PECB Certificate Holder in NIS 2 Directive Foundation — Requirements & Free Practice
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PECB Certificate Holder in NIS 2 Directive Foundation
Licensing authority: PECB
Initial by examination
- Award
- Pass this examination, apply for the Foundation certificate program and sign the PECB Code of Ethics; PECB evaluates the application before issuing the certificate and digital badge.
- Experience
- No professional experience, MS audit/assessment experience or NIS2MS project experience; Foundation certificates do not require professional references.
- Scheduling
- English online remote examination through myPECB and the PECB Exams application after training, or a PECB partner-arranged session. Dates and seats depend on actual session availability; new online sessions are published bi-weekly, and fully booked sessions require another session/date. No guaranteed appointment is asserted for 2026-11-25 through 2027-02-28.
- Training
- Attend the Foundation training course; there are no prerequisites to participate in that course. The general no-training statement for other certifications does not waive the explicit Foundation Certificate Program attendance requirement.
PECB NIS 2 Directive Foundation
- Provider
- PECB
- Format
- English online multiple-choice, closed-book examination; remotely invigilated through the PECB Exams application.
- Exam questions
- Total questions: 40.
- Time limit
- 1 hour
Examination outline
- Fundamental concepts and definitions of NIS 2 Directive
- NIS 2 Directive requirements
Examination sources
- PECB NIS 2 Directive Foundation brochure
Page 1 / Examination / exam identity and adoption of competency domains
- PECB NIS 2 Directive Foundation brochure
Page 1 / Examination / Domain 1
- PECB NIS 2 Directive Foundation brochure
Page 1 / Examination / Domain 2
- PECB NIS 2 Directive Foundation official page
Examination / competency domains
- List of PECB Exams — official JSON alternate
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- PECB Exam Rules and Policies
Online Exam Rules and Policies / 03 Receive the Exam Results / Multiple-choice exams
- List of PECB Exams — official JSON alternate
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- PECB scheduling after training
Scheduling Your Online Exam / steps 2 through 4
- PECB scheduling after training
Troubleshooting / no sessions, full sessions and training completion
- PECB Exam Rules and Policies
Online Exam Rules and Policies / 01 Prepare and Schedule the Exam / remote delivery option
- PECB Exam Rules and Policies
Online Exam Rules and Policies / 01 Prepare and Schedule the Exam / Foundation training requirement
- PECB Exam Rules and Policies
Online Exam Rules and Policies / 01 Prepare and Schedule the Exam / partner delivery option