CPEs, or Continuing Professional Education credits, are credits that information security professionals can earn through various means, such as attending conferences, formal education, or practical training.
These credits are required ISC(2), or the Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (as well as some other organizations) as a way to maintain certifications or credentials and to ensure that members stay current with the latest developments in their field.
CPEs are only awarded after you add your ISC2 ID to your account and have an active VIP/VIP+ subscription, you will not be awarded any missing credits before that. You can add the ID to your HTB Account in the user settings.
ISC(2) members who have earned a certification such as the CISSP are required to earn CPEs to keep their certification in good standing.
We offer automatic CPE Credit Submission to ISC(2) to our subscribers. Below can be seen the rubric for how CPEs are awarded.
Active Machines
Easy | 2 |
Medium | 4 |
Hard | 6 |
Insane | 8 |
Retired Machines
Easy | 1 |
Medium | 2 |
Hard | 3 |
Insane | 4 |
Starting Point Machines don't award CPE credits.
Active Challenges
Easy | 1 |
Medium | 2 |
Hard | 3 |
Insane | 4 |
Sherlocks
Easy | 1 |
Medium | 2 |
Hard | 3 |
Insane | 4 |
Professional Labs
25% Completion | 10 |
50% Completion | 10 |
75% Completion | 10 |
100% Completion | 10 |
For clarification, each additional 25% of completion on a Professiona Lab awards an additional 10 CPE Credits.
After completing a Professional Lab you will get a certificate of completion that will include the date, location, length, subject areas covered, and CPE credits, you can use this certification to acquire CPE credits from any organization.
Mini Professional Labs
Mini Professional Labs awards 10 CPE credits on completion, this will show on the certificate of completion as well as the length and subjects covered.
