The Certified Counter-Insider Threat Professional (CCITP) Program is designed as a useful tool to allow you to make better human capital decisions and professionalize your workforce. To take full advantage of the potential of the CCITP Program, organizational leadership should:
- Participate in future CCITP Governance Council (CCITP GC) forums to help set the strategic direction for the CCITP Program
- Advocate for the CCITP Program
- Encourage their Counter-Insider Threat (C-InT) Workforce to participate and achieve a CCITP certification
- Designate a Program Manager and Alternate Program Manager and ensure those individuals take required actions on certification applications in a timely manner
Certification Benefits
Benefits of obtaining a CCITP credential:
For Individuals:
- Fosters understanding of the concepts and principles deemed critical to perform C-InT activities
- Identifies the individual as a certified C-InT professional regardless of position or employing organization
- Promotes professional development
For Organizations/Employers:
- Provides metrics for employee and workforce performance management
- Provides reliable and valid metrics for employment decision-making (e.g., hiring, promotion, transfer out of a work role)
- Provides certified C-InT individuals to enhance workforce competency
For the Profession:
- Provides summary information about workforce strengths and weaknesses
- Provides valuable information that can be used to integrate workforce initiatives and align supporting capabilities (e.g., training and education) to a common set of skill standards
- Provides shared understanding by creating common standards to measure C-InT professionals