Chief Information Officer (CIO) Certificate
- Lead within and across organizational boundaries by leveraging information, information technology, human, and financial resources for strategic advantage;
- Balance continuity and change in the development, implementation, and evaluation of information resources and management strategies and policies while meeting legislative and executive mandates.
- Lead at the enterprise level by linking critical decisions regarding resources, people, processes, and technologies to mission performance and information assurance;
- Commit to lifelong learning and leadership development of self and others;
- Synthesize theory and best practices from government, private sector, and not-for-profits to achieve the organization’s mission; and
- Network with defense, federal, international, and private industry partners.
CIO Program graduates earn a certificate signed by the DOD CIO and the Director of the IRM College that recognizes they have earned an education in the Federal CIO competencies. The CIO Certificate Program is organized around 12 subject areas directly related to CIO competencies identified by the Federal CIO Council (see the CIO Wheel on the next page). Selected courses allow students to tailor their CIO program of study to meet their organization’s needs and priorities. Additionally, the CIO Certificate is a concentration in the Government Strategic Leader Master of Science Degree.
Students may apply their certificates, equivalent to at least 15 graduate-level credit hours, toward selected master’s or doctoral degree programs at several partner institutions of higher education.
Certificate Requirements
Courses in each competency are designated as “core” because of their breadth and necessary links to the CIO competency, or as “specialty” because of their depth in a particular competency. Students work with their supervisors and the College’s Academic Advisor to tailor their program to fit their professional and/or organizational needs within the guidelines set by the CIO Council. Students earn the CIO Certificate by successfully completing eight (8) courses that satisfy the following:
Six core courses in six different competency areas, three of which are required:
1. Changing World of the CIO (CWC)
2. Measuring Results of Organizational Performance (MOP)
3. Information Assurance and Critical Infrastructure Protection (AII)
Two other courses of their choice from the College catalog.
Students may opt to complete the CIO Certificate with an Information Assurance (IA) concentration that leads to the Information Assurance Certificate (NSTISSI No. 4011) by selecting three IA courses as part of their CIO program. Three of the following four courses may be applied toward requirements for the CIO Certificate Program. Students who wish to complete both the CIO and IA Certificates must complete a total of nine courses to include the four that are mandatory for the IA program.
1. Information Assurance and Critical Infrastructure Protection (AII)
2. Global Enterprise Networking and Telecommunications (GEN)
3. Managing Information Security in a Networked Environment (SEC)
4. Developing Enterprise Security Strategies, Guidelines, and Policies (ESS)
All courses, independently of the format in which they are offered, provide students academic content and intellectual rigor resulting in three graduate credit hours. Students have four years from the date of their acceptance into the CIO Certificate Program to complete the requirements and must successfully complete at least one course every 18 months to maintain active status in the program.
Students may apply their certificates, equivalent to at least 15 graduate-level credit hours, toward selected master’s or doctoral degree programs at several partner institutions of higher education. See partnership page for more information.
| CIO Certificate Requirements | ||
| Required Core Courses (3 courses) | ||
| Key Competency Area | Course/ Catalog Number | Title |
| Policy | CWC (6317) | Changing World of the CIO |
| Performance- and Results-Based Management | MOP (6316) | Measuring Results of Organizational Performance |
| Security and Information Assurance | AII (6203) | Information Assurance & Critical Infrastructure Protection |
| Additional Core Courses (3 courses from 3 different competency areas) | ||
| Key Competency Area | Course/Catalog Number | Title |
| Acquisition | ITA (6415) | Strategic Information Technology Acquisition |
| Architectures and Infrastructures | ARC (6409) DMS (6414) |
Enterprise Architectures for
Leaders Data Management Strategies and Technologies: A Managerial Perspective |
| Capital Planning and Investment | BBC (6430) PFM (6315) |
Building an IT Business Case Capital Planning and Portfolio Management |
| eGovernment / eBusiness | TAS (6528) WGV (6435) |
Transformation as Strategic
Alignment Web-Enabled Government: Facilitating Collaboration and Transparency |
| Leadership | LDC (6301) DMG (6323) |
Leadership for the Information
Age Decision Making for Government Leaders |
| Process Improvement | Continuity of Operations Strategies for Process Improvement |
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| Strategic Planning | ESP (6320) IMP (6318) IWS (6202) |
Enterprise Strategic Planning Information Management Planning Information, Warfare, and Military Strategy (Secret clearance required) |
| Technology Assessment | CST (6510) WGV (6435) |
Critical Information System Technologies Web-Enabled Government: Facilitating Collaboration and Transparency |
| Additional Specialty Courses (2 courses) | ||
| Any course from the College catalog | ||