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Supporting Professional Growth, Standards, and Public Confidence
The Security Institute is committed to promoting high standards of professionalism, competence, and ethical practice across the security sector.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) enables members to maintain and enhance their skills, knowledge, and professional judgement throughout their careers. Through structured learning, reflective practice, and meaningful professional activity, CPD supports individual development while strengthening confidence in the profession as a whole.
This page sets out the updated CPD framework, which takes effect from 1 January 2026, and explains how members can plan, record, and evidence their ongoing professional development.
From 1 January 2026, the Security Institute is introducing an updated Continuing Professional Development (CPD) framework designed to improve consistency, fairness, and professionalism across the security sector.
The revised framework introduces a clearer five-category CPD structure, removes enhanced point weighting, and places greater emphasis on learning outcomes, reflection, and professional development rather than attendance alone. These changes align SyI with best practice across UK professional membership bodies.
Awarding enhanced or double CPD points is no longer recognised as good professional practice across professional bodies.
From 2026:
This ensures fairness, transparency, and credibility, and supports SyI’s wider commitment to professionalising the security sector.
The updated framework is built around five CPD categories:
Members will be expected to plan and record CPD activity across these categories to demonstrate balanced professional development.
The Early Career CPD Pathway has been introduced to support members at the start of their professional journey.
This pathway is designed for:
Early Career CPD is encouraged but not compulsory and focuses primarily on:
The aim is to build strong CPD habits early, develop confidence in reflection, and prepare members for progression to full professional grades.
*Early Career CPD Members will need to score between 18 and 24 CPD points per year, across a minimum of two categories.*
Standard CPD applies to members and professionals with greater responsibility, experience, or external CPD obligations.
It is intended for:
Standard CPD reflects the expectations placed on senior and experienced professionals. It requires balanced CPD activity across all five categories, supported by reflection and appropriate evidence, and aligns with the Institute’s commitment to professionalism, leadership, and public confidence.
* You need to score a minimum 36 points of activity in at least 5 different types of CPD activity/category. We only accept up to the maximum points in each category/activity.*
CPD will remain mandatory throughout 2026 for Chartered Security Professionals (CSyP) and Fellows of The Security Institute (FSyI).
The Institute is proposing that CPD becomes mandatory from 2027 for all professional grades.
This reflects:
Increasing expectations of professional accountability
Alignment with other professional bodies
The importance of maintaining competence, ethical standards, and public confidence
Any future changes will be clearly communicated and supported by appropriate guidance and tools.
To improve user experience:
• SyI will move to an IT-based CPD recording solution in February 2026
• This will allow easier logging, better reporting, and improved accessibility.
During the initial phase of the updated framework:
While the New online CPD recording system is being finalised, members will be able to familiarise themselves with the updated CPD framework using the 2026 CPD Scoring Matrix, available in the CPD Downloads section of the website.
Further guidance and updates will be provided ahead of the system launch.
Yes.
CPD delivered by SyI-recognised partners and other reputable providers will continue to be fully recognised, provided it:
Members will be supported through:
All CPD framework changes take effect from:
1 January 2026
Members are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the updated framework and begin planning CPD activity early.
Do you require a CPD certificate for one of our events or webinars? If you have attended one of our events, or re-watched a recording of a webinar online. Please contact events@security-institute.org and we can send you a digital certificate for your records.
*For all 2025 submissions yet to be submitted , please use the 2025 CPD Toolkit and submit to CPD@security-institute.org – Deadline 31/01/2026*
