Category: CompTIA
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Stackable Certifications Revisited
Nearly five years ago I wrote an article about Stackable Certifications. This was when I had just earned my first two stackable certifications from CompTIA because I had passed A+, Network+, and Security+. For passing four CompTIA exams I had earned five certifications (adding CIOS and CSIS to those three). I am not sure if…
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Certified in Cybersecurity
I have been security-minded for most of my adult life. Whether or not I have always lived it is another matter, but I have learned my lessons and have done my best to continually improve. While I have been taking IT certification courses and exams for nearly twenty-five years, it was only in 2022 that…
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Stackable Certifications
While I have been chasing Microsoft certifications for two decades, I never gave any real thought to CompTIA. I had nothing against them, I just never pursued them. And then a couple of years ago, a training broker reached out and asked me if I would deliver Network+ and Security+ courses for one of their…
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Another Exam Experience… a harrowing one!
Someone asked me recently why I used to prefer going into a testing centre to sit my certification exams. I told them that if anything went wrong, the staff had a direct line to get faster support, but that fewer things were likely to go wrong. This week I sat my third exam in the…
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Exam Retakes
Certification exams are not cheap. Depending on the certification (and the certifying body) they can range from $100 to… well, much more. That is one of the reasons I have always been nervous about sitting exams – passing is great, but if you fail… not only do you walk out of the exam room with…
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Certification Exams… At Home Again.
· I should go back and see just how many posts I have written about certifications… if I can count that high. It has long been a topic that I have been passionate about, and that has not changed. When I looked at my Microsoft Learning Transcript the other day I was surprised to see…
The World According to Mitch 