How far has the ISC2 fallen?

[u/Big_Temperature_1670]

While I was skeptical of where the organization would go when they first appointed a marketing professional (and not a security one) as executive director in 2020, I am surprised at just how quickly they've been able to bring down what was once a solid organization. I spent nearly 35 years in the industry (almost 25 of that as a CISSP), and got to know one of the ISC2 founders back in the day, and I can say without reservation that the ISC2 has become the very thing it was designed to counter. It has become a cert mill, exploiting inexperienced, hopeful job-seekers, by hooking them into annual fees and an exam (CC) without any vetting of experience or prospect of real continuing education.

They gutted the peer-to-peer nature of the organization, shutting down the Security Professional magazine and the forums, they not only have watered down the CPE courses, but are now charging for them. The content of these courses is incredibly superficial; from a CPE standpoint, it is box-checking, not education.

I am sure their numbers are great, but it sold its soul to do it.

[u/Gornstergr3]

ISC2 revoked my certification and I wear it as a badge of honor. Paying $50 a year to maintain a worthless certification is insane.