All legitimate and credible certifications
have a re-certification program. In fact, ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024, a quality
accreditation body requires credible certification providers to have
their own re-certification program. Requirement 6.5.1 states, “The
certification body shall define recertification requirements according
to the competence standard and other relevant documents, to ensure that
the certified person continues to comply with the current certification
requirements.”
Continued competency can be demonstrated though
many methodologies such as continuing profession education, examination
(often not re-taking the original exam but an exam that would be at a
higher level), or portfolios (when there is a product involved). The
fact is there needs to be a time limit for the certification to ensure
the consumers that the person has up-to-date knowledge.
This is
why several governmental agencies are mandating accreditation of
certifications in fields such as IT, Crane Operators, and Selling of
Securities to the elderly. Certification’s main purpose is to “protect
the public/consumers” NOT to protect the profession. When health, safety
and security are at risk, certification is needed and it cannot be given
for a “lifetime”. It is generally noted that, if professionals are not
required to maintain their knowledge and skills in their profession,
they won’t. Today, credible organizations within professional domains
require their members to provide evidence of a continuous learning as a
basis for maintaining their license.
Differentiation
The ECE will brand, differentiate
and distinguish a certified member as dedicated IT Security professional
if he/she is willing to continuously learn and share knowledge to keep
abreast of the latest changes in technology that affects the way
security is viewed, deployed and managed. This is a key requirement of
employers internationally and EC-Council being a major certification
organization supports it.
How does it work?
Once a candidate becomes certified by EC-Council, the relationship
between EC-Council and candidate will always be governed by the
EC-Council Candidate Certification Agreement which candidate must agree
to prior from receiving your certification. This agreement is also
provided at
https://www.eccouncil.org/members/Certification agreement.pdf.
If
a certified member earned certification/s that are included under the
ECE scheme, he/she will have to achieve a total of 120 credits (per
certification) within a period of three years. If a member holds
multiple certifications, credits earned will be applied across all the
certifications. However, effective January 1st 2013, each certification
will have its own ECE recertification requirements within its respective
3-year ECE window.
The credits can be earned in many ways
including attending conferences, writing research papers, preparing for
training classes in a related domain (for instructors), reading
materials on related subject matters, taking an exam of a newer version
of the certification, attending webinars, and many others. Qualified ECE
activities must have been completed within ECE program’s 3-year window
and must be submitted in only one ECE 3-year window.
ECE credits
are earned on a per annum basis, between January 1 – December 31 of each
calendar year. Certified members must register their ECE credits earned
by 1 February of the following year to maintain their certification
status.
Effective
January 1st 2009, all EC-Council certifications will be valid for three
years from the date of certification. During the three year period, the
certification must be renewed by participating in EC-Council Continuing
Education (ECE) Program.
For members who were certified prior to
2009, their ECE period will be from January 1st 2009 until December 31st
2011. For their first ECE Scheme Period (2009-2011), they are only
required to meet a total of 120 ECE credits By March 31st 2012.
Upon completion of the 3 year ECE program and meeting the requirements
(please refer to the How does it work? paragraph below), the member’s
certification validity will be extended for another three years from the
month of expiry.
Any member certified or recertified from January
1st 2016 onwards is liable to pay and annual membership fee.
SUSPENSION
If the certified member fails to meet certification requirements within
the 3 year time frame, EC-Council will suspend his/her certification.
Suspended members will not be allowed to use the certification logos
and related EC-Council membership benefits.
Suspended members
must remediate their suspension within a maximum period of 12 months
from the date of the expiry of the 3 year time frame. Failing which, the
member’s certification and status will be revoked and the member will
need to challenge and pass the certification exam again to achieve
certification.
For members who were certified prior to 2009, they
will be given an extended suspension deadline of March 31st, 2013.
Suspended members that subsequently meet the 120 ECE credit
requirements within the specified 12 months deadline from the date of
the expiry of the 3 year time frame will be reinstated as a member in
good standing and can enjoy the use of their certification logo and
related EC-Council benefits. However, the reinstated member will have
only a reduced period to achieve another 120 ECE credits for their next
recertification window. “Reduced period” refers to a time frame of 3
years less the suspension period.
REVOCATIONS
If member fails to meet certification requirements during the suspension
period, he/she will have the certification revoked and will no longer be
allowed to continue usage of the certification logo and related
benefits. Members whose certification is revoked will be required to
retake and pass the respective new exam to regain their certification.
APPEALS
Members whose certification has been suspended or revoked due to
non-compliance of certification requirements may send in an appeal in
writing to EC-Council. This appeal letter must be received by EC-Council
within ninety (90) days of the suspension/ revocation notice, providing
details of the appeal and reason(s) for non-compliance.
Certified members are required to
maintain sufficient evidence to show your involvement in activities that
earns you ECE credits. There is no requirement to submit evidence until
it is requested for specifically by EC-Council.
Please note that the above is subject
to change from time to time without prior notice. EC-Council reserves
the right to make changes as required in order to maintain the
reputation and recognition of its certifications and credentials.
However, best effort will be used in informing members of changes via
the website and the members’ portal.
Effective January 1st 2016,Any member certified or recertified
requires to pay an annual membership of USD80 if he/she holds a
minimum of one certificate under the ECE policy and USD20 if he/she
holds certificates that are not under the ECE policy.
More
details about the membership fee, cycle and due date can be found at http://cert.eccouncil.org/membership.html
Please log on to the Aspen Portal (https://aspen.eccouncil.org) to register your ECE credits
Only IT security related events are qualified for ECE scheme such as IT seminars, reading IT security books, publishing a paper on IT Security related topics and anything that updates your knowledge on IT Security not only from EC-Council.
EC-Council Examinations (ENSA, CND, CEH, CHFI, ECSA/LPT, ECVP, ECSP, EDRP, CCISO, CEI, ECIH, ECDR-VT, CAST, ECES, CIMP and CDM): 120 credits.
No.
If the particular event or activity is not listed on the Delta portal, you can contact the Administrator at [email protected] for assistance.
Yes, you can use the respective logos and labels of the certifications that you hold.
You can download logos and usage guidelines from https://cert.eccouncil.org/images/doc/ec-council-logo-usage-v3.0.pdf