http://www.infosecnews.org/former-national-security-agency-booz-allen-contractor-edward-snowden-is-an-isc2-member/
By William Knowles
Senior Editor
InfoSec News
July 11, 2013
On July 4th, the New York Times reported NSA contractor Edward Snowden
trained and certified as a Certified Ethical Hacker by the EC-Council, a
certificate which has since been rescinded by the organization. After what
could be called stall tactics with myself, the (ISC)2 has now confirmed
that Edward Snowden is in fact currently an (ISC)2 member.
While the (ISC)2 staff wouldn’t go as far to say what certification Edward
Snowden holds, merely receiving a credential from (ISC)2 automatically
makes one a member. On Tuesday evening, an (ISC)2 Member Services Advisor
wouldn’t comment whether or not Edward Snowden is currently a CISSP citing
"security issues are involved” and the (ISC)2 privacy policy prevents them
from being able to confirm his certification status or personal
information"
After pointing out the (ISC)2 Privacy Policy to the advisor that states
“It is an implied duty that (ISC)2 identify and attest to the certified
status of those individuals who do possess our certification. As such,
(ISC)2 will verify whether an individual is certified by (ISC)2 or not
upon receiving sufficient identifying information regarding the subject of
the inquiry.”
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