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Practical advice for IT and security professionals on keeping certifications current: earning and logging CPE and CEU credits, planning renewals across more than one certifying body, and keeping records ready for an audit. Every rule links to the certifying body’s official page.
One three-day conference can count toward CISSP, Security+ and CISM, each under its own rules. Here is the hour math for each body and one evidence pack that covers all three.
CISM and CISA each require at least 20 CPE hours every year and 120 over three years, plus an annual maintenance fee. ISACA’s yearly calendar, how hours can count toward both, and what an audit asks for.
CRISC holders need at least 20 CPE hours a year and 120 over three years. Here is what counts as CRISC-aligned, how ISACA calculates an hour, and what changes on January 1, 2027.
CySA+ needs 60 CEUs and SecurityX (formerly CASP+) needs 75 over the three-year cycle. Here are the per-activity caps, which certifications renew together, and a plan that fits inside the limits.
Free CPE credits are easy to find and easy to lose at audit time. These sources are verified on the provider’s own site, with the rules each certifying body applies and what to keep as proof.
A CPE audit asks you to prove activities you may have logged years ago. Here is what ISC2, ISACA, CompTIA and EC-Council each ask for, how long to keep it where they say, and a per-activity checklist.
A spreadsheet works well as a CPE tracker for some people. Here is a template if you stay, where spreadsheets get hard across several certifying bodies, and where an app falls short.
A CISSP needs 120 CPE credits every three years, at least 90 of them Group A. Here is what counts where, the caps that catch people and a template that adds up to 120.
Security+ needs 50 CEUs per three-year cycle, but webinars and conferences are capped at 10 each. Here are CompTIA’s caps, the proof it asks for and a plan that adds up.
Our reference guides set out each body’s requirements in one place, with the date we last checked them:
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