Certifications that can be done from your home?

DatabaseHead

Curious if there were some you could do from home.

I'd like to compile a list if at all possible.

Seriously, who has time to go to a testing center and take an exam on a Pentium 2

xxxkaliboyxxx

DatabaseHead wrote: »

Curious if there were some you could do from home.

I'd like to compile a list if at all possible.

Seriously, who has time to go to a testing center and take an exam on a Pentium 2

^^^^^

Yes, I been searching on and off for a while for a proctorU list, never found one.

One on deck you could take from home...C|EH

Verities

You could easily search for the answers since this has been asked multiple times on the TE forums. But since no one has time for that I'll go ahead and link you stuff I found on Google:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/online-proctored-exams.aspx

https://proctoru.com/portal/comptia

Use a webcam, they make you show them your ID and have a clear workspace for the exam.

DatabaseHead

Verities wrote: »

You could easily search for the answers since this has been asked multiple times on the TE forums. But since no one has time for that I'll go ahead and link you stuff I found on Google:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/online-proctored-exams.aspx

https://proctoru.com/portal/comptia

Use a webcam, they make you show them your ID and have a clear workspace for the exam.

All encompassing two links......

(Can you show me where at in those two links the C|EH is listed)?

Verities

DatabaseHead wrote: »

All encompassing two links......

(Can you show me where at in those two links the C|EH is listed)?

LMGTFY

stryder144

PeopleCert for the ITIL exams.

DatabaseHead

Verities wrote: »

LMGTFY

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I apologize thanks for posting the links.

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Offensive Security (OSCP/OSWP) can be taken from home.
EC-Council
Microsoft (Certain exams are available to take at home) (Double check with PearsonVUE)
Link for more info: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/online-proctored-exams.aspx
CompTIA (certain tests like Server+, Project+ and I think Cloud+)

Those are the ones I can think of as of now.

airzero

The ones @kMastaFlash mentioned as well as the ITIL and eLearnSecurity certs. Can't think of any others but there might be some out there.

Magmadragoon

Salesforce can be taken at home

kiki162

The VMWare VCA6-DCV I think can be taken from home. A while back I was able to do the upgrade exams for VCP 5.5 from home as well. Microsoft has plenty of remote options.

PJ_Sneakers

Well I know of these off the top of my head. Not all of the vendors offer every exam.

CompTIA
EC-Council
Microsoft
Apple
VMWare

DatabaseHead

This is comical, I was so clueless. No idea these vendors made it so much easier now.

Thanks again too EVERYONE who provided this information.

PJ_Sneakers

There are others that are less mainstream, too.

Commvault
AccessData
Magnet Forensics
Guidance Software (Encase)
eLearnSecurity
ISFCE
etc

mbarrett

Not sure if this whole thread is a trôll - but in case it isn't, I will state the obvious: Any unproctored test you can take from home is essentially open-book, which means it should be really, really hard. If it isn't, then it is essentially worthless, a rubber-stamp cert you are buying for the cost of the exam.
If I were a hiring manager, I would not be impressed by someone listing any such certs as a way to reinforce their "knowledge" of a subject.

DoubleNNs

The certs listed above are usually still proctored. You use a webcam to prove you're not cheating and probably have to have only the test application open on our computer. That's essentially the same anti-cheating methods utilized in physical testing centers.

mzx380

Not sure if the OP means proctored or un proctored but I know that there are exams at the associate level that you can take. Not sure how useful that would be in the grand scheme of things though.

DatabaseHead

Proctored exams.

Ohioman1972

I was thrilled when I took my CCW course online. If I can take A+ online, I will be a happy camper

DatabaseHead

Really changes the dynamics of testing. So nice to hear that this is the norm now.

I always felt like I was going in to get my weekly supply of methadone when walking into prometric / pearson vue testing centers.

DoubleNNs

I don't think it's the norm. But it's becoming a viable option.

AverageJoe

An interesting option that certainly has value for those who are far from testing centers, but I'm leery about the idea.

I mean, when things get jacked up for whatever reason (lost Internet connection, power outage, Microsoft decides to re-boot your system, dog chewing your power cord, etc.), it'd probably be a major pain to deal with. I kind of like that Pearson VUE or whoever is on the hook for providing me a seat, a working computer, and exam access. If they dork it up, they can reschedule you no problem -- not sure that'd be the case if we dork it up ourselves. My focus is solely on prepping for and passing my exam, not setting up or troubleshooting the exam system. I like that.

Just my 2 cents.
Joe