AIGP Study Guide 2026: The Complete Exam Prep for the IAPP AI Governance Professional Certification

Master the IAPP Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP) CertificationAI governance is no longer a research topic. The EU AI Act took effect in 2024, and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework has become the de facto US standard for AI risk. Companies are appointing AI governance leads, asking privacy and compliance teams to take on AI oversight, and looking for a credential that proves the person doing the work has done it before. The AIGP is that credential.What's Inside:This study guide covers all four exam domains of the IAPP AIGP Body of Knowledge v2.0 (effective February 2025), in the order the exam tests them and at the depth it reaches:• Domain I: Understanding AI Fundamentals. Types of AI systems, learning approaches (supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement), realistic capabilities and limitations, the AI development lifecycle, and the system components that shape governance (17%)• Domain II: AI Laws, Standards, and Frameworks. The EU AI Act, the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, ISO/IEC 42001 and 23894, US sectoral regimes (employment, healthcare, finance), and the international standards converging on AI governance (29%)• Domain III: AI Risks and Use Case Planning. Use-case intake and risk classification, data governance for AI, model selection and validation, bias assessment, and the development decisions a regulator will ask to see (26%)• Domain IV: Governing AI Deployments. Pre-deployment readiness, monitoring and drift detection, AI incident response, transparency and accountability, and safe decommissioning (28%)200+ Practice Questions across chapters, plus two full 100-question mock exams at exam length and difficulty, calibrated to the scenario depth the AIGP actually tests. Every question maps back to a domain competency, with explanations that teach the reasoning behind each answer.Who This Book Is For:Privacy and compliance professionals preparing for the IAPP AIGP examAI governance leads at companies deploying AI systems in regulated industriesRisk officers, audit professionals, and compliance directors adding AI oversight to their portfolioIn-house counsel and consultants supporting AI program build-outCIPP-certified professionals adding the AIGP to round out the IAPP credential stackAnyone preparing for the AIGP exam in 2026Why Choose This Guide:Written for the working professional moving into AI governance. The content uses the same scenario-based teaching the AIGP exam itself uses. You inhabit the role of the AI governance lead through every chapter, walking through the decisions the credential is designed to test. Aligned to BoK v2.0 from page one, with practice questions and mock exams built on the stem patterns, scenario depth, and four-option discriminator structure of the actual exam.This 2026 edition matches the production standard of the Alexander Reid imprint, the same standard as the CIPP/US 2026 Study Guide and CIPP/E 2026 Study Guide. Read more