How do I maintain my CSX-P?
Continuing Professional Education (CPE) is crucial to remain current in your skills, expertise and ahead in your career. Maintaining your CSX-P® requires earning a minimum of 20 CPEs annually and a total of 120 CPEs over a 3-year period.
10 CPE
Skills-based training/lab activities annually
20 CPE
Required annually
120 CPE
Required over a 3-year period
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.
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GET STARTEDGet CPE Policy
Review the details of ISACA’s CSX-P CPE policy. CSX-Ps must comply with the CPE requirements to retain certification.
CSX-P 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 CSX-P’s knowledge or ability to perform CXS-P related tasks. 10 of these hours must be skills based training or lab activities. 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 >
**When reporting skills-based training or lab activities for CPE, be sure to select a qualifying activity that says “Skills-Based Activities – Must Contain Lab Exercises.” The CPE reporting system will not apply the hours towards your skills-based requirement unless a skills-based qualifying activity is selected. - Earn and report over 3 years: you must earn and report at least 120 CPE hours related to CSX-P over a three-year. HOW TO REPORT CPE >
- Pay the CSX-P annual maintenance fee: $45 for members, $85 for non-members
- Comply with the Annual CPE Audit if selected
- Comply with ISACA’s Code of Professional Ethics
- Abide by ISACA’s IT Auditing Standards
Failure to comply with these certification requirements will result in revocation of an individual’s CSX-P designation. In addition, as all certifications are owned by ISACA, the certification must be destroyed immediately if revoked.
PAYMENT OF ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEE
To maintain your CSX-P, you must complete payment of the annual maintenance fee. This payment is due annually by 1 January and is required to renew through the upcoming calendar year. For example, to renew through the end of the current year, the current year’s maintenance fee must be paid by 1 January of the current year.
Invoice notifications are sent both via email and through the post beginning in September for the following year. A payment button will be available within your Certification Dashboard any time that fees are due.
The cost of the annual maintenance fee is US$45 for ISACA members and US$85 for non-members. Once you hold more than two ISACA certifications, the cost to renew your 3rd (4th, 5th, etc.) certification is reduced to US$25 for ISACA members and US$50 for non-members.
AUDIT OF CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION HOURS
Those randomly selected for a CPE audit must provide supporting documentation of all reported activities from a specific calendar year. Those individuals who do not comply with the audit will have their CSX-P certification revoked.
Recordkeeping
Documentation should be retained for 12 months following the end of each 3-year reporting cycle. 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.
CURRENTLY BEING AUDITED? LEARN MORE >
ADHERE TO THE CODE OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
Members of ISACA and/or holders of the CSX-P 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 3j.nerdsinglasses.com/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 3j.nerdsinglasses.com/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
More about CSX-P maintenance
NON-PRACTICING & RETIRED STATUS
ISACA offers a Non-Practicing and a Retired 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 CSX-P LOGO
Individual use of the CSX-P 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 CSX-P acronym after their name (e.g., John Q. Customer, CSX-P in lieu of the logo).
REVOCATION
Certified individuals who fail to comply with the CPE Policy will have their credential revoked, will no longer be allowed to present themselves as a certified individual, and will be reported as such on requests for confirmation of certification.
APPEAL FOR REINSTATEMENT
Individuals whose certification has been revoked due to non-compliance with the CPE policy may appeal to be reinstated by written notification to the CSX-P Working Group. The appeal must include a detailed explanation for the reinstatement request as well as the CPE documentation from the cycle period from revocation to current year. Please submit your appeal to the Customer Experience Center.
If the appeal is approved, the individual must pay any outstanding certification maintenance fees plus a US$50 reinstatement fee before being reinstated. If multiple certifications are approved for reinstatement, a US$50 reinstatement fee is incurred for each certification. If the appeal is not approved, to return to active will require re-taking and re-passing the exam. The individual must also re-apply for certification with the appropriate experience.