CDPSE
ISACA CDPSE Exam Prep
Comprehensive practice questions and study materials from ISACA. Build confidence with adaptive learning and domain-specific analytics.
CDPSE
Comprehensive practice questions and study materials from ISACA. Build confidence with adaptive learning and domain-specific analytics.
Exam Domains
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Privacy program governance, roles and accountability, policies, and privacy operations
Privacy risk identification and assessment, impact assessments, and regulatory and contractual compliance
Data collection, processing, classification, retention, persistence, and secure destruction
Technology stacks, privacy-related security controls, and privacy-enhancing technologies and controls
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The Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE) is ISACA's technical privacy credential. It validates the ability to design, implement, and operate privacy-by-design solutions — bridging privacy governance, risk and compliance, data lifecycle management, and privacy engineering.
The CDPSE exam has 120 multiple-choice questions and a 3.5-hour time limit. It is scored on a scale of 200–800, and 450 is the passing score.
CDPSE covers four domains: Privacy Governance (20%), Privacy Risk Management and Compliance (18%), Data Life Cycle Management (23%), and Privacy Engineering (39%). Privacy Engineering is the heaviest domain and should anchor your study plan.
ISACA requires three years of cumulative work experience in one or more CDPSE domains, earned within the 10 years before applying or within 5 years of passing the exam. There are no experience waivers or substitutions. You can sit the exam first and apply for certification once you meet the requirement.
The CDPSE exam fee is $575 USD for ISACA members and $760 USD for non-members, plus a $50 application fee once you pass. Certification is maintained with 20 CPE hours per year (120 per three-year cycle) and an annual maintenance fee.
CDPSE is ISACA's privacy specialization. CISA focuses on IS auditing, CISM on security management, and CRISC on IT risk. CDPSE sits alongside them for professionals who design or oversee data-protection programs — a natural add-on for CISA, CISM, or CRISC holders moving into privacy engineering or DPO roles.
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