DAU is offering the defense acquisition workforce four new credentials, bringing the total number currently available to nine. Dozens more are planned or are currently in development, including fifteen integrated product support (IPS) element-based credentials. As FY20 draws to a close, the four newly deployed credentials include:

• CACQ 004 Introduction to Risk, Issue, and Opportunity Management – Provides an overview of the Risk, Issue, and Opportunity Management processes outlined in the DoD Risk, Issue, and Opportunity Management Guide for Defense Acquisition Programs.
• CACQ 008 Foundational Intellectual Property (IP) - Provides the DoD acquisition workforce with the knowledge of basic IP and Data rights concepts and skills necessary to effectively acquire, license, and manage IP.
• CCYB 002 Cybersecurity for Program Managers - Enhances the Program or Project Manager’s ability to effectively oversee the Cybersecurity effort for an acquisition program. (Note: listed in the DAU iCatalog, with registration anticipated to be available in the coming days)
• CENG 002 Data Analytics for DoD Acquisition Managers - This credential trains DoD acquisition professionals to manage data analytics projects.

These four complement the five previously available credentials:

• CACQ 001 Services Acquisition Team Member: Acquisition Professional - improve the tradecraft of Services Acquisition by developing a highly qualified acquisition workforce capable of performing current and future DoD SA functions.
• CACQ 002 Services Acquisition Team Member: Non-Acquisition Professional - improve the tradecraft of Services Acquisition by developing a highly qualified non-acquisition workforce capable of performing current and future DoD SA functions.
• CACQ 003 Agile: DoD Team Member a cross-functional, general purpose credential on the tenets and principles of agile that will provide the owner the knowledge and skills necessary to perform on an Agile Program in the DoD.
• CCYB 001 Program Protection - enhances the acquisition professional’s ability to prevent, detect, and respond to program protection challenges by providing an understanding of security threats, vulnerabilities, risks, cost-benefit risk trade-offs, and mitigation for DoD systems.
• CENG 001 Digital Engineering: DoD Consumers - The Digital Engineering: DoD Consumer credential promotes the learning of key Digital Engineering information and perspectives (Note: Registration limited to DoD employees)

As our website also reminds defense acquisition workforce members, “DAU's Credentials program can provide responsive and timely learning experiences that you can self-select, to grow and deepen your skills. By offering learning in smaller, more job-specific credentials, we aim to help DoD evolve beyond today’s 3-level certification framework and more effectively meet the intent with the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA).” Encourage you to check out all nine of these robust new professional development opportunities!