The Cengage acquisition is hollowing the company out
A 2024 Glassdoor review from a Marketing employee titled “Avoid Infosec Marketing. It’s a sinking ship”: in the three years after the buyout, the reviewer counted ten different Marketing leaders at Director level or above cycling out, voluntarily and through layoffs. Both HR and IT departments were outsourced. https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-Cengage-E20055-RVW91058923.htm
More outdated Infosec Institute comments
My experience with Infosec Institute was frustrating. The instructor may have known the material, but the courseware itself felt stale and behind. Some examples, references, and sections did not feel current, which made the training harder to rely on. When someone is paying for professional certification prep, updated course materials should not be optional. – […]
Infosec OUTDATED
I was disappointed with the training because parts of the courseware felt outdated. Some topics did not seem to match the current exam focus, and I had to spend extra time looking elsewhere for updated material. For the price, I expected fresher content and better alignment with today’s certification requirements. – Reddit CISSP
More Reddit reviews of INFOSEC
I was very disappointed with the InfoSec class. The materials were filled with spelling errors, which immediately hurt its credibility. The instructor also sounded like he was half asleep, making the delivery dull and difficult to follow. For a professional training course, I expected much better quality and presentation
WARNING INFOSEC
I am writing to officially document and express my extreme dissatisfaction following my recent experience as a training participant at the InfoSec Institute. After the first few days and inadequate facilitation, it was abundantly clear that the training would fail to live up to its claim of a 93% pass rating, hands-on training and Microsoft […]
94% Pass rate? I cry BS on InfoSec
InfoSec boasts that 94% of their students pass. What an excellent sales ploy. I pass you the money and I’ve got a 94% chance of passing and I’m off to a career making over a hundred thousand dollars. The reality is that no one ever questions that 94% which is a totally manufactured number. If […]