The Certified Insider Threat Professional (CITP) 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 CITP Program, organizational leadership should:

• Participate in future CITP Governance Council (CITP GC) forums to help set the strategic direction for the CITP Program
• Advocate for the CITP Program
• Encourage their Insider Threat Workforce to participate and achieve a CITP 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 CITP credential:

For Individuals:

• Fosters understanding of the concepts and principles deemed critical to perform Insider Threat activities
• Identifies the individual as a certified Insider Threat 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 Insider Threat 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 Insider Threat professionals