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All About CompTIA Continuing Education (CEU) Requirements
Continuing Education (CEU) requirements for CompTIA certifications exist to ensure you have as up-to-date working information as possible. Fortunately, this isn't as tedious or hard as it sounds to keep up with. This post organizes the top 90% of what you need to know...
Should You Get a SIEM? Which SIEM Should You Get?
You can't read about cybersecurity without coming across an article in which the author praises a SIEM or Security Information and Event Management setup. A SIEM is certainly a worthy tool in your cybersecurity arsenal, but before you jump into one, you should be...
CompTIA Security+ SY0-401 Study Notes
Welcome to the CompTIA Security+ Sy0-401 exam study notes. This is quite the wall of text so a fair warning if you're allergic to large amounts of words. As much as I wanted to throw in images and videos, it just made this article load too slow. The information in...
CompTIA Security+ SY0-401 Exam Overview
This post has info on the Security+ SY0-401 exam. This is an entry-level IT certification. Exam Structure Number of Questions: 90 questions Duration: 90 minutes, not including survey time, about 1 minute per question Score Range: 100-900 Passing Score: 750 (roughly...
CompTIA Network+ N10-006 Study Notes
Welcome to the CompTIA Network+ N10-006 study notes. This is the biggest study guide yet, so beware if you have a weak PC. As much as I wanted to include images and videos, they made this article load too slowly. Some of the information in this guide came from my...
CompTIA Network+ N10-006 Exam Overview
This post has info on the Network+ N10-006 exam. This is an entry-level IT certification. Exam Structure Number of Questions: 90 questions max Duration: 90 minutes, not including survey time, about 1 minute per question Score Range: 100-900 Passing Score: 720 (roughly...
CompTIA A+ 220-902 Study Notes Collection
Welcome to the second half, CompTIA A+ 220-902 study notes! This is quite the wall of text, even bigger than my CompTIA A+ 220-901 study guide by about 2K words. Again, a fair warning to those who use a weak PC. Much like the last study guide, this is mostly text....
CompTIA A+ 220-901 Study Notes Collection
Welcome to the first half of the CompTIA A+ 220-901 study notes. This will be quite the wall of text, so a fair warning if you have a weak PC. Luckily, it's only text. As much as I wanted to include images and videos, it just made this article load too slowly. It was...
CompTIA A+ 220-901 and 220-902 Exam Overview
This post has info on the A+ 220-901 and 220-902 exam. This is an entry-level IT certification. CompTIA A+ 220-901 and 220-902 Exam Structure Number of Questions: 90 questions max Duration: 90 minutes, not including survey time, about 1 minute per question Score...
Exploring Software Licensing Models
Software licensing is the most profitable way to make money outside of selling information products. This also the case for licensing hardware and the software that runs on the hardware. This is great for the company in business but can be tricky for those of use who...
No More Complex Passwords – Reviewing NIST SP 800-63-3
The United States National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-63(b) publication was updated to reveal a very important change. One of the more fascinating examples is not relying on complex passwords. This has been an interesting read. I highly...
Definitions to Weird Sounding Security Terms
As a new IT or Security pro, you'll drink from a firehose for a while. Even experienced pros and managers may get tripped up by the huge amount of information and terms. No need to worry; we'll go over a few definitions of weird-sounding security terms. You may attend...
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