I have seen a number of posts from users lately that are posting that they passed an ISC2 exam, and providing their tips to pass said examination. While I think sharing knowledge is great and helping others that deserve to earn an ISC2 certification is what we should all be striving for, there is an issue with a lot of them.
In the past 2 days, 3 different accounts have posted their "I Passed" messages, each one for a different certification (CISSP, CCSP, SSCP) and their tips, but included in their tips is the fact that they use Actual Exam Questions, and then posted a link to a braindump site.
All of the accounts were created the same day as the "I Passed" post, so they have not been active members of the community before then.
All of this in my mind is a violation of the ISC2 Code of Ethic, if these are actual candidates and they are using braindumps to cheat, and encouraging others to do the same. But I feel like there is a good chance that the profiles are fake and created to advertise the braindump site.
I would hope that no true candidate for an ISC2 certification would stoop to cheating, but I am sure that it happens, or there wouldn't be dumps for the exam. There are an abundance of official trainings and other resources that can help you to prepare for the test. And I have found with most certifications, if you have done the job long enough to want a certification to prove it, the exam shouldn't be as hard. Just brush up on the domains that you aren't as familiar with, and then go knock it out of the park.
Just remember if you cheat, you will eventually be found out. At some point it will come to light that you do not have the level of knowledge that you claim to have by being ISC2 certified.
I think there needs to be a more diligent and concerted effort to eliminate the possibility of braindumps helping someone pass a test. And I would say, if you see a post that claims to have used a braindump or actual questions to study, report it to the moderator, or if you feel the user is a real user, report the Exam Fraud on the ISC2 Code of Ethics page.
I do not want to see the ISC2 certifications get to the point that the Microsoft certifications got to, where anybody could pass it if they could memorize the braindump answers.
