A student recently asked me about my views on different cybersecurity certifications. I offered my views but their response was that they wanted my opinion on the real value. I spoke about my view that working in cybersecurity really required a commitment to lifelong learning. That wasn’t doing it for them. They wanted it boiled […]
Category: Tech Education
Maintaining Your Certification
Congratulations! You passed your CompTIA certification exam and now you join those that are working to advance their careers by demonstrating and maintaining their technical skills. One of your next steps should be maintaining that certification. Your first step should be to make sure that CompTIA knows your mailing address. They will be sending you […]
Linux Troubleshooting Methodology
Studying for the CompTIA Linux+ 005 exam I came across a well known and well used (at least by me) topic; troubleshooting. Identify – What is the trouble? Scope – What is the extent of the trouble? One use? One computer? One network? One distro? Probable Cause – What is most likely causing the trouble? […]
Dealing with Certification Exam Study Burnout
I’m 10 days from taking the test. I can’t watch another podcast or answer another question. I feel like I’m getting everything wrong and my test scores are going the opposite direction. Any advice?
Quantitative CyberSeek
As a cybersecurity educator one of the core concepts that I try to relate to students is the ability to differentiate between qualitative and quantitative data. While to some it may seem a simple distiction between two forms of measurement; from my perspective as an educator it is not. While both forms of data are […]