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Certificate Holder in NIST Cybersecurity Foundation

Licensing authority: PECB

Initial by examination
PECB NIST Cybersecurity Foundation
Arrangement
Use the relevant completed course in myPECB, select English and an available session, and comply with online examination rules, identity checks and technical requirements. Partner-organized arrangements are available under the general policy; no institution or school-specific entitlement is asserted.
Award
Pass the named examination and apply for the certificate; professional experience and cybersecurity management project experience are both None, and signing the PECB Code of Ethics is required.
Evidence Claim Ids
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Included Cycle
For PECB Partner training/eLearning/self-study, the fee includes the first attempt, one free retake, application fee and first AMF year; complete this cycle within 12 months from instructor-led course completion or eLearning/self-study purchase. This individual fee/attempt deadline is not an examination-version retirement date.
Requested Horizon
2026-11-25 through 2027-02-28 is a requested scheduling horizon, not a confirmed reservation: sessions are published bi-weekly and require available seats; a missing session or full session requires another date or later checking.
Training
Attendance at the Foundation training course is required by the Foundation Certificate Program exception; the course itself has no prerequisites. Generic independent-scheduling instructions do not override this program-specific exception.

PECB NIST Cybersecurity Foundation

Provider
PECB
Format
English multiple-choice, closed-book examination delivered online through the PECB Exams application; paper delivery is another mode of the same examination, not a separate identity.
Exam questions
Total questions: 40.
Time limit
1 hour
Examination outline
  • Fundamental principles and concepts of cybersecurity
  • Risk management and cybersecurity controls
Examination sources