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PECB Certified ISO/IEC 27701 Lead Implementer
PECB individual certification in implementing privacy information management systems based on ISO/IEC 27701.
Licensing authority: PECB Group Pte. Ltd.
Initial by examination
- Boundary
- Only the initial current-exam route is submitted. Historical 2019-score applications after October 14, 2026 and trainer transition obligations involve different populations/stages and an out-of-scope Transition examination; they are excluded, not converted to no_exam. Other experience-tier awards share this exam without additional banks.
- Certification
- The Lead Implementer award requires five years of professional experience including two in privacy information management, at least 300 project hours, signing the PECB Code of Ethics, two eligible professional references, project-log review and Certification Department approval. Passing alone does not grant the credential.
- Examination
- Pass the named current PECB examination. The handbook also allows equivalent exams from recognized accredited certification bodies, subject to PECB equivalence evaluation. This unnamed open approval remains an evidenced condition, not an invented second examination or no_exam branch; no other named live prerequisite exam is stated for the bounded initial current-exam route.
- Scheduling
- Select an available English online session via myPECB/PECB Exams, accept examination rules and read the online examinee manual. Requested November 25, 2026–February 28, 2027 appointments remain subject to sessions, seats and equipment; no seat is promised. Authorized partners arrange paper examination dates/times/locations. Arrive 30 minutes early with valid ID; remote invigilation and technical requirements apply.
- Training
- Certification exam attendance does not require a training course. The course itself requires a fundamental understanding of information privacy. Partner training/eLearning/self-study bundles include the first exam, one free retake and certification application fee. The handbook specifies completion within 12 months from instructor-led completion or self-study/eLearning purchase; these are individual conditions, not exam-version expiry.
PECB ISO/IEC 27701 Lead Implementer
- Provider
- PECB Group Pte. Ltd.
- Format
- English online remotely invigilated multiple-choice, open-book; one keyed response among three options. Stand-alone and scenario-based questions. Paper delivery is another mode of this examination.
- Exam questions
- Total questions: 80.
- Time limit
- 3 hours
- Passing score
- 70%
Examination outline
- Fundamental principles and concepts of a privacy information management system (10%)
- Initiation of the PIMS implementation (8.75%)
- Planning of a PIMS implementation based on ISO/IEC 27701 (18.75%)
- Implementation of a PIMS based on ISO/IEC 27701 (28.75%)
- Monitoring and measurement of a PIMS based on ISO/IEC 27701 (15%)
- Continual improvement of a PIMS based on ISO/IEC 27701 (10%)
- Preparation for a PIMS certification audit (8.75%)
Examination sources
- ISO/IEC 27701 Lead Implementer Candidate Handbook
pp.7–13, complete domain objectives and both competency/knowledge columns; p.7 scope declaration
- ISO/IEC 27701 Lead Implementer Candidate Handbook
p.14, complete allocation table including headers, X markers and both total rows; visually checked
- ISO/IEC 27701 Lead Implementer Candidate Handbook
p.14, passing score and format
- ISO/IEC 27701 Lead Implementer Candidate Handbook
p.14, response options
- List of PECB Exams
Visible table page 10, ISO/IEC 27701 / Lead Implementer / English row (record 3720); full table headers on same page and VIEW link to handbook
- PECB Exam Rules and Policies
Online Exam, 01 Schedule the Exam
- ISO/IEC 27701 Lead Implementer Candidate Handbook
p.5, Preparing For and Scheduling the Exam
- PECB online exam scheduling after training
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