For our professional designation to be meaningful, it must ensure that IT professionals maintain current, high-level skills.
High quality continuing education and experience are essential components of professional status.
Not all employers are committed to spending enough time and money to ensure their IT staff stay current. Not all professionals need the same kind of continuing education. And the amount of education needed often varies from year to year. To retain your I.S.P. designation, you must maintain your professional currency in information systems. Initially, I.S.P. holders are given three years in which to acquire their re-certification requirements.