Question about renewing my certification

My Security+, Network+, and A+ certifications expired last year, and I am interested in renewing them.
I was in high school when I got them, and my teacher explained that they went in increasing difficulty from A+ to N+ to S+.

My question is, if I renew Security+, will it renew the other two as well?
I seriously doubt it, but since I probably only have enough time to take one exam before I move this information is very helpful in deciding which I will be renewing.

As a side note, please leave suggestions about how I should go about studying to renew this certification.
I am pretty sure the test has updated since I last took it, as have the other two.
Thank you very much for your time.

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shochan

Yes, it will renew them all.

You might surf around on comptia.org & most of your questions will be answered there.

Pseudonymous

shochan wrote: »

Yes, it will renew them all.

Are you sure? I don't think that's right. Security+ renews A+ and Network+, but he said the certifications are already expired. Once they expire, you have to take the test again to get certified. If you wanted the Security+ to renew the A+ and Network+, you would've had to do it within the 3 years that the A+ and Network+ were still active.

https://certification.comptia.org/continuing-education/learn/how-to-renew/ce-renewal-cycle

shochan

I suppose it depends if your A+ and N+ was a GFL cert, because I passed those two exams in early 2000's...when I passed the Sec+ in 2016, it renewed all of my A+ & N+. So, to specifically answer the question, Targical may need to open up a CompTIA ticket from their website to confirm.

TechGuru80

If they were GFL, they would not have expired. If you took a CE cert though, it converted them to CE...3 year cycle.

Since they all are expired according to OP, you would have to retake all 3...can’t just revive them from dead status.

GirlyGirl

targical wrote: »

My Security+, Network+, and A+ certifications expired last year, and I am interested in renewing them.
I was in high school when I got them, and my teacher explained that they went in increasing difficulty from A+ to N+ to S+.

My question is, if I renew Security+, will it renew the other two as well?
I seriously doubt it, but since I probably only have enough time to take one exam before I move this information is very helpful in deciding which I will be renewing.

As a side note, please leave suggestions about how I should go about studying to renew this certification.
I am pretty sure the test has updated since I last took it, as have the other two.
Thank you very much for your time.

Cisco Inferno

A+, N+, and S+ taken before Dec 31st 2010 is For Life.

Anything after that is 3 years.