The Identity Management Institute (IMI) administers the Certified Identity Risk Manager™ (CIRM) professional designation and uses certification standards established by IMI. This certification is designed for experienced corporate employees or professionals involved with identity and access management related functions and services. Such professionals are leaders within identity risk management fields including information security, access management, audit, physical security, privacy, compliance, fraud, project management, information systems, risk management or identity management technologies.
The CIRM Critical Risk Domains (CRD) define the specific knowledge and experience areas for testing and certification. The CIRM Critical Risk Domains are:
- Governance & Management
- Internal Controls
- Technology Management
- Awareness & Training
- Access Management
- Risk Assessment
- Compliance
- Auditing & Monitoring
- Communication
- Incident Management
Benefits
There are many benefits to obtaining a CIRM designation. Not only does it validate your education, experience, and skills, but a CIRM designation can give you the distinguished credentials to prepare you for a highly competitive job market and an emerging career field.
IMI currently offers a grandfathering provision which for qualified IMI members eliminates the need for taking the written exam to earn the CIRM designation.
A CIRM designation also illustrates the fact that you value professional involvement, maintain an interest in identity risk management, have professional experience in identity risk management, and contribute to the identity management profession as a whole.
Petition Process
In order to assess the Petition For Certification under the grandfathering provisions and grant the CIRM designation without the examination, IMI requires specific professional corporate experience and uses a qualifying point system to certify professionals based on experience, education, and credentials.
You must be 1) an IMI member, 2) an identity risk management professional with 100 qualifying points and 3) a minimum of 4 years professional corporate experience in one or more CIRM CRD to become certified under the grandfathering provisions. The point system is further described in the Petition for Certification application.
You must submit your Petition for CIRM Certification and be a member (you can submit your membership and petition applications simultaneously).
Cost
You must be an active regular member. See membership Information.
Certificate Maintenance
Certified professionals must obtain and submit 90 hours of continuing education every 3 years, adhere to the IMI ethics standards, and be active member.