@Obi-Enyabine,

you want to check this github repo out...

https://github.com/michevnew/PowerShell/blob/master/Graph_Last_Login_Date.ps1

You may have to modify it but here is a basis to work from.

@Doc-Pratt,

The pdfs are identical to the .md files. The .md files are for our site to read them for the notes tab on the site.

@Erik-Corradino,

You'll have to purchase all your equipment.

There is no easy in setting up a home lab. That's part of the fun!

@Jonathan-Sutherland I would suggest to start with CompTIA A+, You might think it has no use because of been in the field 20 years, but Indeed this tells employers that you have a very solid foundation in IT fundamentals. After my personal preference will be CCNA since I learned way more in CCNA (including hands on) than with Network+ even tho I have all 3 (A+ network+ and Security+) I have spoken with hiring managers and they prefer someone that has a very solid understanding in IT fundamentals specially networking.

@Nick-Bestwick, Congratulations on your pass.

I'm not exactly sure why I cannot currently log into our site right now but...the easiest way to find out is to go to our site and use the chat bubble and ask about CPEs. I'd be surprised if they didn't have an answer for you there.

Ah, that was my wish to. I like Linux and have been using it since the late 90'ties and wanted certifications to prove my skills. My dream is to work on Linux systems. I follow LPI and it seems they have stagnated a bit and it is a small organization so maybe that is the reason. They have come out with a web development certification but not done much with the documentation on the higher level stuff and that seems a little weird to me.
I used to work in a place that sold IT-courses and to get the Red Hat certification you must take an expensive course first, to expensive, so no Red Hat for me but I like the idea of being distribution agnostic.
How then are we Linux enthusiast going to get certified? The CompTIA certifications are not that known here in Europe, they seem to prefer the big vendor ones like Cisco, Microsoft and AWS.

@Junior-Tavarez,

Please submit this to our member services via the chat bubble on our site. That will make sure it will be handled properly. Thanks for being a member.

I found out the programmer that created the language is still kicking and making up-to-date editions for C++. I read a few pages and Bjarn is a good writer. I will start with that.

Thank you so much y'all! ITProTv community for the win :) All the answers are extremely helpful.

@Sandra-Banks great question, you can find some info on Active Directory in Hands-on with Windows Server 2019 under Identity Services

https://app.itpro.tv/course/handsonwindows-server-2019/installing-domain-services

You can look as well as under our Legacy courses MCSA Windows Serer 2012 - 70-411 look for Configure and Manage Active Directory

https://app.itpro.tv/course/mcsa-windows-server-2013/operation-master-roles1 (please keep in mind that Legacy titles are subject to be decommissioned and might now be available in the future)

These links are the first episodes underneath each subdomain in these courses.

@Forrest-Stivers-II,

Your alexa device is already on your network. When you speak to it, it reaches out to the alexa's cloud and the return traffic comes back. It doesn't need to punch a hole through your firewall or router. This return traffic is requested traffic.

The same is true of your other IOT devices as well. You put the device within your network. When you activate it, it also is reaching out to it's controller to do respond, which means it was requested traffic.

Hi Ebi,
thanks for the insight :) and congratulations to the certificate.

I had done the Security+ a long time ago. I had watched videos, read the book by Mike Meyers and did the CertMasters questions from CompTIA ...

greetings,
Sven

@SIMON-TAPLIN,

Apologies that this question has slipped through our coverage. We do not currently have anything where we are planning on more COBIT course on our schedule.

Please if this of interest to you, you can use the chat bubble on our site to submit a course request. This is the official method we use to track these requests. If there are additional, requests of the same nature, it allows us to make a consideration to put a course like this on our schedule.

Your best path is to stick with CompTIA security certifications until you enter the full-time workforce. Alternatively, go for vendor-specific certifications like the Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate.

The SSCP requires one year of paid work experience, but that may be waived after you get a computer science or cybersecurity bachelor's degree. If you are planning to go directly to graduate school after you receive your bachelor's degree, then you won't yet be eligible for the SSCP at the time you're applying for graduate school.

The CISSP requires 4-5 years of full-time work experience before you are eligible for the certification, so that's a bad choice if you're still at university.

There is no such thing as CISSP Associate. It's called "Associate of (ISC)²". Implying that you have a CISSP when you lack the required work experience is a violation of (ISC)²'s ethics policy.

Thx Adam!

Greetings, @Jayanta-Prasad

I think this might be what you're looking for...

guess_number = 7 guess = int(input("Guess a number: ")) if guess == guess_number: print("You Won!") elif guess == 8 or guess == 6: print("So close!") else: print("You lose!")

Here I use a "Logical OR" to clean up the elif condition. This allows you to specify a condition that is

this OR that

meaning the statement is true if ANY condition is valid.

There is also a "Logical AND" which specifies a condition that is

this AND that

meaning that the statement is true only if ALL conditions are valid.

I hope that helps.

Daniel

@Fawaz-Kalathingal, I hope all is well. So some general background that might be helpful here:

The XMAS (inverse), FIN & NULL scan types are exactly the same in behavior except for the TCP flags set in probe packets.

If a RST packet is received, the port is considered closed, while no response means it is open|filtered.

The port is marked filtered if an ICMP unreachable error (type 3, code 0, 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, or 13) is received.

The big downside with these scans is that not all systems follow RFC 793 to the letter. A number of systems send RST responses to the probes regardless of whether the port is open or not.

This causes all of the ports to be labeled closed.

Another downside of these scans is that they cannot distinguish open ports from certain filtered ones, leaving you with the response open|filtered.

So, it is very likely that you have open ports but are not able to correctly identify them due to the limitations of the tool.

Have you tried other scans to cross reference and verify the state of the systems being scanned?

Have you locally verified, where you can, that ports are open on one or more of those systems using a different tool/command set?

It is a game of inches, and you have to be prepared to move backwards to advance form a different direction to fins success.

Cheers,

Adam

Hi @Aima-Rotella ,

That's fantastic, thanks so much! :)

@Chris-Bagley said in New to IT. Which Path:

Hi there,
I watched Network Chuck's Youtube video on which paths to go down if you want to get into IT. They were Help Desk, Security, Networking, Cloud and Ethical Hacking. He also gave the certification that is required for each and I am almost complete with all the videos for the Security Plus.

I am 39 years old. The ability to make money in this career field is also very important to me. When I was in my 20's I was going to Western Michigan University for Aviation Science Management and am still about 30 credits from completing the degree.
Some of the jobs that I saw online that do pay well in this field are the following:
Product Manager, Full Stack Developer, DevOps Engineer, Data Scientist,
IoT Solutions Architech, and Software Architech. It looks like these are some of the jobs that get paid.
I would like to know if to get to some of these positions if I will need to complete my degree or if I get a bunch of these certifications can also lead me in that direction?

@Chris-Bagley,

Thanks for asking the question. Today's job market is fast changing in the requirements. For that you'll have to keep looking at the posting and find out what they absolutely expect for a pre-req. Some companies may have to have a degree because of some compliance issue. Some may not require one if you have a work history. Some may regard certifications over a degree or vice versa.

So that is say, there is no one answer. Every locale will be different based on the market you're in. It also means that it's important for you to know the market you're looking to be hired in very well. Do not be afraid to ask others working in your market. "Networking" in the social sense with real people in those markets through professional meet-ups may help you more than you know. Talk to a professional recruiters at different event or over social media to see how they help you.

@Sherwin-Sherman,

This particular course 1 of 2 things happened. I probably decided that a Part3 wasn't necessary or it some how didn't get recorded as we might have recorded it out of order.

At this point, we're probably not going to go back and add any additional content to this course.