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PECB Certified ISO/IEC 27701 Lead Auditor

Licensing authority: PECB Group Pte. Ltd.

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PECB ISO/IEC 27701 Lead Auditor
Application Window
For instructor-led participants, apply within 12 months of course completion; self-study/eLearning participants within 12 months of purchase. Reopening after closure is subject to PECB's then-applicable conditions and fee. These are applicant/course windows, not exam-version expiry.
Audit Experience
300 hours of audit activities following best audit practices; evidence and audit log are reviewed by PECB.
Decision
PECB's Certification Department validates all requirements before issuing the certificate and digital badge.
Equivalent Examination
The official scheme accepts this examination or an equivalent accepted by PECB. Exams of other recognized accredited certification bodies require PECB's case-specific equivalence process. This open approval condition is retained without inventing a named alternative exam or a no-exam exemption; this task covers the identified PECB current-examination route only.
Ethics
Signing the PECB Code of Ethics.
Independent Registration
Without training, registration includes one attempt, excludes official training materials, and certification and retake fees are separate.
Professional Experience
Five years total, including two years of work experience in privacy management.
References
Two professional references who worked with the applicant and can validate expertise and history; neither subordinates nor relatives.
Scheduling
English online sessions are selected in myPECB subject to actual availability and seats; new sessions are published bi-weekly. Partner-arranged paper delivery is the same examination identity. No future session, seat, training place or booking is guaranteed.
Standard Applicability
Current ISO/IEC 27701:2025-based route. The old ISO/IEC 27701:2019 score transition deadline is not a current exam retirement and no separate Transition exam is added to this current initial examination route.
Training
Optional for examination entry. A fundamental understanding of information security/privacy and comprehensive audit-principle knowledge are prerequisites to the training course, not an obligatory training qualification for all examinees.
Training Bundle
A PECB Partner training/eLearning/self-study fee includes first attempt, one free retake, certification application fee and first year AMF, within the published 12-month cycle.

PECB ISO/IEC 27701 Lead Auditor

Provider
PECB Group Pte. Ltd.
Format
English; multiple-choice; open-book; online remotely invigilated through PECB Exams. Paper delivery is the same examination identity and is outside this selected online delivery focus.
Exam questions
Total questions: 80.
Time limit
3 hours
Passing score
70%
Examination outline
  • Fundamental principles and concepts of a privacy information management system (PIMS) (15%)
    • Competencies
    • Knowledge statements
  • Privacy information management system requirements (10%)
    • Competencies
    • Knowledge statements
  • Fundamental audit concepts and principles (18.75%)
    • Competencies
    • Knowledge statements
  • Preparing an ISO/IEC 27701 audit (12.5%)
    • Competencies
    • Knowledge statements
  • Conducting an ISO/IEC 27701 audit (25%)
    • Competencies
    • Knowledge statements
  • Closing an ISO/IEC 27701 audit (8.75%)
    • Competencies
    • Knowledge statements
  • Managing an ISO/IEC 27701 audit program (10%)
    • Competencies
    • Knowledge statements
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