Renewing Multiple Certifications

If you have active CompTIA certifications, the CompTIA Continuing Education (CE) program enables you to keep all your ISO/ANAB-approved certifications active by renewing the highest-level CE certification listed below.

Note: CE Fees are not waived if the higher-level CompTIA certification does not fully renew the lower-level certification.

Renew existing certifications

Renewing higher-level CompTIA certifications can fully renew your lower-level certifications.

Certification	Renewal Details
SecurityX ce	Fully renews: Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+), PenTest+, Security+, Network+ and A+
DataX ce	Fully renews: N/A
CloudNetX ce	Fully renews: N/A
CompTIA CySA+ ce, CompTIA PenTest+ ce	Fully renews: Security+, Network+ and A+ Renewing PenTest+ does not automatically renew CySA+. However, the system does provide an option to apply CySA+ CEUs to PenTest+ when submitting the form. Renewing CySA+ does not automatically renew PenTest+. However, the system does provide an option to apply PenTest+ CEUs to CySA+ when submitting the form.
CompTIA Cloud+ ce	Cloud+ V2 Fully renews: A+ and Linux Cloud+ V3 Fully renews: A+, Network+ and Linux+
CompTIA Linux+ ce	Fully renews: A+
CompTIA Security+ ce	Fully renews: Network+ and A+
CompTIA Network+ ce	Fully renews: A+
CompTIA DataSys+ ce	Fully renews: N/A
CompTIA Data+ ce	Fully renews: N/A
CompTIA A+ ce	Fully renews: N/A

Receive full CEUs by earning other CompTIA certifications

Certified professionals can fully renew their certifications by passing the following CompTIA exams:

Certification	Renewal Details
CompTIA Server+	Fully renews: Network+ and A+

Receive partial CEUs by earning a new CompTIA certification

Certified professionals can earn CEUs to renew their certification by passing a CompTIA exam.

Certification	Renewal Details
SecurityX ce	Grants CEUs for: Cloud+ V2 and V3 (25 CEUs)
DataX ce	Grants CEUs for: Data+ V1 (15 CEUs)
CloudNetX ce	No partial CEUs granted
CompTIA CySA+ ce, CompTIA PenTest+ ce	Grants CEUs for: Cloud+ V2 and V3 (33 CEUs)
CompTIA Cloud+ ce	Cloud+ V2 Grants CEUs for: Network+ (15 CEUs)
CompTIA Linux+ ce	No partial CEUs granted
CompTIA Security+ ce	No partial CEUs granted
CompTIA Network+ ce	No partial CEUs granted
CompTIA DataSys+ ce	Grants CEUs for: A+ (13 CEUs)
CompTIA Data+ ce	No partial CEUs granted
CompTIA A+ ce	No partial CEUs granted

Renewal intent level

If you intend to keep all your CE certifications current, you must select your highest level certification as your “intent level.” You will be prompted to select your intent level when paying CE fees and/or submitting CEUs when logged in to your certification account. In the example above, you would select Security+ as your intent level to renew both Security+ and A+.

Note: CE Fees are not waived if the higher-level CompTIA certification does not fully renew the lower-level certification.