Secure Your Success - Become a Certified Information Professional (CIP)
- Enhance your existing skills and develop new ones to become more competitive in the marketplace
- Become the bridge between IT and the business
- Demonstrate your broad understanding of all information assets
- Become a valued resource within your organization
How Do I Become a CIP?
To become a CIP you must take a certification exam. The exam is available from Prometric test centers across the world and costs USD $265. Candidates have 2 hours to answer 100 multiple choice questions.
Qualifications
There are no mandatory requirements, but AIIM recommends candidates to have a minimum of three years experience and increasing responsibility in one or more topical areas, or a bachelor's degree in an information management-related discipline (library science, information technology, information security, etc.) plus one year of experience. The certification is open to anyone; it is not necessary to be a member of AIIM to take the exam.
Knowledge Domains
The below table shows the identified high-level knowledge domains and focus areas covered on the CIP exam. For more information, see the detailed Certified Information Professional Examination Objectives.
| Domain |
Focus Area / Sub-domain |
Weights |
| 1. Access / Use |
1.1 Enterprise Search |
12 |
| 1.2 Business Intelligence |
| 1.3 Master Data Management |
| 1.4 Text Analytics |
| 2. Capture / Manage |
2.1 Information Capture |
20 |
| 2.2 Business Process Management |
| 2.3 Knowledge Management |
| 2.4 Email Management |
| 2.5 Content Management |
| 3. Collaborate / Deliver |
3.1 Collaboration |
18 |
| 3.2 Social Media |
| 3.3 Information Workplace |
| 3.4 Instant Messaging |
| 3.5 Telecommuting Support |
| 3.6 Web Conferencing |
| 4. Secure / Preserve |
4.1 Security |
20 |
| 4.2 Records Management |
| 4.3 Data Privacy |
| 4.4 Digital Rights Management |
| 4.5 Archiving |
| 4.6 E-Discovery |
| 5. Architecture / Systems |
5.1 Information Architecture |
15 |
| 5.2 Technical Architecture |
| 5.3 Cloud Computing |
| 5.4 Mobile Applications |
| 5.5 Websites and portals |
| 6. Plan / Implement |
6.1 Strategic Planning |
15 |
| 6.2 Building the Business Case |
| 6.3 Implementation Planning |
| 6.4 Requirements Definition |
| 6.5 Solution Design |
| 6.6 Change Management |
