GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED & ACCREDITED

OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS, THE WORLD HAS EXPERIENCED A NEED FOR COMPETENT PROFESSIONALS WHO CAN EFFECTIVELY MANAGE COMPLEX CYBER ISSUES THAT THREATEN THE ASSETS, INFORMATION, AND PEOPLE OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND ALIKE.

To meet this need, the McAfee Institute administers the Qualified Cyber Intelligence Investigator (Q|CIP). This remarkable group of professionals has demonstrated their competency in the areas of cyber intelligence, investigations, prosecution, management, leadership and industry best practice’s through an intensive qualification and testing program.

As a result, each of them is awarded the coveted designation of Q|CIP and is recognized as leaders in their respective professions.

The Q|CIP is the leading industry certification for law enforcement, loss prevention, private investigators, and fraud professionals. The skills that you will learn by studying for the Q|CIP will help you conduct and manage cyber investigations and critical intelligence-gathering missions quicker than ever before, with more accuracy.

You will learn how to identify your person of interest, conduct timely cyber investigations, and methodologies to prosecute cyber criminals regardless of their location. Most importantly you will learn how to design, implement and manage a cyber program and team within your organization, agency or department as well.

You will learn topics such as cyber investigations, mobile & digital forensics, e-commerce fraud, auction fraud, hacking, intelligence gathering, social media investigative methodologies, legal fundamentals and more!

The Q|CIP was Developed in Conjunction with the Dept of Homeland Security's National Cyber-Security Workforce Framework.

  • The National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework supports the nation’s cybersecurity workforce development efforts.
  • The National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework provides a simple, standardized way to define cybersecurity work across multiple sectors
  • The National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework provides detailed descriptions of types of cybersecurity work, the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for each area, and descriptions of common specialties.
  • Students will graduate with the knowledge and skills that employers need
  • Colleges can create programs that are aligned to jobs,
  • Employees will have a better-defined career path and opportunities, and
  • Policymakers can set standards to promote workforce professionalization.

Now is the Time... Join the Ranks of the Industry's most Elite Cyber Professionals!

I can't urge you enough to invest in yourself and your future while learning some amazing stuff along the way. Earning the industry's top certification is rigorous, challenging, and incredibly fun!

Trust me when I tell you that we are going to blow your mind and teach you things that you never thought possible! It starts with the impossible and ends with the remarkable!

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome to the CCIP

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Welcome and Introduction

      FREE PREVIEW

    3. Introduction: Chris Edin - Director of Training

      FREE PREVIEW

    4. Live Instructor Support: Q & A

    5. Course Guide

    6. Course Guide & Expectations

    7. Group Forum Discussion: Introduce Yourself!

    8. CCIP Study Manual

    9. Supplemental Resources

    10. Professional Code of Conduct

    11. Honesty Policy

    12. Resources

    13. Quiz: Introduction & Policies

    1. Understanding the Manual (Reading Assignment)

    2. Prep Review Quiz: Understanding the Manual

    1. The Intelligence Cycle (Reading Assignment)

    2. The Intelligence Cycle

    3. Planning & Directing

    4. Collection & Data Gathering

    5. Processing & Exploitation

    6. Analysis and Production

    7. Dissemination

    8. Evaluation & Feedback

    9. Prep Review Quiz: The Intelligence Cycle

    1. Intelligence Collection Disciplines (Reading Assignment)

    2. Intelligence Collection Disciplines

    3. Prep Review Quiz: Intelligence Collection Disciplines

    1. Data Protection and Privacy Law (Reading Assignment)

    2. Data Protection and Privacy Law

    3. Prep Review Quiz: Data Protection

    1. Setting Up a Lab & Virtual Machine

    2. Virtual Machine Overview and Installation

    3. Prep Review Quiz: Setting up a Lab & Virtual Machine

About this course

  • $797.00
  • 256 lessons
  • 19.5 hours of video content

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Eligibility Requirements

Learn if you are eligible to take one of our programs

> You must have a high school diploma or a GED equivalent.
> You must be free from pending felony charges or convictions (or military equivalent of court martial charges and/or convictions).
> You must be free from pending misdemeanor charges or convictions involving moral turpitude ("moral turpitude" means an offense that calls into question the integrity or judgment of the offender, such as fraud, bribery, corruption, theft, embezzlement, solicitation, etc.).

However, If you wish to sit for the board exam upon completion of the qualified program you would need to meet the following eligibility criteria below:

Bachelor’s degree or higher plus three years of experience in investigations, IT, fraud, law enforcement, forensics, criminal justice, law, and loss prevention, or

Associates degree plus four years of experience as stated above, or

High school diploma or equivalency plus four years of experience as stated above.

Also, a person convicted of a felony, any crime of moral turpitude or misdemeanor relating to honesty, theft, embezzlement, fraud or the like shall be ineligible to become a CCIP. Applicant must successfully pass the prescribed background check, which may include a criminal background check and examination process. Falsification or omission of information on the application form will be reason enough to disqualify an applicant from becoming or remaining a CCIP.