CompTIA

I have earned 11 certifications from CompTIA, with the oldest (A+) dating all the way back to 2011 and the newest (PenTest+) taken late 2023. I’m running out of certs to take – I guess this makes me a CompTIA certification “veteran”

I take pride in keeping my certifications up-to-date as they help me advance my knowledge and career, but first COVID-19 lockdown in NZ lasting early to mid 2020 broke this streak.

My Security+ along with all previous CE certs expired in May 2020 when New Zealanders were required to stay at home and all test centers closed. I took a higher level cert (CySA+) as soon as I could in Sep 2020 (just 4 month later) but it was already too late. Even if I re-take Security+, this won’t re-validate previous certs incl. stackable ones. If not for this, the combination of Network+, Security+, CySA+, and PenTest+ would have earned me further stackable certifications incl. the coveted CompTIA Network Vulnerability Assessment Professional, CompTIA Network Security Professional and perhaps CompTIA Secure Infrastructure Expert (after I complete CASP+ some time late 2025).