I came across these posts recently at a forum
There is more hype than substance in EC-Council.
Check this link
https://esos.state.nv.us/SOSServices/AnonymousAccess/CorpSearch/CorpDetails.aspx?CorpID=429981
EC-Council or International Council of ECommerce Consultants is a Nevada
incorporated company and has NO office in New York as they claim. Pay them a
visit and there is absolutely NOTHING there. Any enquiry called is always met
with one response - please email. Try checking their claims before you invest
in their products
EC-Council had announced an university earlier this year at Wyoming. They claim
the certifications would get credits for their masters program. Its a diploma
paper mill at best that will have its license revoked sooner or later as per
the legislature revoking all unaccredited programs. Check this link
http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2006/Digest/SF0069.htm
From their university website "EC-Council University is licensed by the State
of Wyoming under Wyo. Stat. 21-2-401 through 21-2-407 and neither the
Department of Education nor the Wyoming State Board of Education has
accredited or endorsed any course of study offered by EC-Council University"
If you check their members list as well, you will realize that most of them are
ficticious or hardly involved. Renaming the only program they sell is not going
to fool the government for long I guess.
Check this link http://www.eccouncil.org/cnda.htm and compare it with
http://www.eccouncil.org/CEH.htm - Its the same thing. What is the value for
existing CEH if they are going to certify some of the candidates as CNDA?
Everything is the same. There is no alteration. Its not just money here... If
some of us are going to be CEH and some CNDA, wont one destroy the value of the
other? They are out to squeeze every last drop of money they can - think about
it... To do LPT, you must have attended training. Check their website
http://eccouncil.org/lpt/LPT-Course-Outline.htm
Look at the cost - 2500 USD and see what you get in return
Plaque with your name on it
LPT License card
Resource CD-ROMS
LPT T-shirts
LPT caps
LPT Certificate
LPT Lapel Pin
Membership ID
The million dollar question - license for what???
Why dont we go to archive.org to the wayback machine (as shown in CEH course)
and look at EC-Council's site. ECSA / ECSP/ ECAD / LPT / etc have been
announced more than a year ago. Why are there no certifications coming out yet?
The funniest part is that nobody else claims LPT is prestigious - nor is there
an industry demand or recognition. LPT will grant you the license (to do
what???). Please mail them and ask what the license stands for?
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