Professional Development Institute - not many classes these days (and ISC(2) certificate costs)

[DHerrmann]

I was looking at the Professional Development Institute sessions today.   It's been about a year, and I was surprised that the small number of classes offered compared to last year.

Are there any plans to add more PDI sessions?

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I was also saddened to see that the Cloud Security Certificate comes with a $298 charge.   That's the type of service that I feel was once covered by PDI.

[DHerrmann]

It's in red text when I go into the PDI class.   That seems official to me.

I wonder how many other PDI classes are on their last days.  Hoping it's a mistake, of course - but we have seen the GDPR class vanish.

[tmekelburg1]

PDI classes getting phased out, definitely yes. Charging members for the classes, nothing has been said officially on that topic.

[wimremes]

It is my understanding that ISC2 worked with (some) third party providers for at least some of the PDI content. Courses being retired might be tied to ISC2 reviewing/changing/improving/severing relationships with (some) third party providers and a price indication of the course content may be an intermediate step to ensure contractual commitments (i.e. termination clauses etc.) are met.

Would be great if ISC2 actually gave a toss and used this "community" to communicate stuff that ... I don't know ... MATTERS TO MEMBERS?

[lostpassword]

As of 2025, it seems that the Professional Development Institute as I recall it from 2023 is gone - all the courses are now paid (Members get 20% discount, but the price is still quite steep), and only some microlearning sessions are there (well, at least they offer .5 CPE for 15-minute session, which is a good deal):

https://www.isc2.org/professional-development/express-courses/mem