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Chapter Members,

Clarifications and changes to the ISACA certification CPE policies have been made in the following areas:

Reconsideration and Appeal, Calculating CPE Hours, Exam Question Development and Review (no limit), and Contributions to the Profession. These modifications went into effect 1 January 2013 and have been approved by the Credentialing and Career Management Board. They are universal and apply equally to all ISACA certifications.

The ISACA CPE policy requires the attainment of CPE hours over an annual and three-year certification period. CISAs must comply with the following requirements to retain certification:

• Attain and report an annual minimum of twenty (20) CPE hours. These hours must be appropriate to the currency or advancement of the CISA's knowledge or ability to perform CISA-related tasks. The use of these hours towards meeting the CPE requirements for multiple ISACA certifications is permissible when the professional activity is applicable to satisfying the job-related knowledge of each certification.

• Submit annual CPE maintenance fees to ISACA international headquarters in full.

• Attain and report a minimum of one hundred and twenty (120) CPE hours for a three-year reporting period.

• Respond and submit required documentation of CPE activities if selected for the annual audit.

• Comply with ISACA's Code of Professional Ethics.

Annual and Three-Year Certification Period

• The annual reporting period begins on 1 January of each year. The three-year certification period varies and is indicated on each annual invoice and on the letter confirming annual compliance.

• For newly certified individuals, the annual and three-year certification period begins on 1 January of the year succeeding certification. Reporting CPE hours attained during the year of certification is not required. However, hours attained between the date of certification and 31 December of that year can be used and reported as hours earned in the initial reporting period.