| CAMP | International Association of Information Technology Asset Managers (IAITAM) | Newcomers to ITAM overall | Cross-industry; strongest pull in regulated/compliance-heavy sectors (finance, government, healthcare) where audit-readiness matters most | Foundational, broad process view; the only one of the six that doesn't assume a specialization yet | Doesn't go deep on software or hardware specifics; annual renewal |
| Certified Software Asset Manager (CSAM) | International Association of Information Technology Asset Managers (IAITAM) | Software-heavy licensing/compliance work | Large software estates facing vendor true-up risk — finance, healthcare, government, any enterprise running Microsoft/Oracle/SAP-scale license agreements | Ties directly to two of this kit's tools (`rationalization`, `itam-maturity`); most audit-relevant of the four IAITAM credentials | Annual renewal; no hardware coverage |
| Certified Hardware Asset Management Professional (CHAMP) | International Association of Information Technology Asset Managers (IAITAM) | Hardware lifecycle owners | Hardware-fleet-heavy sectors — manufacturing, healthcare (medical equipment), education (device fleets), retail/logistics (warehouse and POS hardware), government | The only one of the six covering physical assets; ties directly to this kit's `hardware-lifecycle` tool | Annual renewal |
| Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP) | International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) | AI governance specifically | Deliberately cross-industry by design — any sector deploying AI, in compliance/legal/risk/data-science roles rather than a particular vertical | The only AI-focused credential here; industry-agnostic; ties to `ai-intake` | Separate body/ecosystem from the IAITAM three; harder exam format (multi-select, no partial credit); one recertification detail is flagged below as unconfirmed |
| ITIL 4 Foundation | PeopleCert | Anyone working in or around IT service delivery | Complex, service-heavy IT environments — banking, insurance, healthcare, telecommunications, government, and managed-service/IT-outsourcing providers | Broad recognition outside ITAM specifically; the practice most other frameworks assume as the operating layer underneath them | Not asset-management-specific — its ties to this kit's tools are real but indirect; renewal every 3 years |
| IAM Certificate (Principles of Asset Management) | Institute of Asset Management (IAM) | People new to (or early in) formal asset management, beyond IT alone | Asset-intensive, infrastructure-heavy sectors — utilities (water, electricity, gas), transport and rail, oil and gas, mining, manufacturing, airports, government and public infrastructure | The only one of the six built on general (not just IT) asset management; the ISO 55000 series it's grounded in traces back to a standard the IAM itself helped originate | UK-centered exam logistics (Pearson-approved IAM venues); no IT- or software-specific content of its own |