list of freebies for CPEs

I tried to compile a list of free training, webinars, etc. that some may find useful for fulfilling CBT requirements for various certs... these are geared towards security, as that is the field that I am in, but please add any others that you know of. http://teex.com/teex.cfm?pageid=NERRTCprog&area=NERRTC&templateid=1856
https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ehome/index.php?eventid=8231&tabid=17737
http://usa.visa.com/merchants/protect-your-business/cisp/data-security-alerts.jsp#anchor_6
http://www.imperva.com/resources/webinars.asp
https://meraki.cisco.com/webinars
https://www.sans.org/webcasts/upcoming
http://iase.disa.mil/eta/index.html DoD (PKI required)
https://gm1.geolearning.com/geonext/qualys/login.geo (free I think for online training)
http://www.offensive-security.com/metasploit-unleashed/Main_Page
http://cloudu.rackspace.com – meh content. Counts though
http://www.isaca.org/Education/Online-Learning/Pages/webinars.aspx
http://www.cert.org/podcasts/index.cfm
https://www.infragardawareness.com/
http://www.coursera.com
http://udacity.com
http://www.edx.org
http://www.saylor.org

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shawn2330

Thanks for the post

Fat32

Hi folks. I passed my exam last year and still could not get a clear picture on how to maintain the certification while not being actively employed in the IT Security field. I recently switched jobs and IT Security is not a core part of my new job. Of course there is an option to keep earning more advanced certifications, but I wanted to figure out the way without it.

I did some research and based on the newly posed CEP CompTIA guidelines http://certification.comptia.org/docs/default-source/certification-documents/ce_chartv11.pdf?sfvrsn=2, here is what my plan on how to obtain 50 CEUs. Feel free to make suggestions.

Plan A: Free webinars + Free online college course via Courseera.org
1. 10 CEUs: Sit on 10 free SANS webinars: https://www.sans.org/webcasts/upcoming
2. 40 CEUs: Go through CourseEra.org IT Security free web based course https://www.coursera.org/courses?orderby=upcoming&cats=cs-systems

TOTAL: 50 CEUs = Profit!

Plan B: Free webinars + Post a blog + Attend free IT Security courses
1. 10 CEUs: Sit on 10 free SANS webinars: https://www.sans.org/webcasts/upcoming
2. 16 CEUs: Write InfoSec article/blog
3. 24 IT Security Course: (need to clarify how hours awarded "10 CEUs per completion of 3-4
credit hour course") TEEX Information Technology / Online Training

TOTAL: 50 CEUs = Profit!

colemic

I put together a list a while ago of free CPE resources. http://www.techexams.net/forums/general-certification/98674-list-freebies-cpes.html

Fat32

Great, thank you for the quick response!

Deathmage

ooo this is a good find!

I'm curious if CCENT/CCNA provide CEU's to renew it....

colemic

https://www.sans.org/webcasts/archive/2014

coffeeluvr

Wow, what a great post!! Thank you so much for taking the time to do this!!

CyberfiSecurity

How's about these?

Open Security Training
URL: Welcome

Charles Sturt University
URL: Free University Short Courses | IT Masters
URL: ITMastersCSU - YouTube

University of Michigan ITS Safe Computing
URL: ITS | Safe Computing

jvrlopez

Thanks for all of the above posts!

colemic

Thanks for adding!

colemic

McGladrey webinars Events

Gartner webinars http://my.gartner.com/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=202&mode=2&PageID=3428358&keywords=&webinarType=all

cyberguypr

Hundreds of webcasts: BrightTalk IT Security Community

colemic

thanks to cisspgoal for the links.

CISSPGOAL wrote: »

For knowledge sharing.
Access Control

Telecommunications and Network Security

Information Security Governance and Risk Management

Application Development Security

Cryptography

Security Architecture and Design

Operations Security

Business Continuity Planning & Disaster Recovery Domain

Legal, Regulations, Investigations and Compliance

Physical (Environmental) Security

NovaHax

Write a book. Advance your career, make some extra money and knock out a huge block of CPEs at the same time.

colemic

Yeah, I'll get right on that!

Some more I found, haven't looked at them closely yet, but seem to be SOX related.

Registration - GRC Group

colemic

On-Demand Webinars | Stanford Center for Professional Development

Stanford on-demand webinars.

Kaysky

Great links! Thanks Everyone for posting!

JDMurray

You might as well get some credit for watching the videos on SecurityTube as well.

colemic

h/t to jonwinterburn.

OWASP Top 10 Free CBT · Security Compass - OWASP Top 10 CBTs

WillyCo

Hey Fat32, the TEEX link you posted is coming up with a 404 error. Do you have a more current link? I keep poking around the website but I'm not finding anything that screams "IT Security Course!"
I could really use some free courses, in the same boat you are, not in the field anymore but want to keep my certs.
And if I could earn 40 CE's in the next two weeks it would help. Yeah, I procrastinated a little bit on this one.

colemic

update to TEEX link: https://teex.org/Pages/Program.aspx?catID=607&courseTitle=Cybersecurity

cyberguypr

Did you look here: https://teex.org/Pages/Program.aspx?catID=199&courseTitle=Online%20Courses

colemic

https://teex.org/Pages/Program.aspx?catID=607&courseTitle=Cybersecurity

Fat32

colemic wrote: »

https://teex.org/Pages/Program.aspx?catID=607&courseTitle=Cybersecurity

Great, this is the correct one. Question to folks regarding TEEX courses. CompTIA specifies that "(10) CEUs per completion of 3 - 4 credit hour course" with "Max CEUs that can be earned within a 3 year CE cycle for this activity is as follows: CompTIA Security+: 40 CEUs"... Looking at "Online for IT Professionals (Cyber 201)"

Network Assurance - AWR138 - 5.00 Hours
Digital Forensics Basics - AWR139 - 7.00 Hours
Information Security Basics - AWR173 - 13.00 Hours
Secure Software - AWR178 - 5.00 Hours

Then it says at the bottom:
"Other Information
In order to receive the full two credit hours, all four classes in the Cybersecurity for IT Professionals track must be successfully completed. After registering for this online course, you will receive an email with instructions for getting started. If you do not receive a confirmation within one hour, please contact us."

Does this mean that you won't even get 10 CEUs since this is only 2 credits? Or can I count 2 x 3 TEEX programs (see below) which is total of 6 credits thus giving you 2x10 CEUs?

Online for Everyone - Non-Technical (Cyber 101)
Online for IT Professionals (Cyber 201)
Online for Business Professionals (Cyber 301)

Also, does https://www.infragardawareness.com/ falls under "Complete a Training Course (non - CompTIA certification course)"?

N2IT

Thanks for posting

DAVIS NGUYEN

Awesome. Thanks.

ccnpninja

Thanks for posting all these wonderful links

Xertez

Thank you all for posting such detailed and wonderful links. I appreciate this.