This is NOT a modest increase. It's almost 50%. How does anyone call that modest? No one polled the membership (at least, I haven't heard of any poll) to see how we feel about the increase. Most comments I've read seem feel there's nothing we can do about it; we just have to take it. Is that really true? We should think about what can be done to, if not reverse this decision, get them to introduce a more "modest" increase. If nothing is done, next the price to take exams will increase (if they haven't already). I know of people who won't take the CISSP exam because the price is prohibitive.
Even though the website has been revamped, the CPE portion is not as good as what we had before - in my opinion. I still have CPEs listed as pending that I've posted months ago. And the webinars seem to be more infomercials for different companies, rather than truly educational.But like anything of this nature, when one is required to earn a certain number of points to keep a certification, etc., they do whatever has to be done, even if there isn't much value in it.
Since the benefit of this increase to the membership is questionable, who do you really think benefits? I think we all know the answer to that question. I'm in the US, and when I try to reach the main office it's extremely rare that anyone answers the phone. I leave voicemail, and rarely get a call back, and the one time someone did return my call, I wasn't in a position to answer. So on goes the phone tag, and I still haven't gotten my question answered.Something as simple as having enough staff to handle calls from the membership isn't to much to ask for - I don't think. A "modest" increase to handle something like that might be expected, but I wonder if ISC2 isn't top heavy.
