Certified Information Privacy Technologist

The “how” of privacy and technology, and why you need it, the CIPT is accredited under ANSI/ISO standards 17024:2012.

The CIPT is the first and only certification of its kind worldwide. It was launched by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) in 2014 to meet the growing need that only technology professionals can fulfil—securing data privacy at all stages of IT product and service lifecycles.

The IAPP’s certifications in privacy and data protection law and practice have plugged thousands of professionals into the information economy. Now technology professionals like you can take privacy knowledge—and your career—to a higher level.

Learning outcomes

• Critical privacy concepts and practices that impact IT
• Critical privacy concepts and practices that impact IT
• Consumer privacy expectations and responsibility
• How to bake privacy into early stages of IT products and services for cost control, accuracy and speed-to-market
• How to establish privacy practices for data collection and transfer
• How to pre-empt privacy issues in the Internet of Things
• How to factor privacy into data classification and emerging tech such as cloud computing, facial recognition and surveillance
• How to communicate privacy issues with partners such as management, development, marketing and legal.

Who should attend

The GDPR includes among its mandates the requirement to appoint knowledgeable DPOs (data protection officers) tasked with monitoring compliance, managing internal data protection activities, training data processing staff, conducting internal audits and more. There’s a lot to know, there’s a lot at stake and there’s a lot of opportunity for privacy professionals with the right training and education.

Obsah školení

Course contents

The CIPT certification is comprised of seven domains:

1. Understanding the need for privacy in the IT environment

• Evolving compliance requirements
• IT risksc. Stakeholder expectations for privacy
• Privacy vs. security

2. Core privacy concepts

• Foundational elements for embedding privacy in IT
• The information lifecycle
• Common privacy principles

3. Privacy considerations in the information life cycle

• Disclosure
• Collection
• Use
• Retention
• Destruction

4. Privacy in systems and applications

• The enterprise IT environment
• Identity and access management
• Credit card information and processing
• Remote access, telecommuting and BYOD
• Data encryption
• Other privacy enhancing technologies in the enterprise
• Specific considerations for customer-facing applications

5. Privacy techniques

• Authentication techniques and degrees of strength
• Identifiability
• Data protection by design

6. Online privacy issues

• Specific requirements for the online environment
• Social media and websites that present a higher level of privacy challenges
• Online threats
• E-commerce personalisation
• Online advertising
• Understanding cookies, beacons and other tracking technologies
• Machine-readable privacy policy languages
• Web browser privacy and security features
• Web security protocols

7. Technologies with privacy considerations

• Cloud computing
• Wireless IDs
• Location-based services
• “Smart” technologiese. Video/data/audio surveillance
• Biometric recognition

The CIPT body of knowledge outlines all the concepts and topics that you need to know to become certified. The exam blueprint gives you an idea of how many questions from each topic area you can expect on the exam. We recommend you download and read the following publications provided by the IAPP:

• CIPT Body of Knowledge
• CIPT Exam Blueprint
• 2019 Certification Candidate Handbook

Certification Exam 

The IAPP uses computer-based exams, which are administered through Pearson VUE testing centres at locations throughout the world. Available testing centres can be viewed upon scheduling an exam. You will receive your results immediately upon concluding your exam, and a confirmation print out will be provided by the testing centre. Exam results will update in the IAPP system after one business day.

All results are placed on a common scale, ranging from 100 to 500. The passing score for all IAPP exams is 300 (which does not represent 50 percent). Typically, passing scores range between 65 and 80 percent correct, depending on the program and exam form.

Additional Resources provided by the IAPP
Preparing for the exam – https://iapp.org/certify/prepare/
Maintaining your certification – https://iapp.org/certify/cpe/

Recommended

IAPP offers its training in a modular format using 2-day courses. By combing your CIPT certification with the Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) 2-day course, you’ll be uniquely positioned to both understand the technologies required to support privacy as well as the management program needed to implement and support these technologies. 

Předpokládané znalosti

There are no firm requirements for CIPT certification. Recommendations for previous experience include advanced knowledge of networking and at least some experience with privacy. You should go into the certification process understanding you need to be able to manage and develop privacy requirements and controls. It’s really open to many different technology areas because privacy is an element in every occasion. Those in IT, information security, software engineering, or privacy by design would benefit from this certification.