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Candidate Information : CACS Material to be Submitted

A candidate must have 2 referee statements from other professionals recommending candidates.

A candidate must have a minimum of 2 years related experience with credit given for education as follows:

Highest Educational Level	Engineering Degree	Other Technical degree	Non-Technical Degree
No higher level education	Subtract 0 years	Subtract 0 years	Subtract 0 years
Bachelor Degree	Subtract 3 years	Subtract 2 year	Subtract 1 year

Candidate Information : CACE Material To Be Submitted

A candidate must have 4 referee statements from other professionals recommending candidates.

A case study must be submitted candidates to provide a description of project where they demonstrated their skills, knowledge, and responsibility for a significant element of the cybersecurity of an automation system in accord with relevant standards such as ISA/IEC 62443 and NIST Cybersecurity Framework. This will also include a supporting statement from one of the referees.

Please see application form and example.

A candidate must have a minimum of 10 years related experience with credit given for education as follows:

Highest Educational Level	Engineering Degree	Other Technical degree	Non-Technical Degree
No higher level education	Subtract 0 years	Subtract 0 years	Subtract 0 years
Bachelor Degree	Subtract 3 years	Subtract 2 year	Subtract 1 year
Master Degree	Subtract 4 years	Subtract 3 years	Subtract 1 ½ years
PhD	Subtract 6 years	Subtract 4 years	Subtract 2 years
Professional Engineering Certification/License (PE)	Subtract 1 additional year	Subtract 1 additional year	Subtract 1 ½ additional years

Using this table as guidance, a person with no higher level education would need at least 10 years of related experience to be considered for the CACE program. A B.S./B.Sc./B. Eng. degree in an engineering discipline immediately reduces the minimum experience requirement to 7 years while additional certification as a licensed professional engineer by a recognized state or national body reduces the minimum requirement to 6 years. Similarly, someone with a B.S. degree in a scientific discipline such as physics or chemistry would need at least 8 years of relevant safety and engineering experience to meet the requirements.

CACE Material to be Submitted:

CACE applicants must arrange to have the following materials submitted before the application deadline (see attached schedule):

Examination Application Form – submitted by applicant. Due 1 week before on-line exam or 2 weeks before on-site exam.
Case Study Form - submitted by applicant – Due 90 days after exam has been taken - a description of project where they demonstrated their skills, knowledge, and responsibility for a significant element of the cybersecurity of an automation system in accord with relevant standards such as ISA/IEC 62443
Referee Statement - (four are required) – Due 90 days after exam has been taken - submitted by referee (one for each referee listed in Examination Application Form). This will also include a supporting statement from one of the referees for the Case Study.
Copies of Licenses, Registrations & Certification – Due 90 days after exam has been taken - submitted by applicant (one for each listed in Examination Application Form). A photocopy of your diploma will suffice the requirement.
Please submit a copy of your passport / government ID.
Payment for Application Fee- due before 1-week online exam OR 2-weeks for an onsite exam.

Candidate Information : CACS Examination Format

The examination will take four (4) hours and is one (1) session. The examination consists of 60 multiple choice questions.

Category	No. of Questions	Points	Minimum Score
Multiple Choice	60	1	80%

In order to pass the exam the candidate will have to score at least 80% for the total examination. All CACS exams are open book with all readily available published references allowed to be used during the exam. Please also note that the candidates are specifically encouraged to at least bring a copy of IISA99-62443 and NIST Cybersecurity Framework. Other textbooks, publicly available published course materials, and workbooks are also allowed and may be useful to the candidates. Although occasional general hand notes in these reference materials may be allowed at the discretion of the CACE appointed exam proctor, it is expressly forbidden to bring in any personal exam-specific notes.

Candidate Information : CACE Examination Format

The examination will take four (4) hours and is one (1) session. The examination consists of 100 multiple choice questions.

Category	No. of Questions	Points	Minimum Score
Multiple Choice	100	1	80%

In order to pass the exam the candidate will have to score at least 80% for the total examination. All CACE exams are open book with all readily available published references allowed to be used during the exam. Please also note that the candidates are specifically encouraged to at least bring a copy of ISA 99.02.01: 2009. Other textbooks, publicly available published course materials, and workbooks are also allowed and may be useful to the candidates. Although occasional general hand notes in these reference materials may be allowed at the discretion of the CFSE appointed exam proctor, it is expressly forbidden to bring in any personal exam-specific notes.

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Candidate Information : Online Information

Documents & Devices NOT permitted for the online exams

Mobile phones
Exam - specific notes
Headphones (only permitted if used for communicating with Proctor)

Documents & Devices permitted for the online exams

Any calculator
Any recommended Standards for your Specialty
Scratch paper (Proctor will require you to tear and discard on camera)
A handheld whiteboard may also used in place of scratch paper
Safety Book Package or Cyber Book Package

Any textbooks, publicly available published course materials and workbooks are also allowed and may be useful during the exam. Although occasional general handwritten notes in these reference materials may be allowed at the discretion of the Advisory Board appointed exam proctor, it is expressly forbidden to bring in any personal exam-specific notes (Study Guide notes are acceptable).

Documents needed for exam sign in
Government issued passport
OR
Driver’s license

Requirements needed for online exam:

In order to use ProctorU, you will need a high-speed internet connection, a webcam (internal or external), a Windows or Apple operating system, and a government issued photo ID. ProctorU recommends that you visit https://go.proctoru.com after creating your account to test out your equipment prior to your exam. Simply click on the “Test My Equipment” button located at the top of the screen. Please make sure that you are using the current version of your browser and have downloaded the ProctorU extension available here for Chrome and here for Firefox.