focused on trying to teach you to be a decent PC repairman which is what A+ is supposed to do but doesn't really help you so much with an exam that's mainly focused on making sure you know every single adjective, and how many pins are on particular pieces of RAM. He's been really helpful actually at getting me to understand the way certain computer things work more than the other guys so I wouldn't say he's a bad teacher just one teaching a different course than what he says he is. I've actually found Dion's practice exams and super helpful and the part where he goes over PBQ's to actually be really good grounding for the multiple choice stuff too. Other than that I'm just rereading my ExamCram textbook which I really don't like but its too late and too much money to switch to a better one (The author will often forget about facts hes supposed to cover and will just cram it into a single sentence in a different paragraph. His explanation for GPT in disc formatting was just the ways it upgraded MBR without ever explaining what MBR was as a baseline or even giving me the full name. I actually would have been completely lost without Myer's explanation on the subject credit where its due.) Messer is greatly improved by putting him on 1.5x or higher speed so he actually talks at a rate that humans normally communicate at.
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BornAPoorBlkChild posted:https://twitter.com/ccna_tips/status/1578248755278757888?t=LtDhf2Ix8oxViJsKx0HxXQ&s=19 There is actually a fun acronym that is so good that I forgot it and now just know that port off the top of my head and don’t know why. THIS is FOR The PERVERTS!!!!!! navyjack fucked around with this message at 08:12 on Oct 9, 2022 |
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:Passed core 1 with an 800. Now to cram for core 2 tomorrow because I decided to do this in the stupidest way possible (both tests at once without researching edition retirement dates in a city with only one testing center only open on weekends run by a very mean man) Doing core 1 on Monday and 2 on Tuesday. I feel pretty good about 1, less steady on 2. Guess we’ll find out.
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:Everyone on reddit who talks about their scores seems to get a lower score on 2 than on 1. I had an anxiety attack during the test I'm having an anxiety attack now cramming and wish I had just restudied for 11 and taken my time. I felt my soul leave my body during Net+ and passed it, so you got this
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:After all that I passed with a score exactly two points higher. I am a+ certified just under the retirement wire. I was much less confident going in then for the first one but once the test was going I thought it was easier (even though I scored almost the same so I guess not really) I guess my anxiety made me over-prepare. Grats! Network + just retired iirc so you’ve got 3 years if you want to do that one.
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Taking A+ core 2 in a couple hours. Anything I should dump into my brain?
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navyjack posted:Taking A+ core 2 in a couple hours. Anything I should dump into my brain? Reverse trifecta completed, suckers!
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Sacrist65 posted:Has anyone taken the CySA exam recently? I decided to take the Udemy course and am in the process of taking practice exam. Relevant to my interests as well
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Sacrist65 posted:Got my CySA+! I’m supposed to take mine end of summer. Would you be up for a PM to talk about what you saw and what you were surprised by. Any tips and tricks are welcome!
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Sacrist65 posted:Of course. I watched the Dion Training Udemy course at 1.25x speed and took occasional notes (30 hours). Then I got the sybex practice questions book and took the 2 practice tests at the end. I bombed them but I researched why the correct answer was correct and made sure I understood it (10 hours). Then I got the Dion Training practice questions module on Udemy and scored most tests in the 80s and researched why I got the wrong answers (12 hours). Then retook the tests and got 90s. Ok all good info. I work in a SOC as an analyst now. I have some hands on with Splunk and some other standard analysis and automation tools, as well as IR, CTI, and threat hunter colleagues sitting nearby to ask questions. I’ve got Sec and Net+, as well. I’m mostly getting the CySA for something to do while promotions are frozen, so when they unfreeze, I’ve got something to show.
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Susat posted:I did feel like some of the questions on the Net+ were really badly written although I scored well above what I needed to pass. Though because they're supposed to test your working knowledge, I guess, and I'm still trying to find entry level work I may be at a disadvantage there. I thought the Net+ PBQs (in fact I think I had the one you describe) were harder than the Sec+ ones.
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Hughmoris posted:Has anyone taken the CySA+ exam? If so, any thoughts? I’m studying for it right now and it’s basically Sec++ as far as I can tell. I’m not too fussed about the hands on stuff, as I don’t think the test will lean into it much. Excited to get my A/N/S+ renewed in one fell swoop
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Got my CySA+ today!! I’m up for an IRM position at work but there’s some competition so I hope it puts me over the top!
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chin up everything sucks posted:Oh damnit, just discovered that CySA+ CSO-002 was retired YESTERDAY. Time to see if anyone has info on what changes the new test has before I schedule My entire cert journey has been playing chicken with retirement dates. Sec+? Last day. Net+? 2 days before. A+ and CySA+ both with about a week to spare. (Yeah in that order I’m weird)
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chin up everything sucks posted:Passed my CySA+ today. It had a lot of questions about how to interpret shell commands which I am definitely not strong at. Yeah I was good with the analysis portion and I think I killed my 5 PBQs but the questions like “Here is a thing you want to do and here are 4 virtually identical Linux commands. Which one is right?” murdered me. Still, a pass is a pass, and I got it right before I started interviewing for a promotion that I’m hoping to get good news on in the new year.
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Hughmoris posted:Congrats! Get the CYSA or Pentest+. You get a new, higher-level cert and it automatically renews A+/N+/S+ lol I’m not even kidding that’s what I did. CySA+ is basically Sec++ so it’s probably easier than dealing with Education credits or whatever CompTIA makes you do
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My company is making literally ALL of the low/mid level security computer janitor dorks get the ine CC cert. Since I have my a/n/s/Cysa, can I assume I can proceed directly to the test? It’s like A+ level, right?
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Jan 16, 2024 23:33
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Hughmoris posted:Has anyone pursued any AI certifications? Ugh, I’m in the same boat. I figure having a couple “AI” certs on the resume will baffle the HR dweebs with bullshit and I can talk to the actual team like a human if I get that far.
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Hughmoris posted:[/b] Yup
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sporkstand posted:Any recommendations for Security+ study materials? Both printed book format and online. Thanks. Professor Messer has great free courses for the Sec+ on YouTube along with live streamed study sessions. I used his videos, Jason Dion on Udemy and some book that’s at home and I can’t remember the publisher.
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