orbit by reconn.Quick answers on ISO 27001 and information security
How long is an ISO 27001 Lead Auditor certification valid, and how do you renew it?
Three years, renewed with CPD hours and maintenance fees.
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PECB certifications are valid for three years. To renew, you submit continuing professional development hours and pay maintenance fees through your PECB dashboard, and you keep to the PECB Code of Ethics. Lead-level credentials need 90 CPD hours per three-year cycle. Foundation and Provisional credentials need none. The same rules apply to Lead Implementer.
PECB's Certification Maintenance Policy sets out the cycle.
The renewal steps
- Submit your CPD hours and pay maintenance fees through your PECB dashboard at any point in the cycle.
- Follow the PECB Code of Ethics.
- Meet the requirements within three years, and the certification is renewed at the end of the third year.
CPD hours by level
Implementer and Auditor level credentials need 60 hours per cycle, Lead credentials 90 and Senior Lead credentials 180. The policy lists no CPD hours for Foundation or Provisional.
The policy page is inconsistent about whether the maintenance fee is billed annually or per three-year cycle, so confirm the amount and timing with PECB.
Practitioner note: Log CPD as you go: courses, audits, talks and projects with dates. It is far easier than rebuilding the record in year three.
Build the credential with reconn
Every reconn enrollment includes the PECB certification application fee and the first year's annual maintenance fee, so you start the cycle covered. Start with PECB ISO 27001 Lead Auditor or Lead Implementer as eLearning from reconn. Each course carries 31 CPD credits for attending.