• The Certified System Engineering ICAM PACS material was updated to include new NIST SP 800-116 r1 changes. July’s CSEIP Certification course included the updated material
• CSCIP suite book of knowledge and related prep course material are updated to reflect current market size and growth
• New student workstations, new course content and courseware for CSEIP are being readied
• A closed, government-only CSCIP/G prep course and exam are scheduled for early October
• The end of August will have seen: 9 CSEIP certification courses; 8 CSEIP recertification classes; 2 CSCIP/G certification courses; and 1 CSCIP/P certification course
• The number of agencies now requiring the CSEIP Certification continues to expand. The latest is Department of Energy; two staff members participated in the August course and exam
• The long-distance award goes to Hawaii, where two different system integrators now have CSEIP certified staff members

We encourage you to take a look at the many Secure Technology Alliance and U.S. Payments Forum educational resources available to you. 

• TWIC Card/Reader Challenges with Physical Access Control Systems: A Field Troubleshooting Guide white paper, published by the Secure Technology Alliance Access Control Council.  The project started with the previously-published PIV card/reader troubleshooting guide, which was edited and had new content added to make it specific to TWIC
• Contactless Payments: Issuer Benefits and Considerations and Merchant Benefits and Considerations webinar recordings.  The Payments Council held two webinars on contactless payments benefits and implementation considerations for issuers and merchants
• Signature Best Practices white paper, published by the U.S. Payments Forum Communications and Education Working Committee.  The white paper reviews suggested best practices for capturing and storing signatures on receipts
• U.S. Debit EMV Technical Proposal white paper update. The updated U.S. Payments Forum white paper clarifies consumer application selection with multi-funding cards
• Identity on a Mobile Device: Access Control Use Cases webinar recording. The Identity Council held a second webinar in their series, Identity on a Mobile Device.  The webinar reviewed the use of mobile identity credentials for physical and logical access.  The third webinar in the series covering healthcare, banking and transportation use cases will be held on Sept. 20^th
• Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) 101: A Primer white paper update, published by the Secure Technology Alliance Mobile Council
• Comments on the NIST draft “IoT Security and Privacy Risk Considerations,” submitted by the Internet of Things (IoT) Security Council
• Forum Summer Market Snapshot, highlighting updates on the status of the U.S. EMV chip migration and contactless payments, Forum priorities on card-not-present fraud, transit industry and petroleum industry topics, and Forum projects in progress. Market snapshots are released quarterly to report on the state of the U.S. payments market and to showcase Forum activities

CSCIP/G

• Graham Gearhart, XTec
• Christopher Matthews, XTec
• Brian O’Rourke, XTec

CSEIP

• Jeremiah Cerra, Lenel
• Stephen Clare, Orion Management
• Fred Conover, Structure Works
• Martin Fletes, Digital Technologies
• Sean Harrison, LS3
• Anthony Iovine, Security 101
• Richard Krehbiel, Kastle Systems
• Raine Lactaoen, Integrated Security Technologies
• Henry Leahy, LS3
• Omar Lopez, LS3
• John Murdock, Total Automation Group
• Richard Orr, Secure Install Solutions

To make arrangements for a group of employees to take a corporate exam, or more information on “On the Road” training, please contact Lars Suneborn at lsuneborn@securetechalliance.org

Unless noted otherwise, CSCIP trainings will be held at the National Center of Advanced Payments and Identity Security located in Crystal City, just outside of Washington, D.C. at 2900 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia.

CSCIP/P

• CSCIP/P Training and Exam, September 11, 2018 (training) and September 12 (exam)

CSCIP/G

• CSCIP/G Training and Exam, October 16 (training) and October 17 (exam)

CSCIP

• CSCIP Training and Exam, November 13 (training) and November 14 (exam)

CSCIP Exam Grading

Applicants must receive a passing (70% correct) grade on all parts of the exam to receive a CSCIP, CSCIP/G or CSCIP/P certification. Notification of grades will be sent approximately two weeks after completing the exam.

More resources:

• Download CSCIP Certification Application – Fillable Word Form, PDF
• Download CSCIP, CSCIP/G and/or CSCIP/P Exam Registration and Documentation Order Form – Fillable Word Form, PDF
• Visit the CSCIP portion of the website for more information

The following dates have been set aside for CSEIP recertification in 2019.  Recertification extends the value of the CSEIP certification by demonstrating that the CSEIP certificant is current with new requirements and refreshes knowledge of the original information.  This is online and instructor-led, and is scheduled for 11 a.m. ET – 3 p.m. ET. The hour-long exam follows, from 3 p.m. – 4 p.m.  Check the CSEIP portion of the website for specifics and updates:

• Jan. 17, 2019
• Feb.  23
• March 21
• April 18
• May 16
• June 20
• July 18
• Aug. 15
• Sept. 19
• Oct. 17
• Nov. 14
• Dec. 12

More resources:

• Download the CSEIP application – Fillable Word Form, PDF
•  For complete information on recertification, including exam dates and fees, click here