3 flagged issues verified: a quote attributed to Ed Tittel (real IT cert author) had no locatable source and was de-attributed; a fake footnoted 'ISC2 2024 Member Engagement Survey' quote with a fabricated-precision '91…
Corrected by Emir Baycan
Every page with a public CitePep trust record: what was checked, what was corrected, and who did the work. 940 pages across 2 publications.
3 flagged issues verified: a quote attributed to Ed Tittel (real IT cert author) had no locatable source and was de-attributed; a fake footnoted 'ISC2 2024 Member Engagement Survey' quote with a fabricated-precision '91…
Corrected by Emir Baycan
3 flagged issues verified: a quote attributed to 'Dr. Marcus Rivera, People Operations Director' (generic, unverifiable, no company named) had no verifiable source and was de-attributed; a fake footnoted SHRM survey quo…
Corrected by Emir Baycan
3 flagged issues verified: a quote attributed to 'Pearce Barry, AWS technical trainer... based in Dublin' had no locatable source and was de-attributed; a fake footnoted 'Pearson VUE 2024 IT Certification Report' with f…
Corrected by Emir Baycan
2 flagged issues reviewed: an ISC2 workforce-gap figure (4.8 million) presented as a direct quote was checked and found ACCURATE (matches the verified 2024 ISC2 study figure from earlier in this session), so the number…
Corrected by Emir Baycan
4 flagged issues verified: a quote attributed to Rachel Tobac (real, well-known social engineering expert, not typically known for SOC hiring commentary) had no locatable source and was de-attributed; two named-individu…
Corrected by Emir Baycan
6 flagged issues verified: quotes/anecdotes attributed to 'Tomi Adebayo' and 'Rebecca' (unlinked SANS forum posts) had no verifiable source and were generalized; an uncited '2025 SANS salary survey of 1,400... $14,000'…
Corrected by Emir Baycan
2 flagged issues verified: a quote attributed to Mati Aharoni (real OffSec founder) had no locatable source and was de-attributed; two named-individual anecdotes ('Anh,' 'Idris') with precise salary/income figures and n…
Corrected by Emir Baycan
2 flagged issues verified: a quote attributed to Ning Wang (real former OffSec CEO) had no locatable source and was de-attributed; two named-individual anecdotes ('Felipe,' 'Ada') with precise point scores had no verifi…
Corrected by Emir Baycan
2 flagged issues verified: a fake footnoted 'OffSec community survey of 3,400 candidates' with fabricated-precision figures (62%/31%) had no locatable source and was softened to a qualitative statement; two named-indivi…
Corrected by Emir Baycan
2 flagged issues verified: two fake footnoted OffSec report citations ('Learn One Program Results 2024' with a 74%/58% figure, and 'OSCP Exam Operations Update 2024' with a 12% submission-timing correlation) had no loca…
Corrected by Emir Baycan