Terry

Articles by Terry

• Infosec Institute Plagiarism and Old Course Complaints

  October 14, 2026 · Bad Infosec Reviews

  Infosec Institute settled a 2011 plagiarism dispute with Corelan, removed a copied article in 2017, and drew a 2013 course…

• A Kind Conversation With a Former Cengage Employee

  October 14, 2026 · News, Personal

  I had a kind conversation with a former Cengage employee who knew about this site. He was very professional, and…

• Infosec Institute Alternatives: Where to Get CISSP Training Instead

  October 7, 2026 · Better Choices

  The best alternatives to Infosec Institute: ISC2’s official training partners, ISC2’s own training, and the self-study tools that got me…

• Infosec Institute Employee Reviews on Glassdoor: The Layoff and Outsourcing Claims

  October 7, 2026 · Bad Infosec Reviews, News

  Infosec Institute’s Glassdoor rating, and a November 2025 employee review alleging layoffs and outsourcing. What it says and what it…

• Infosec Skills and Infosec IQ Reviews: What Users and Cengage’s Numbers Say

  October 7, 2026 · Bad Infosec Reviews

  Reviews of Infosec Skills and Infosec IQ from users, plus what Cengage’s own reports say about IQ customer churn and…

• Infosec Institute Exam Pass Guarantee: The Fine Print, According to Students

  October 7, 2026 · Bad Infosec Reviews

  What students say it takes to qualify for Infosec Institute’s exam pass guarantee, how payouts work, and where people got…

• Who Owns Infosec Institute? Cengage, Its Private Equity Owners and the IPO

  October 7, 2026 · News

  Infosec Institute is owned by Cengage, which is controlled by Apollo, Apax, KKR and Searchlight. The ownership chain, the write-off…

• Is Infosec Institute Legit? What the Evidence Shows in 2026

  October 7, 2026 · Bad Infosec Reviews

  Infosec Institute is a real company owned by Cengage. Whether it’s worth your money is another question. A sourced answer…

• Infosec Institute Reviews on Reddit: What Students Say About the Boot Camps

  October 7, 2026 · Bad Infosec Reviews

  What Reddit users said about Infosec Institute boot camps from 2015 to 2026: outdated materials, pass rates, the guarantee, and…

• Infosec Institute Reviews on PissedConsumer and BBB: Every Complaint, Read and Summarized

  October 7, 2026 · Bad Infosec Reviews

  All 18 Infosec Institute reviews on PissedConsumer and the BBB complaint, grouped by problem and dated, including the one positive…

• Cengage Wrote Off All $101.6M of Infosec Institute’s Goodwill

  October 7, 2026 · News

  Cengage’s own annual report shows it wrote off all $101.6 million of Infosec Institute’s goodwill. What that means, and what…

• Cengage Says Infosec Is “Challenged”: What Its 2026 Earnings Calls Said

  October 7, 2026 · News

  Cengage’s CFO told investors in February 2026 that Infosec was down year on year and that costs were being cut.…

• Official ISC2 Training Partners in North America (Verified List)

  August 10, 2026 · Better Choices

  The current list of ISC2 official training partners in North America, and how to check a CISSP provider’s “official” claim…

• How to Verify a Training Company’s Claims (ISC2, EC-Council, CompTIA)

  August 10, 2026 · Better Choices

  How to verify a training company’s claims with ISC2, EC-Council and CompTIA directly before you spend money on a CISSP,…

• Ripoff Report: Infosec Institute / Intense School MCSA Boot Camp, One Pass Out of 44

  August 10, 2026 · Bad Infosec Reviews

  A Ripoff Report complaint about Infosec Institute’s Intense School MCSA boot camp, where the reviewer says one exam was passed…

• Reddit Review: Infosec Institute’s CEH Boot Camp Isn’t Worth It

  August 10, 2026 · Bad Infosec Reviews

  A student’s December 2018 Reddit review of Infosec Institute’s CEH boot camp: slide-reading instruction, buggy labs, typo-riddled materials and brain…

• Is Cengage Hollowing Out Infosec Institute?

  May 6, 2026 · News

  Cengage bought Infosec Institute for $191 million in 2022. An employee review and Cengage’s own earnings calls describe what has…

• What’s Changed on the CISSP Exam, From Someone Who Took It a Few Years Ago

  April 5, 2026 · Better Choices, Personal

  What changed on the CISSP exam since 2024: CAT in all languages, new domain weights, and the April 2026 cut…

• Boson CISSP

  March 6, 2026 · Product Reviews

  My 5 out of 5 review of Boson’s CISSP practice exams: well written questions with explanations that teach you why…

• “Every Single Person in My Class Failed”: A 2015 Infosec MCSE Boot Camp Complaint

  March 6, 2026 · Bad Infosec Reviews

  A 2015 letter from an Infosec MCSE boot camp student who says every person in the class failed the first…