Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT)
- Analytics & Tech
- Data Protection
- Innovation & Business Improvement
3 days; 9am to 6pm
Who Should Attend
Heads of Department, Data Protection Officers, Compliance Managers or professionals with data protection responsibilities as well as those responsible for handling personal data, e.g., Finance, Human Resource, Sales and Marketing, IT, Customer Services.
Prerequisites:
As this is not a foundation course, participants are expected to have:
- good knowledge of data protection; and
- tertiary level qualifications; and/or
- at least 2 years of working experience
Overview
Data protection authorities around the globe are enforcing regulations that mandate how data can be captured, stored and used. The risk for organisations that do not comply with data privacy regulations is costly, as is the loss of customer trust.
On this course, participants will be prepared for the IAPP CIPT examination. Professionals with CIPT certifications are better able to apply strategies, policies, processes and techniques to manage cybersecurity risks while enabling prudent data use for business purposes. Participants who wish to pursue the certification may sit for the examination offered separately by IAPP after this training course. Examination voucher can be purchased at a special rate from our training partner Straits Interactive who is also one of IAPP’s official training partners. More details about the examination voucher will be shared on the last day of the course.
The CIPT training course covers the following body of knowledge:
- Foundational Principles
- Privacy Risk Models and Frameworks
- Privacy by Design Foundational Principles
- Value Sensitive Design
- The Data Life Cycle
- The Role of IT in Privacy
- Fundamentals of privacy-related IT
- Information Security
- The privacy responsibilities of the IT professional
- Privacy Threats and Violations
- During Data Collection
- During Use
- During Dissemination
- Intrusion, Decisional Interference and Self Representation
- Software Security
- Technical Measures and Privacy Enhancing Technologies
- Data Oriented Strategies
- Techniques
- Process Oriented Strategies
- Privacy Engineering
- The Privacy Engineering role in the organisation
- Privacy Engineering Objectives
- Privacy Design Patterns
- Privacy Risks in Software
- Privacy by Design Methodology
- The Privacy by Design Process
- Ongoing Vigilance
- Technology Challenges for Privacy
- Automated decision making
- Tracking and Surveillance
- Anthropomorphism
- Ubiquitous computing
- Mobile Social Computing
Learning Objectives
At the end of the 3-day course, participants will be able to:
- Recognise foundational elements for embedding privacy in technology
- Describe the fundamentals of privacy as they relate to the privacy technologist
- Identify the risks to privacy that are inherent throughout the data life cycle and explain how software security helps to mitigate privacy threats
- Outline how technical measures and privacy-enhancing technologies may be used to enhance privacy throughout all steps of the data life-cycle
- Explain the role of privacy engineering within an organisation
- Describe the process and methodology of the privacy-by-design model
- Examine the unique challenges that come from online privacy issues
Assessment
As part of the requirement for SkillsFuture Singapore, there will be an assessment conducted at the end of the course. The mode of assessment, which is up to the trainer’s discretion, may be an online quiz, a presentation or based on classroom exercises.
Participants are required to attain a minimum of 75% attendance and pass the associated assessment in order to receive a digital Certificate of Participation issued by Singapore Management University.
Calculate Programme Fee
Fee Table
| COMPANY-SPONSORED | |||
|
PARTICIPANT PROFILE |
SELF-SPONSORED |
SME |
NON-SME |
|
Singapore Citizen < 40 years old Permanent Resident LTVP+
|
$1,177.20 (After SSG Funding 70%) |
$457.20 (After SSG Funding 70% |
$1,177.20 (After SSG Funding 70%) |
|
Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old |
$457.20 (After SSG Funding 70% |
$457.20 (After SSG Funding 70% |
$457.20 (After SSG Funding 70% |
|
International Participant |
$3,924 (No Funding) |
$3,924 (No Funding) |
$3,924 (No Funding) |
All prices include 9% GST
Please note that the programme fees are subject to change without prior notice.
Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click here to find out more.
Self Sponsored
SkillsFuture Credit
Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.
This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.
Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual).Workfare Skills Support Scheme
From 1 July 2023, the Workfare Skills Support (WSS) scheme has been enhanced. Please click here for more details.
Company Sponsored
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)
- Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
- Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
- Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
- Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
- Trainees must not be a full-time national serviceman
- Trainees will be able to enjoy ETSS funding only if the company's SME's status has been approved. To verify your SME's status, please click here.
Please click here for more information on ETSS.
Absentee Payroll
Companies who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll here. For more information, please refer to:
AP Guide (Non-SME Companies)
Declaration Guide (SME Companies)
Intake Information
This module is conducted online.
| Course | Dates |
|---|---|
| INTAKE 7 | 17- 19 Feb 2025 Mode of Training: In-Person [Open for Registration] |
*Online registration will close 5 calendar days before the course start date
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