Planting Seeds of Success
Darril Gibson has authored, coauthored, and contributed to more than 30 books including the top selling CompTIA Security+: Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-301 Study Guide (http://amzn.to/TBFHYd). He holds many current IT certifications including A+, Network+, Security+, CTT+, CASP, SSCP, CISSP, MCT, MCITP, MCSA, MCSE, and more. He has recently released a new book providing simple steps anyone can use to achieve success in their lives: "You Can Do Anything - Three Simple Steps to Success for Graduates" (http://amzn.to/VRMev3). Darril actively writes, teaches, and consults on a wide variety of IT topics.
I recently moved some WordPress sites and came across a WordPress permalinks problem that befuddled me for quite a while. As traffic has increased on the GetCertifiedGetAhead and Blogs.GetCertifiedGetAhead sites, I’ve noticed that pages were sometimes slow in loading. I finally decided to upgrade the account and move to a new server to increase the performance. [...]
Social Engineering Phone Tactics Do you recognize the social engineering phone tactics commonly used by criminals today? The criminals are active and they continue to evolve their tactics. Contacted by Security Expert I had an interesting phone call earlier today. I didn’t recognize the phone number, but the name was “Alberta.” I later verified the area [...]
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Security+ Forensic Performance Based Question If you’re planning to take the Security+ exam you can expect to see some performance based questions and you might even see a Security+ forensic performance based question. Performance based questions expect you to perform some action rather than simply answer a multiple choice question. While the performance based questions are new, [...]
Network+ Tools If you’re preparing for the Network+ exam, you can expect to see some questions related to Network+ tools. This includes: Command line tools such as ipconfig/ifconfig, ping, tracert/traceroute, nslookup, dig, arp, netstat, route, and nbtstat. Hardware tools such as cable testers, cable certifiers, crimpers, butt sets, toner probes, punch down tools, loop back plugs, TDRs, [...]
Network+ WAP Performance Based Questions If you’re planning on taking the Network+ exam you can expect to see some Network+ WAP performance based questions. These questions expect you to know how to configure a wireless access point (WAP). Even if you’ve done it once or twice, it might not be fresh in your mind so it’s good to [...]
Network+ Practice Test Questions Book Update I just updated the Network+ Practice Test Questions book (CompTIA Network+ N10-005 Practice Test Questions (Get Certified Get Ahead)). Some of the changes are minor text issues to correct typos. However, a much bigger change is the addition of a section on performance based questions. It provides a list [...]
Performance Based Question Winner Congratulations to Alan Brown, the Performance Based Question winner on the Get Certified Get Ahead Facebook page. He correctly identified the link page to the blog on Security+ performance based questions. I was originally going to give away a copy of the new A+ Rapid Review book but Alan recently completed [...]
Security+ Practice Test Question Here’s a Security+ Practice Test Question I posted this week on my Get Certified Get Ahead Facebook page. Q. What is the difference between a worm and a virus? A. A worm is self-replicating but a virus isn’t self-replicating. B. A virus is self-replicating but a worm isn’t self-replicating. C. A virus [...]
A+ Rapid Review Released If you’re preparing for the A+ exam, you might like to know that the new A+ Rapid Review book has been released. This book is a a perfect supplement to one of the larger A+ books such as the CompTIA A+ Training Kit (Exam 220-801 and Exam 220-802). At only 410 [...]
