Hord Tipton, who is the executive director of the (ISC) 2 - which is used for managing the certification of the Centified Information Systems Security Professional, has said that people consider that it means you are expert in all of the areas but we do not sell it off in that manner.

One recent report which was given by the Center for Strategic and International Studies has warned that the certifications of the cybersecurity are creating a false sense of security and they are being used too often for the sake of demonstrating the "expertise in the documenting compliance" as compared to the real skills. Some of the programs of the certification overemphasize how to do well on the tests that are multiple choices. Vermon Ross, who is the director of the talent and organizational capability for the IT with Lockheed Martin, has said that some of the people are very good at taking an exam, but this is only one piece.