CompTIA launches a new career focused magazine for CompTIA members. In this inaugural issue you will find a number of articles useful for your career. https://www.comptia.org/comptiaworld/ #TradePublications #CompTIA #Career #Certification

Recently I bout a new JK Jeep Wrangler and had a hard time finding all the right options. I finally found one with everything except the navigation. I figured it was close enough and I could always get an external GPS unit which would be nice because I could use it with my older TJ Jeep Wrangler. I had been looking for a while when I came across Rand McNally OverDryve. http://myoverdryve.com/ Basically, the GPS is an Android tablet. You can add on rear camera or tire pres

If you use assistive technologies to access your computer, you can get a free upgrade to Windows 10. To find out more information and get a free copy go to the Microsoft website at: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/windows10upgrade I want to thank student Mike Veatch for finding this link for us. #Windows10 #Accessibility #OS #CNT #CNT50

Hackers holding 300 million iCloud account details to ransom raise their price to $700,000, despite assurances from Apple What a headline, however, are you surprised? This article is an update from the original story that broke about a week ago. The article claims that the “Turkish Crime Family” (TCF) has obtained the 300-million- iCloud accounts. 300 MILLION! Apple has released a statement stating, “…That the data may have been obtained from other sites whose data has been b

Ransomware is a threat that is growing exponentially is your organization ready? Learn what we know about the perpetrators, what they typical attack vectors are, who the typical victims are. What step you can take to protect and mitigate the risk along with the cost considerations. We will also cover some alarming statistics and predictions for the future. Previous Post: Note on Ransomware Slides on SlideShare #Cybercrime #CyberSafety #Cybersecurity #Ransomware #Doxware

The Fast-Growing Job with a Huge Skills Gap: Cyber Security Jeff Kauflin, Forbs Staff Here is another article about the great demand for IT security professionals. This article sites from ISACA that it predicts that by 2019 there will be a shortage of TWO MILLION cyber security professionals. It also states that every year in the U.S. 40,000 jobs for IT security go unfilled and employers are struggling to fill 200,000 other cyber security related roles. To help beef up your r

How Microcertifications Work for IT Job Seekers and Employers This insightful article was found by Chris Knight http://www.computerworld.com/article/3179750/it-skills-training/how-microcertifications-work-for-it-job-seekers-and-employers.html “In a January 2017 survey of approximately 6,000 IT professionals, Linux Academy and online cybersecurity massive open online course (MOOC) provider Cybrary found that 35 percent of individual respondents say microcertifications have eit

Everybody likes getting a new computer. Especially me. Here are the specs and pictures of me new rig. Not so much for gaming but for running Virtual machines and large workloads. Thinkstation P510 512GB M.2 PCIe SSD 2TB 7200RPM Drive 32GB ECC RDIMM (16x2, up to 256 or something huge) Xeon E5-1620V4 3.5Ghz NVIDIA M4000 4DP Lots and lots of expansion bays and slots, can have up to 4 video cards I think Designed as 2d/3d "workstation" for modeling not gaming #Computer

There has been a rise in malware emails. It is very important that you remember to be vigilant about clicking links in emails even if it appears to be from someone you know. Hackers can make an email address look like is came from someone you know. This is called spoofing. Hackers use this technique to lure you into clicking a link that has malicious code waiting on the other end. Look carefully at the email. Contextually does it make sense for someone to send you link t

Past Posts Part 2 Part 1 Building Computers This third class we have the students assemble computers on their own. Each student had one computer and had to share a screw drivers and assemble a computer with little or no instruction. All students in attendance completed the assembly successfully. There were questions of course. That is part of it. We also had students help each other out and demonstrate teamwork which was good to see as well. We also had limited space to