CCP articles
Articles on the exam, each sourced and dated like the rest of the site.
Latest · Oct 2, 2026 · 10 min read
From registration to the score email: the six-month window, scheduling with PSI, ID rules, the room scan, breaks, what may not be on the desk, and results.
Read the articleOct 2, 2026 · 13 min read
Each CCP domain with its weight, about how many of the 170 questions it carries, the tasks the outline sets, what a question looks like, and its documents.
Read the articleOct 2, 2026 · 13 min read
Sixty CCP flashcards, ten a domain, each with the document it comes from. Then 1,100 more in the course, with spaced repetition, and the first domain free.
Read the articleOct 2, 2026 · 10 min read
How ISACA's 2026 candidate guide shapes a CCP question, four original samples with answers and sources, the 200 to 800 scale, and where the 1,166 are.
Read the articleOct 2, 2026 · 10 min read
What the July 13, 2026 suspension stopped, what it left in place, what the exam still tests, and what the reform task force can and cannot change.
Read the articleOct 2, 2026 · 6 min read
The FAR clause has fifteen safeguards, the exam outline lists seventeen practices, and the rule's table joins them. All seventeen with both identifiers.
Read the articleOct 2, 2026 · 10 min read
Every CMMC role the exam asks about, what each may do and may not, who certifies whom, and the current names beside the outline's older ones.
Read the articleOct 2, 2026 · 8 min read
The rule's scoring: 110 points, the 1, 3 and 5 point values, the two partial credits, the 88 that allows a POA&M, what may never go on one, and SPRS.
Read the articleOct 2, 2026 · 7 min read
The FAR overhaul moved the Level 1 clause from 52.204-21 to 52.240-93 and the DFARS rules behind CMMC with it: what moved, what stayed, what the exam uses.
Read the articleOct 2, 2026 · 14 min read
The documents the CCP exam is written from, which domains each feeds, what to read in each, and what to skip, with page counts and the current editions.
Read the articleSep 29, 2026 · 7 min read
The CCP exam costs US$575 for ISACA members or US$760 for others, per attempt. Every other fee, from application to renewal, from ISACA's documents.
Read the articleSep 29, 2026 · 5 min read
The CCP passing score is 450 on ISACA's 200 to 800 scale, not the 500 in older guides. How scaled scores, domain results, rescores and retakes work.
Read the articleSep 29, 2026 · 10 min read
What a CMMC Certified Professional and Certified Assessor each do, what a CCA needs beyond the CCP, and how the exams differ, from 32 CFR 170 and ISACA.
Read the articleSep 29, 2026 · 8 min read
Why the CCP exam is demanding (170 questions in 3.5 hours, closed book, scenarios, a large document set), and an eight-week plan by the blueprint.
Read the articleSep 29, 2026 · 11 min read
Every step to CCP certification, in order: eligibility, the class, the exam, the US$200 application, the Tier 3 check and the one-year deadline.
Read the articleSep 29, 2026 · 8 min read
ISACA replaced The Cyber AB as the CAICO in 2025 and 2026. What changed for CCP candidates (fees, passing score, prerequisites) and what did not.
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