Certifications that can be done from your home?

DatabaseHeadDatabaseHead Member Posts: 2,753 ■■■■■■■■■■
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 :/

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  • xxxkaliboyxxxxxxkaliboyxxx Member Posts: 466
    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
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  • VeritiesVerities Member Posts: 1,162
    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.
  • DatabaseHeadDatabaseHead Member Posts: 2,753 ■■■■■■■■■■
    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)?
  • VeritiesVerities Member Posts: 1,162
    All encompassing two links......

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

    LMGTFY
  • stryder144stryder144 Member Posts: 1,684 ■■■■■■■■□□
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  • DatabaseHeadDatabaseHead Member Posts: 2,753 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Verities wrote: »

    <Removed Joke>

    I apologize thanks for posting the links.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Senior Member Posts: 0 ■■□□□□□□□□
    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.
  • airzeroairzero Member Posts: 126
    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.
  • MagmadragoonMagmadragoon Member Posts: 172 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Salesforce can be taken at home
  • kiki162kiki162 Member Posts: 635 ■■■■■□□□□□
    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_SneakersPJ_Sneakers Member Posts: 884 ■■■■■■□□□□
    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
  • DatabaseHeadDatabaseHead Member Posts: 2,753 ■■■■■■■■■■
    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_SneakersPJ_Sneakers Member Posts: 884 ■■■■■■□□□□
    edited January 2022
    There are others that are less mainstream, too.

    Commvault
    AccessData
    Magnet Forensics
    Guidance Software (Encase)
    eLearnSecurity
    ISFCE
    etc
  • mbarrettmbarrett Member Posts: 397 ■■■□□□□□□□
    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.
  • DoubleNNsDoubleNNs Member Posts: 2,015 ■■■■■□□□□□
    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.
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  • mzx380mzx380 Member Posts: 453 ■■■■□□□□□□
    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.
    Certifications: ITIL, ACA, CCNA, Linux+, VCP-DCV, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM
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  • DatabaseHeadDatabaseHead Member Posts: 2,753 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Proctored exams.
  • Ohioman1972Ohioman1972 Member Posts: 8 ■□□□□□□□□□
    I was thrilled when I took my CCW course online. If I can take A+ online, I will be a happy camper
  • DatabaseHeadDatabaseHead Member Posts: 2,753 ■■■■■■■■■■
    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.
  • DoubleNNsDoubleNNs Member Posts: 2,015 ■■■■■□□□□□
    I don't think it's the norm. But it's becoming a viable option.
    Goals for 2018:
    Certs: RHCSA, LFCS: Ubuntu, CNCF CKA, CNCF CKAD | AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Solutions Architect Pro, AWS Certified Security Specialist, GCP Professional Cloud Architect
    Learn: Terraform, Kubernetes, Prometheus & Golang | Improve: Docker, Python Programming
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  • AverageJoeAverageJoe Member Posts: 316 ■■■■□□□□□□
    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
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