PECB LAIRMPECB Certified Lead AI Risk Manager
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What is PECB LAIRM?
The PECB Certified Lead AI Risk Manager certifies holders to build and operate an AI risk management program based on NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act, and MIT AI Risk Repository. The five-day training covers identification, assessment, treatment, and monitoring of AI-specific risks and awards 31 CPD credits. The exam is scenario-based with a 70 percent passing score. Unlike the ISO standard schemes, LAIRM is a PECB-owned scheme that integrates multiple frameworks. Full Lead credentialing requires five years of professional experience (two in AI risk) plus 300 project hours. In the DACH market demand grows due to the EU AI Act and complements traditional ISMS risk methods.
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No formal prerequisite to sit the exam. Certification is tiered: Provisional Manager with no experience; Manager needs 2 years of professional experience (1 year in AI risk management) and 200 hours of project activities; Lead Manager needs 5 years (2 years in AI risk management) and 300 hours; Senior Lead Manager needs 10 years (7 years in AI risk management) and 1,000 hours. Plus signing the PECB Code of Ethics.
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