Professional Development Resources For Information Managers

Information Managers face a broad spectrum of challenges in the workplace. Records & Information Management, Information Security and Information Privacy are three key skillsets for today's Information Manager to develop.

This page provides some great professional organizations to utilize as resource to develop your skillsets as well as a listing of  professional certifications that will help you stand out from the crowd in the job market.

Records & Information Management


Records and Information Management (RIM) is the professional practice or discipline of controlling and governing what are considered to be the most important  records of an organization throughout the  records life-cycle, which includes from the time such records are conceived through to their eventual disposal. This work includes identifying, classifying, prioritizing, storing, securing, archiving, preserving, retrieving, tracking and  destroying of records ( Source ).

Professional Organizations
ARMA International

ARMA International is a not-for-profit professional association and the authority on governing information as a strategic asset. Its approximately 25,000+ members include information managers, information governance professionals, archivists, corporate librarians, imaging specialists, legal professionals, IT managers, consultants, and educators, all of whom work in a wide variety of industries, including government, legal, healthcare, financial services, and petroleum in the United States, Canada, and more than 30 other countries around the globe.

AIIM

AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management) is the global community of information professionals. We provide the education, research and certification that information professionals need to manage and share information assets in an era of mobile, social, cloud and big data.

Professional Certifications
Certified Records Manager

In the records and information management profession the primary certification is the Certified Records Manager (CRM). The CRM is designed for experienced professionals with management-level responsibilities. ARMA International has contracted with the Institute of Certified Records Managers (ICRM) to be its certifying body for records managers.

Information Governance Professional

An Information Governance Professional (IGP) is a person who has earned the only certification that demonstrates he or she has the strategic perspective and the requisite knowledge to help an organization leverage information for maximum value while reducing the costs and mitigating the risks associated with using and governing this important asset.

Certified Information Professional

The CIP is designed to enhance and promote the profession of information management by providing the premier credential in the industry.

CompTIA CDIA+ Certification

The CompTIA CDIA+ certification covers the knowledge needed for a career in the digital imaging and enterprise content management industry.

Information Security
Information security is designed to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of computer system data from those with malicious intentions (Source ).

Professional Organizations
Information Systems Security Association

The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)® is a not-for-profit, international organization of information security professionals and practitioners. It provides educational forums, publications, and peer interaction opportunities that enhance the knowledge, skill, and professional growth of its members.

ASIS International

ASIS is dedicated to increasing the effectiveness and productivity of security professionals by developing educational programs and materials that address broad security interests.

CompTIA

CompTIA is the voice of the world's information technology (IT) industry. As a non-profit trade association advancing the global interests of IT professionals and companies, we focus our programs on four main areas: education, certification, advocacy and philanthropy.

Professional Certifications
CompTIA Security+

CompTIA Security+ is an international, vendor-neutral certification that demonstrates competency in network security, compliance and operational security, threats and vulnerabilities, application, data and host security, access control and identify management, cryptography. <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">Certified Ethical Hacker

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">CEH provides a comprehensive ethical hacking and network security-training program to meet the standards of highly skilled security professionals.

Information Privacy
<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;">Information privacy is the privacy of personal information and usually relates to personal data stored on computer systems. The need to maintain information privacy is applicable to collected personal information, such as medical records, financial data, criminal records, political records, business related information or website data. Information privacy is also known as data privacy ( Source<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;"> ).

Professional Organizations
International Association of Privacy Professionals

<span style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;">The International Association of Privacy Professionals is the largest and most comprehensive global information privacy community and resource, helping practitioners develop and advance their careers and organizations manage and protect their data. More than just a professional association, the IAPP provides a home for privacy professionals around the world to gather, share experiences and enrich their knowledge.

Electronic Privacy Information Center

<p style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:14px;">EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values.

<p style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:14px;">EPIC publishes an award-winning e-mail and online newsletter on civil liberties in the information age - the EPIC Alert. We also publish reports and even books about privacy, open government, free speech, and other important topics related to civil liberties.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

<span style="font-family:'LucidaGrande','LucidaSansUnicode',Arial,sans-serif;line-height:21px;">Blending the expertise of lawyers, policy analysts, activists, and technologists, EFF achieves significant v ictories<span style="font-family:'LucidaGrande','LucidaSansUnicode',Arial,sans-serif;line-height:21px;"> on behalf of consumers and the general public. EFF fights for freedom primarily in the courts, bringing and defending lawsuits even when that means taking on the US government or large corporations. By mobilizing more than 140,000 concerned citizens through our Action Center <span style="font-family:'LucidaGrande','LucidaSansUnicode',Arial,sans-serif;line-height:21px;">, EFF beats back bad legislation. In addition to advising policymakers, EFF educates the press and public.

Professional Certifications
Certified Information Privacy Professional

<span style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;">The CIPP/US credential demonstrates a strong foundation in U.S. private-sector privacy laws and regulations and understanding of the legal requirements for the responsible transfer of sensitive personal data to/from the United States, the European Union and other jurisdictions.

HealthCare Information Security and Privacy Practitioner (HCISPP)

<span style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;">The HCISPP credential confirms a practicioner's core knowledge and experience in security and privacy controls for personal health information.

Healthcare Privacy and Security (CHPS)

<span style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;">Denotes competence in designing, implementing, and administering comprehensive privacy and security protections in all types of healthcare organizations.