How do I maintain my CCP?
Continuing Professional Education (CPE) is crucial to remain current in your skills, expertise and ahead in your career. Maintaining your CCP requires earning a minimum of 20 CPEs annually and a total of 120 CPEs over a 3-year period. See our full CPE policy below for more details.
ISACA offers opportunities to earn CPE through a variety of programs and events, including:
How to report my CPE
This video provides a step-by-step tutorial on how to report your Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits. The goal of the CPE policy is to ensure that all certification holders maintain an adequate level of current knowledge and proficiency.
report cpesCPE Policy
Review the details of ISACA’s CPE policy. ISACA certification holders must comply with the CPE requirements to retain certification.
CCP MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS OVERVIEW
- Earn and report CPE annually: A minimum of 20 CPE hours must be reported annually and be appropriate to the readiness of the CCP’s knowledge or ability to perform CCP-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. HOW TO EARN CPE
- Earn and report over 3 years: you must earn and report at least 120 CPE hours related to CCP over a three-year reporting period. HOW TO REPORT CPE
- Pay the CCP annual maintenance fee: $45 for members, $85 for non-members
PAYMENT OF ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEE
The cost of the annual maintenance fee is US$45 for ISACA members and US$85 for non-members.
AUDIT OF CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION HOURS
CCPs randomly selected for a CPE audit must provide written evidence of previously reported activities that meet the criteria described in the Qualifying Professional Education Activities. Those individuals who do not comply with the audit will have their CCP certification revoked.
Recordkeeping
Documentation should be retained for a minimum of three (3) years. Documentation should be in the form of a letter, certificate of completion, attendance roster, Verification of Attendance form or other independent attestation of completion. At a minimum, each record should include the name of the attendee, name of the sponsoring organization, activity title, activity description, activity date, and the number of CPE hours awarded or claimed.
ADHERE TO THE CODE OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
Members of ISACA and/or holders of the CCP designation agree to a Code of Professional Ethics to guide professional and personal conduct.
ALREADY EARNED CPE HOURS?
Once you have earned your CPE hours, it is time to get them reported towards your ISACA certification(s).
CPE hours earned and tracked through ISACA will be pre-loaded into your account. Before these CPE hours are counted towards your requirements, you must apply them. Here are the steps to apply your pre-loaded CPE earned from ISACA:
- Log-in at www.isaca.org/myisaca
- Click on Certifications & CPE Management
- Click on the button to Report and Manage CPE for any certification that you hold
- If you have pre-loaded CPE in your account that are unapplied, you will see a section titled, “Unapplied CPE Hours”. Under the “Actions” column, click the link to “Apply”
- The CPE details will be pre-populated, you will only need to enter the number of CPE to add towards each certification that you hold. Each pre-loaded CPE event will have a maximum number of hours allowed to report.
- Click Save & Close, and you will now see that event listed under your CPE Hours Applied to Certification section
CPE hours earned through Chapters and other sponsoring organizations will require you to self-report the activity to ISACA. This requires the following simple steps:
- Log-in at www.isaca.org/myisaca
- Click on Certifications & CPE Management
- Click on the button to Report and Manage CPE for any certification that you hold
- Click on the button to Add New CPE Record
- Fill out the details of the CPE activity. This includes a title or description of the event, the sponsoring organization, a start and end date from when it was earned, and the appropriate qualifying activity.
- Enter the number of CPE earned for each ISACA certification that you hold
- Click Save & Close or Save & Add More if you have additional CPE to report
NON-PRACTICING STATUS
ISACA offers a Non-Practicing status for individuals who qualify. To learn more information regarding who qualifies, how to apply and other requirements, please visit the Certification Status Options page.
USE OF CCP LOGO
Individual use of the CCP logo (on items such as business cards, web sites, marketing or promotional materials) is not permitted because it can imply endorsement or affiliation on ISACA’s behalf of that person’s products or services. Individuals can use the CCP acronym after their name (e.g., John Q. Customer, CCP in lieu of the logo).