PECB ISO/IEC 27035 Lead Incident Manager (27035 LIM) practice exam and questions

80 multiple-choice questions with 3 options each, in 3 hours. Questions are stand-alone or scenario-based, where a scenario is followed by 5 questions, and the exam is open book.

70%.

The standalone Lead exam costs $1,000. Exam and certification fees are included when you take the exam with PECB training, and candidates who took the training get 1 free retake.

Not to sit the exam: PECB states candidates may take it without attending the training course. The grade awarded depends on experience: Provisional Incident Manager needs none, while Lead Incident Manager needs 5 years of professional experience (2 in information security incident management) and 300 hours of incident management experience.

Six domains, with PECB question counts out of 80: Fundamental principles and concepts of information security incident management (10); Information security incident management process based on ISO/IEC 27035 (5); Designing and developing an organizational incident management process based on ISO/IEC 27035 (10); Preparing and executing the incident response plan for information security incidents (22); Implementing incident management processes and managing information security incidents (23); Improving the incident management processes and activities (10).

Online through the PECB Exams app with a remote invigilator, or on paper through the training partner. It is offered in 4 languages.

3 years. It is maintained with CPD hours and an annual maintenance fee.