Accepted CEUs for BrightTalk, Udemy, Cybrary, etc?
Hi all,
Had a quick question and just wanted to see everyone else's experiences. I need to maintain my Comptia Security+ certification. I was planning to watch webinars and complete courses but had 2 quick questions (below). My plan was to:
1.) Submit 10 CE's using BrightTalk webinars - I watched a webinar on Brighttalk but did not get any type of certificate of completion. Has this been everyone else's experience as well? Were you still able to submit this for credit to Comptia?
2.) Submit the remaining 40 CE's using Cybrary and Udemy courses - Has anyone been able to successfully submit completed Cybrary and Udemy course certificates to Comptia for CE's?
I really appreciate you taking the time to help me understand this.
Had a quick question and just wanted to see everyone else's experiences. I need to maintain my Comptia Security+ certification. I was planning to watch webinars and complete courses but had 2 quick questions (below). My plan was to:
1.) Submit 10 CE's using BrightTalk webinars - I watched a webinar on Brighttalk but did not get any type of certificate of completion. Has this been everyone else's experience as well? Were you still able to submit this for credit to Comptia?
2.) Submit the remaining 40 CE's using Cybrary and Udemy courses - Has anyone been able to successfully submit completed Cybrary and Udemy course certificates to Comptia for CE's?
I really appreciate you taking the time to help me understand this.
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I think I will just try to pass my CSA+ or CASP before my May 2019 deadline. Then it will renew it.
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So then I only really looked at their pre-approved course lists. I used FedVTE courses (free to U.S. veterans and federal employees), but they also list pre-approved courses from SkillSoft, Cybrary, and some others. Lists are here https://certification.comptia.org/continuing-education/choose/renewing-with-multiple-activities/training-and-higher-education.
Joe
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I missed this when reviewing CompTIA's website. I have access to Skillsoft myself.
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If you keep on it, it is quite easy to get 50 CEUs in one year, so three isn't too hard.
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Well, it's 50 CEUs for Sec+, so roughly 50 hours... so just gauge how long it would take to go through 50 hours of courses/etc. You can knock it out pretty easily in an hour a day for about 2 months. I don't think it's critical to start immediately after getting certified, but it's also not a good idea to wait until the last minute.
I started focusing on getting mine done when I was about a year from expiration, I think. But then I knocked it out pretty quickly.
I have two co-workers who waited until too close to the expiration and then didn't get the CEUs finished, and both expired out. That's definitely not the way to do it, but a lot of folks seem to put themselves in that position.
Thanks for answers!
As long as you follow the CompTIA guidelines when submitting CEUs, you don't have to worry if they audit you because you're following the rules (they're looking for cheaters). In my experience (having been Sec + certified for 7 years now), I've only been audited once and that was the most recent cycle when I submitted my RHCE (50 CEUs) for my last CEU cycle.
Overall its extremely easy to get your CEUs completed as long as you don't wait until the last 2-3 months before your CEU deadline.
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Thanks for linking to this - very helpful! When I look at the pre-approved list, it says at the top: Pre-Approved Training Courses for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)I would imagine this list does not only apply to people working at the DoD? Am I reading this correctly? Has anyone (not part of the DoD) submitted courses from these list and got them approved? Specifically Cybrary?
Also, has anyone been able to submit Paul's Security Weekly webcasts as CEUs? I only ask because I also hold a SANS cert and that was one of the pre-approved methods of getting renewal credits.