Former National Security Agency / Booz Allen Contractor Edward Snowden is an (ISC)2 member

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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certificate which has since been rescinded by the organization.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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