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The certification map

Every exam we prepare you for — and every one we do not

This page is generated from the same file the platform runs on. It lists 24 certifications, which 17 of them a track actually prepares you for, and what each entry is missing. Nothing here is marketing copy. It is the data, printed.

Why publish this. Every training platform claims to prepare you for certifications. Almost none will tell you which objectives they skip, which exams they only mention, or which credentials retire next year. We publish all three, because a list of what we cover is only meaningful beside a list of what we do not.

How it is maintained. Every entry was checked against the vendor’s own current exam page — CompTIA, Microsoft Learn, ISC2, Cisco, AWS, PeopleCert — and rechecked when anything changed. When we got something wrong, the correction is written on the entry rather than the mistake quietly erased.

Network Foundations

1 prepared for · 1 named and not taught

CompTIA Network+ (N10-009)Foundational
Named, not taught hereDoD IAT-I
Cisco CCNA (200-301)Foundational
Prepares you for this

Identity & AI Security

6 prepared for · 0 named and not taught

Microsoft SC-900 (Security Fundamentals)Foundational
Prepares you for this
CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701)Core
Prepares you for thisDoD IAT-II

The standard gate for DoD/cleared work — IAT Level II baseline, mapped into DoD 8140 work roles.

Microsoft SC-300 (Identity & Access Administrator)Specialist
Prepares you for this
CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-004)Specialist
Prepares you for thisDoD IAT-II

SOC differentiator; also satisfies IAT II. V4 (CS0-004) is current — V3 (CS0-003) is retiring.

CompTIA SecAI+ (CY0-001)Core
Prepares you for this

Track's existing AI-security modules (Employee AI Safety, LLM Privacy Hardening, Copilot Readiness, Secure AI Procurement, Deepfake Defense, Enterprise GenAI Security & Governance, Agentic AI Governance) substantially cover Securing AI Systems (40%) and AI Governance/Risk/Compliance (19%).

MSP & Financial Governance

2 prepared for · 1 named and not taught

CompTIA A+ (220-1201/1202)Foundational
Named, not taught hereDoD IAT-I

The most-cited entry IT cert; two exams.

ITIL 4 FoundationCore
Prepares you for this

The service-management standard MSP/service-desk careers are built on.

ITIL 4 Specialist: Monitor, Support & FulfillSpecialist
Prepares you for this

Covers exactly five practices — Incident Management, Service Desk, Service Request Management, Monitoring & Event Management, Problem Management — and every one of the five has a real dedicated module in this track after the B4 wave. ITIL 4 Foundation is a prerequisite. IMPORTANT CAVEAT, stated rather than buried: PeopleCert requires accredited training for the Specialist modules, and FHG is not an accredited ITIL training organization — FHG prepares you on the content, but the accredited course is still required to sit it.

IT Automation

2 prepared for · 0 named and not taught

CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-006)Core
Prepares you for this

XK0-006 (launched July 2025) is current, supersedes XK0-005.

CompTIA AutoOps+ (AT0-001)Core
Prepares you for this

New — GA June 2, 2026. Automation/scripting, IaC, CI/CD.

Device Management

2 prepared for · 1 named and not taught

CompTIA A+ (220-1201/1202)Foundational
Named, not taught hereDoD IAT-I

The most-cited entry IT cert; two exams.

Microsoft SC-900 (Security Fundamentals)Foundational
Prepares you for this
Microsoft MD-102 (Endpoint Administrator)Core
Prepares you for this

Sometimes hard-required at MSPs/consultancies.

Infrastructure

3 prepared for · 0 named and not taught

Microsoft AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals)Foundational
Prepares you for this
Microsoft AZ-104 (Azure Administrator)Core
Prepares you for this
CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator)Advanced
Prepares you for this

Performance-based, not multiple choice.

Compass Senior Tier

2 prepared for · 0 named and not taught

CompTIA A+ (220-1201/1202)Foundational
Prepares you for thisDoD IAT-I

The most-cited entry IT cert; two exams.

CompTIA Network+ (N10-009)Foundational
Prepares you for thisDoD IAT-I

Three things this page will not do.

It will not tell you that we issue any of these credentials. We do not. CompTIA, Microsoft, AWS, ISC2, Cisco and PeopleCert administer their own exams and those fees are theirs.

It will not promise that preparation means passing. Preparation means the material maps to the published objectives. What happens in the exam room depends on you.

And it will not stay accurate on its own. Exams retire. Objectives change. This page is generated from the platform’s own data, so when the map changes the page changes with it — which is the only reason it is safe to publish.

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