Certified? Now prove it.
The IAPP's AIGP is the recognized credential in AI governance, and if you hold it, you earned it. But AIGP is a knowledge certification: a proctored multiple-choice exam. The gap it leaves is the one hiring managers actually probe: can you run governance on a live system, under real constraints, and show your work?
AIGP: prove you know it
A respected, exam-based certification of governance knowledge. As of July 2026 the exam runs $649 for IAPP members and $799 for non-members, and most candidates add training that typically costs $1,500 to $2,500. It signals you speak the language of AI governance.
GAGE: prove you can do it
AI Governance: Applied Mastery is 82 topics across 14 modules, built on real governance failures and real regulatory events, never a recycled case study. Every topic ends in a mastery assessment; scenario responses are graded on evidence quality, stakeholder consideration, risk identification, and framework alignment. Pass the program mastery exam and your signed credential records exactly what you demonstrated.
A credential an employer can interrogate
A certification says pass. The GAGE living credential shows the record: every mastery assessment you passed, with your scores, topic by topic, cryptographically signed so a forged or altered record fails verification. Employers can even ask it questions and get answers grounded only in what you actually passed. Next to an AIGP on your resume, that is the difference between claiming judgment and demonstrating it.
Open a sample living credential →Why now
From August 2, 2026, EU national authorities gain formal powers to enforce the AI Act's literacy duty, with high-risk obligations following in 2027 and 2028. Organizations are hiring people who can operationalize governance, not just recite it. The professionals who can show applied evidence will be the ones they trust with it. The verified timeline →
The first topics are open to everyone, no account needed. See whether the bar is where we say it is.
AIGP is a certification of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), which is not affiliated with GAGE. Pricing from public IAPP materials and third-party cost breakdowns, checked July 22, 2026; verify current fees with IAPP.