# CISA eligibility and upkeep planner

Use this to plan the CISA from exam booking to renewal. Every rule below is ISACA's, from its Exam
Candidate Guide version 1.26 and its CISA, Get CISA Certified and CPE pages, read on 20 October 2026.
Check your MyISACA account before you rely on any date.

## Booking the exam

- [ ] Date you register and pay: ____________ (you then have six months to sit the exam)
- [ ] Six months from registration: ____________ (an extension of six months costs US$75)
- [ ] Appointment booked: ____________ (appointments open only 90 days ahead; book from 48 hours after paying)
- [ ] Test center or remote proctoring chosen (remote proctors chat in English only)

## If you need a retake

- [ ] Attempt 2 no sooner than 30 days after attempt 1: ____________
- [ ] Attempt 3 no sooner than 90 days after attempt 2: ____________
- [ ] Attempt 4 no sooner than 90 days after attempt 3, and within 12 months of attempt 1: ____________

## Your experience

- [ ] Five years of professional information systems auditing, control or security work, as described in
      the CISA job practice areas
- [ ] All of it within the 10 years before the date you apply
- [ ] Any waiver you will claim (ISACA allows up to three years of waivers; check its current waiver list):
      ____________
- [ ] A supervisor or manager who will verify each role: ____________

## After you pass

- [ ] Date you passed: ____________ (you have five years from this date to apply)
- [ ] US$50 application processing fee paid after your official score is released
- [ ] Application submitted with your verified experience
- [ ] Agreement to ISACA's Code of Professional Ethics and its Information Systems Auditing Standards

## Keeping it

- [ ] At least 20 CPE hours every year: ____________
- [ ] At least 120 CPE hours across each three-year cycle: ____________
- [ ] From 1 January 2027: at least 90 of the 120 aligned to the CISA exam content outline, and no more
      than 30 from other professional development
- [ ] Annual maintenance fee paid, at the member or non-member rate