Correction: CompTIA CEU Requirements: Maintaining Certifications Without Retaking Exams
Corrected by Emir Baycan · Full-Stack Developer, Mobile App Builder and Web Platform Founder with expertise in SEO, automation, SaaS, AI visibility, DevOps and scalable digital products
Emir Baycan found something wrong, outdated, or unsupported on this page and proposed a fix. The publisher accepted the correction.
- Role
- Correction
- Publisher
- Pass4Sure
- Status
- Accepted
- Date
- 11 July 2026
The exact change
"The CEU system rewards exactly the behaviors that keep security professionals current — taking courses, attending conferences, earning new certifications. Candidates who are genuinely growing professionally accumulate CEUs organically. The problem is documentation. I've seen professionals lose certifications not because they didn't do the activities but because they didn't track and submit them." — Diane Barrett, CASP+, security educator and CompTIA CE contributor --- CEUs are added immediately upon submission (no approval delay)
The CEU system rewards exactly the behaviors that keep security professionals current: taking courses, attending conferences, earning new certifications. Candidates who are genuinely growing professionally tend to accumulate CEUs organically. The problem is often documentation, since professionals can lose certifications not because they did not do the activities but because they did not track and submit them. --- Submitted CEUs go through a CompTIA review process before being credited to your account, so expect a short delay rather than instant approval
Suggested change
De-attributed the unverifiable quote to plain prose and corrected an internally-inconsistent claim about instant CEU crediting to reflect a real review process.
Why this is better
De-attributed an unverifiable quote attributed to Diane Barrett to plain prose, and corrected an internally-inconsistent claim that CEUs are added immediately upon submission with no approval delay to reflect a real CompTIA review-based crediting process.
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