Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)

Make a difference in your organization and in your career. The CIPM designation says that you're a leader in privacy program administration and that you've got the goods to establish, maintain and manage a privacy program across all stages of its lifecycle.

The CIPM is the world's first and only certification in privacy program management. When you earn a CIPM, it shows that you don't just know privacy regulations-you know how to make it work for your organization. In other words, you're the go-to person for day-to-day operations when it comes to privacy.

Developed in collaboration with the law firms, Bird and Bird, Field Fisher, Wilson/Sonsini and Covington and Burling, the CIPM encompasses pan-European and national data protection laws, key privacy terminology and practical concepts concerning the determination of control measures designed to protect personal data and trans-border data flows.

Delivered in a modular format, the course covers;

• Module 1: Introduction to privacy program management Identifies privacy program management responsibilities, and describes the role of accountability in privacy program management.
• Module 2: Privacy governance Examines considerations for developing and implementing a privacy program, including the position of the privacy function within the organization, role of the DPO, program scope and charter, privacy strategy, support and ongoing involvement of key functions and privacy frameworks.
• Module 3: Applicable laws and regulations Discusses the regulatory environment, common elements across jurisdictions and strategies for aligning compliance with organizational strategy.
• Module 4: Data assessments Relates practical processes for creating and using data inventories/maps, gap analyses, privacy assessments, privacy impact assessments/data protection impact assessments and vendor assessments.
• Module 5: Policies Describes common types of privacy-related policies, outlines components and offers strategies for implementation.
• Module 6: Data subject rights Discusses operational considerations for communicating and ensuring data subject rights, including privacy notice, choice and consent, access and rectification, data portability, and erasure and the right to be forgotten.
• Module 7: Training and awareness Outlines strategies for developing and implementing privacy training and awareness programs.
• Module 8: Protecting personal information Examines a holistic approach to protecting personal information through privacy by design.
• Module 9: Data breach incident plans Provides guidance on planning for and responding to a data security incident or breach.
• Module 10: Measuring, monitoring and auditing program performance Relates common practices for monitoring, measuring, analyzing and auditing privacy program performance

The CIPM 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. 

There are no prerequisites for this course but attendees would benefit from a review of the materials on the IAPP site

Breakfast, Lunch and refreshments (Classroom based courses only) 

The Official Study Guide (Privacy Programme Management - Third Edition)* 

Official Exam Q&A's* 

Official Practice Exam

Participant Guide*

1 years membership of the IAPP 

The Exam Fees

* In electronic format for Live Online and hard copy for Classroom delegates

The CIPM is ideal for IT and information security leaders responsible for developing Data Protection frameworks and applying best practice, including those in the following positions:

Data Analysts

Cyber Security Analysts and Managers

Aspiring Data Protection Officers

IT Managers 

• We are an approved IAPP Training Partner.
• You can learn wherever and whenever you want with our robust classroom and interactive online training courses.
• Our courses are taught by qualified practitioners with a minimum of 25 years commercial experience.
• We strive to give our delegates the hands-on experience.
• Our courses are all-inclusive with no hidden extras.  The one-off cost covers the training, all course materials, and exam voucher.
• Our aim: To achieve a 100% first time pass rate on all our instructor-led courses.
• Our Promise: Pass first time or 'train' again for FREE.
  *FREE training offered for retakes - come back within a year and only pay for the exam.