Credentials that prove you can do the work.
You earn each one by building real deliverables in your courses and passing an exam that asks what you would do, not what a framework says. Every rule is published before you start, and anyone can verify your credential online.
CertificateDigital Trust Foundations Certificate
DTFC
The starting credential for anyone new to digital trust. It shows you understand how privacy, security and compliance obligations land on a real job, and how to act on them.
3 required courses · path assessment
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Core certificationCertified Digital Trust Practitioner
CDTP
The core credential for practitioners who run trust work day to day. It shows you can take an organization through audits, risks, vendors, incidents and privacy requests, and produce the evidence to prove it.
11 required courses · 30 ALCs · 3-year term · proctored exam
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SpecializationCertified AI Trust Practitioner
CATP
The AI governance specialization. It shows you can inventory AI use, assess risk and impact, approve vendors and write policy that holds up under the EU AI Act and the NIST AI RMF.
5 required courses · 18 ALCs · 3-year term · proctored exam
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SpecializationCertified Privacy Trust Practitioner
CPTP
The privacy specialization for people who run privacy operations, not just advise on them. It shows you can handle requests, records, consent and breaches under GDPR and US law.
6 required courses · 18 ALCs · 3-year term · proctored exam
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SpecializationCertified Third-Party Trust Practitioner
CTTP
The third-party risk specialization. It shows you can tier vendors, read SOC reports properly, own the controls they hand back to you, and keep watching between reviews.
6 required courses · 18 ALCs · 3-year term · proctored exam
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Membership credentialADTP Executive Practitioner
ADTP-EP
Conferred by Executive Practitioner membership: the designation for leaders accountable for digital trust. Expires with the membership.
Paid membership tiers
Membership credentialADTP Professional Member
ADTP-PM
Conferred by any paid membership, with a badge for LinkedIn. Expires with the membership.
Paid membership tiersCertification policies
Eligibility
Requirements are evaluated automatically against your ledger. The checklist on your dashboard shows have and need for every rule before you can register.
Exam integrity
Remote proctored, identity verified, item exposure limited. Score reports show domain performance and never expose items. Appeals are heard by the ethics committee.
Renewal
Certifications carry a three-year term with continuing trust education and an annual ethics affirmation. Renewal audits sample evidence.
Retakes
Thirty days between attempts and a cap of three per year. Retake guidance is generated from your domain scores.