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Ten genuine questions with full explanations. No account, no card.
35 head-to-head comparisons — CISSP vs CISM, Security+ vs CySA+ and more.
A practical study plan for the OffSec OSEP exam: what PEN-300 covers, how the 48-hour exam is scored, what it costs, and how to spend your lab time on evasion and Active Directory.
Owen Gallagher
6 Oct 2026
HTB CWES is the renamed Certified Bug Bounty Hunter exam: seven days, a web-application target set and a commercial-grade report. Here is what Hack The Box publishes, and an 8-week plan for the 20-module path.
5 Oct 2026
ReadThe free ISC2 CC exam is gone for new candidates, so the question is now whether a $199 entry-level cert pays back. Here is what it costs, what it proves and who should skip it.
1 Oct 2026
ReadPassed ISC2 CC and wondering what certification comes next? The right answer depends on the job you want. We map CC to Security+, SSCP, CySA+, SecAI+ and CISSP, with verified costs and experience rules.
30 Sept 2026
ReadTen ITIL 5 Foundation exam questions written in the four styles the exam uses, with a worked answer for every option. Covers the eight lifecycle activities, the guiding principles, the 6C Model and the traps set for ITIL 4 holders.
29 Sept 2026
ReadPeopleCert publishes six official ITIL Version 5 books. Foundation candidates need one, ITIL Foundation (Version 5), and every official exam package already includes it as an eBook. Here is which book matches which module, and when a hardcopy is worth buying.
28 Sept 2026
ReadA worked SC-500 case study built from Microsoft's official skills outline: one fictional company, five security requirements, and the reasoning that separates the right control from the tempting one, including the AI agent traps.
27 Sept 2026
ReadThe ITIL 5 certification path after Foundation leads to three designations: Practice Manager, Managing Professional and Strategic Leader. Here is what each needs, which modules exist today, and which one fits your job.
26 Sept 2026
ReadPeopleCert plans to sunset every ITIL 4 module on 31 December 2027. ITIL 4 Foundation and ITIL Foundation (Version 5) now cost the same and share the same exam format, so here is who should still book ITIL 4 and what happens to certificates already held.
25 Sept 2026
ReadSC-500 is for engineers who build and harden Azure, hybrid and AI workloads. SC-200 is for analysts who detect, investigate and respond. How the two 2026 exams differ, where their objectives overlap, and which to take first.
24 Sept 2026
ReadSC-500 is now one of the three certifications that unlock Microsoft's Cybersecurity Architect Expert. Here is what to take after SC-500, in what order, and which security roles the Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate actually maps to.
23 Sept 2026
ReadSC-500 has no formal prerequisites, but Microsoft assumes you already administer Azure and hybrid environments daily. A readiness check for the 2026 exam, and an honest look at the AI security content that has no AZ-500 equivalent.
22 Sept 2026
ReadISC2 rewrote the Certified in Cybersecurity exam outline on 1 September 2026. Three of the five domains were renamed and every weighting moved. Here are the official figures and how to split your study time across them.
21 Sept 2026
ReadTwenty ISC2 CC practice questions written to the exam outline that took effect on 1 September 2026, covering the new Security Governance domain and the cloud security content that older question sets miss.
20 Sept 2026
ReadSC-500 has four exam domains, not five, and AI security is not one of them. It sits inside Secure compute at 20 to 25%. Here are the official weightings from Microsoft Learn and what they mean for how you split your study time.
19 Sept 2026
ReadMost AI governance frameworks are a policy document and a set of principles, and both fall over the moment an auditor asks for evidence. Here is how to build one out of named capabilities, controls that actually operate, and monthly evidence you can hand over.
18 Sept 2026
ReadISO/IEC 42001 is the certifiable AI management system standard, with 38 Annex A controls across 9 categories. Here is what certification requires, why sources keep printing the wrong control count, and why the certificate does not make you EU AI Act compliant.
18 Sept 2026
ReadPeopleCert's ITIL AI Governance module has no prerequisites and an open-book exam: 40 scenario questions in 90 minutes, 70% to pass. Here is the format, the GBP 541 price, what it actually tests, and how open book changes the way you prepare.
18 Sept 2026
ReadCisco brought CCNP Wireless back as a standalone track on 19 March 2026 with a new core exam, 350-101 WLCOR. Here are the domains, the cost, the two concentration exams and what happened to ENWLSD and ENWLSI.
18 Sept 2026
Read25 free CCNA practice questions written to the current 200-301 v1.1 blueprint, weighted across all six domains, each with the correct answer and a full explanation of why the distractors fail.
18 Sept 2026
ReadTwenty-five CISA practice questions written to the real domain weightings, with the reasoning behind every answer. Covers all five job practice domains, plus the exam format, pass mark and the auditor mindset ISACA actually tests.
17 Sept 2026
ReadJN0-105 retired on 5 April 2026 and JN0-106 is now the only way to earn JNCIA-Junos. Here is what changed, what the exam costs, how the scoring works and whether it beats CCNA as your first networking certification.
17 Sept 2026
ReadBTL1 costs £399, runs as a 24-hour open-book practical exam with 20 task-based questions, and needs 70% to pass. Here is what the exam covers, what changed when Security Blue Team became Centri, and a 6-week plan to get through it.
16 Sept 2026
Read25 free CompTIA A+ practice questions written to the current 220-1201 and 220-1202 objectives, weighted by domain, with the answer and the reasoning for every one. Includes pass marks, domain splits and a scoring guide.
16 Sept 2026
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