Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
EC-Council
EC-Council's flagship ethical hacking certification covering the five phases of hacking with AI-integrated offensive and defensive techniques.
We have a course for this
Built from this exam's published objectives. The first module is free.
Baseline certification levels
This certification satisfies these DoD baseline levels — the IAT / IAM / IASAE / CSSP requirement many contracts still state. It's a separate question from the 8140 work roles above, and there is no official mapping between the two.
What this qualifies you for
Listed specifically for 7 work roles — up to Advanced proficiency. Because options cascade downward, a cert listed at Advanced also satisfies Intermediate and Basic for that role.
Also listed for 14 Cyberspace Enablers roles — but so is every other certification
The Enablers matrix isn’t role-differentiated: the same certification options are listed for all 14 roles at every proficiency level. We verified that across all 14. So this is true, and it carries no information about this credential specifically — which is why it isn’t in the count above.
Renewal
USD $80 annual EC-Council Continuing Education (CE) membership fee (approx. $240 over the 3-year cycle), in addition to submitting 120 ECE credits
This is the issuer’s clock. 8140 runs a second one — 20 hours of CPD a year, at every proficiency level, which applies even if you hold no certification at all. How that works
EC-Council publishes the 20 modules/objective areas without percentage weights on the official course page; all domains are therefore recorded as weight 0 (unweighted). Third-party sites publish informal domain groupings but these are not authoritative. Passing score is not a fixed percentage; EC-Council uses multiple exam forms and sets a cut score per form, stated as ranging 60%-85%. The base CEH credential is the 125-question knowledge exam; the 6-hour Practical exam is a separate optional exam (passing both = CEH Master). Exam code is 312-50; the v13 form is designated 312-50v13.
Source: EC-Council - Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) · dated 2026-07-17 · checked 2026-07-17
Verifying it
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Candidate Name and Certification Number
EC-Council publishes the 20 modules/objective areas without percentage weights on the official course page; all domains are therefore recorded as weight 0 (unweighted). Third-party sites publish informal domain groupings but these are not authoritative. Passing score is not a fixed percentage; EC-Council uses multiple exam forms and sets a cut score per form, stated as ranging 60%-85%. The base CEH credential is the 125-question knowledge exam; the 6-hour Practical exam is a separate optional exam (passing both = CEH Master). Exam code is 312-50; the v13 form is designated 312-50v13.
Source: EC-Council - Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) · dated 2026-07-17 · checked 2026-07-17
Exam blueprint
Verified against EC-Council’s published outline.
312-50 (312-50v13 for the v13 form) · v13
Current125 questions · 4 hours · passing score varies 60%-85% (cut score set per exam form)
EC-Council publishes objective areas without percentage weightings, so none are shown.
EC-Council publishes the 20 modules/objective areas without percentage weights on the official course page; all domains are therefore recorded as weight 0 (unweighted). Third-party sites publish informal domain groupings but these are not authoritative. Passing score is not a fixed percentage; EC-Council uses multiple exam forms and sets a cut score per form, stated as ranging 60%-85%. The base CEH credential is the 125-question knowledge exam; the 6-hour Practical exam is a separate optional exam (passing both = CEH Master). Exam code is 312-50; the v13 form is designated 312-50v13.
Source: EC-Council - Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) · dated 2026-07-17 · checked 2026-07-17