Proven, not attended
Certified AI Data Governance Professional (CADGP)
Every AI failure is a data failure that graduated; you will take command of your own data estate, govern what the machines are fed, survive the incidents, and leave with evidence that you are the person a company needs before it needs a lawyer.
What is AI data governance, and how is it different from AI governance?
Every AI failure is a data failure that graduated. AI governance is command of the models; this is command of what they are fed: the estate survey, consent and purpose for training data, poisoning and leakage, access, lineage that survives an audit, and the incident when data is the thing that broke. They are two separate programs and two separate chairs. Most governance training stops at the model, which is why the data side is where organizations are quietly exposed.
You start here, free, with no card: Why the data person just became the most consequential role in the building
After completing this program, you will be able to:
The Estate Audit
You audit your own data estate and defend the findings. Governance training stops at the model; this is the side where every AI failure actually starts.
The credential you earn
Not a certificate of attendance. A living record of what you proved, at a permanent link an employer can open, read and question.
- ✓Every one of the 95 topics, with the score you earned on eachNobody has to take your word for which parts you actually passed.
- ✓A Mastery Score built from two halvesHalf earned topic by topic, each topic's check and teach-back averaged; half at the summit exam or capstone.
- ✓An employer can ask it questionsThe record answers from the topics you passed, and says so when something was not covered.
A real specimen with this program's real modules and topics. The learner and the scores are examples, labeled on the record itself.
Curriculum · 15 modules
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Every topic counted here is built. Create a free account to open the first module, and the rest unlock with access.
How mastery is proven
Completion is not the bar here. Every claim on your credential is earned through assessment, and your final Mastery Score is built from two halves. The first half is where the teach-back lives.
Every topic ends two ways: a server-graded check (pass at 80% or the next topic stays gated) and a teach-back, where you explain the lesson in your own words and it is graded against the lesson itself on four dimensions. A topic’s score is the average of the two, and the running average across topics is half of your Mastery Score.
Finish every topic and face the summit: a timed, open book final exam of scenario judgment (open book on purpose: we test judgment, not memory), or a rubric-graded capstone project you actually build.
Your credential lives at a permanent signed URL. Employers scan it, see every verified competency with real scores, and can ask it questions grounded in what you actually passed.
Scenario responses are graded on four dimensions no multiple-choice exam can measure:
One focused 30-minute session per topic on the required path. The depth (full read, audio, slides, infographic, prompts) is there when you want it, never forced.
Your passed explanations become part of your credential. An employer who scans it can read how you explained each topic, in your words, if you choose to share them. You own your work and the dossier is off until you turn it on.
9 Content Formats Per Topic
Every topic delivers knowledge through multiple modalities for deeper retention.
Built sourced, shipped verified
Every topic is researched against real, cited sources, then scanned for gaps, bias, hallucination, and outdated material before it ships. Every review pass is logged with evidence, so the quality bar is verifiable, not a claim. The content you learn from has been pressure-tested before it reaches you.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. The program adapts to your role: executive, technical, legal, clinical, or any other.
Every topic is researched against real sources and checked for gaps, bias, hallucination, and outdated material before it ships. When the rules move, the content moves with them.
A completion record with your assessment score. Pass every core topic and the program mastery exam to earn your signed GAGE credential: a living record anyone can verify in seconds by scanning its QR seal. Bonus tracks add visible evidence but never gate the credential.
Two separate programs, two different chairs. AI Governance is command of the models. This is command of the data they eat: the estate survey, consent and purpose, poisoning and leakage, lineage that survives an audit, and the estate audit you leave with. Every AI failure is a data failure that graduated, and this is the side most governance training skips.
An estate audit. Not a certificate saying you attended, but the artifact a data chair is hired to produce, built on your own estate through the program and defended under adversarial review.
Many certification bodies accept self-reported outside training: IAPP members, for example, can self-report relevant non-IAPP training at 1 CPE per hour of study, validated by proof of completion or an assessment, within 90 days of the activity. Your GAGE credential is built for exactly that kind of proof: it records the program and every mastery assessment you passed, with scores, at a link your certifying body can open. Check your own body's policy before relying on it.