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The GRC Engineering Club Academy — certifications for GRC engineers
The Certified GRC Engineer (CGE) family is the certification path built by working practitioners. The CGE-P certifies the engineers who build automated compliance, the CGE-AUD certifies the auditors who evaluate it, and more credentials are on the roadmap. Video training, open-book exams, and real artifacts (Terraform, pipelines, evidence), not slides and flashcards.
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Introducing the CGE-P
Certified GRC Engineer - Practitioner
The CGE-P is the first certification designed specifically for GRC engineers. It covers everything from GRC frameworks and cloud compliance to hands-on implementation and automation - the skills you actually need to build modern compliance programs.
Introducing the CGE-AUD
Certified GRC Engineer - Auditor Specialty
Engineering went cloud-native a decade ago. Audit didn't. The CGE-AUD teaches experienced auditors to read pipelines, sample code-defined controls, and evaluate engineered evidence. Seven domains, about four hours of video, a 50-question exam, no portfolio, and no coding background or CGE-P required.
What You'll Learn in the CGE-P
Seven domains covering the full spectrum of GRC engineering.
GRC Engineering Foundations
Core concepts, maturity models, compliance frameworks (NIST, RMF, FedRAMP, CMMC), and the GRC Engineer career path.
Infrastructure as Code
Terraform fundamentals, compliant resource design, reusable modules, and using version control as your evidence trail.
Policy-as-Code
OPA/Rego policies for compliance enforcement, mapping NIST controls to executable policies, and shift-left compliance.
CI/CD for GRC Engineers
Build pipelines that automate security testing, policy validation, and evidence collection as a byproduct of deployment.
Cloud-Native Security & Monitoring
Control validation, continuous monitoring dashboards, drift detection, and cloud-native security services.
OSCAL & Continuous Authorization
OSCAL component models, System Security Plans, and the roadmap from traditional ATO to cATO.
Applied GRC Engineering
End-to-end integration, portfolio projects, and capstone workflows that tie all domains together.
How It Works
Create Your Account
Sign up and enroll in your course, CGE-P or CGE-AUD. Free for Patreon members.
Complete the Training
Watch video modules, complete hands-on labs, and study at your own pace.
Pass the Knowledge Exam
Open book. CGE-P: 60 questions, 90 minutes, 72% to pass. CGE-AUD: 50 questions, 75 minutes, 70% to pass.
Earn Your Certificate
CGE-AUD is issued when you pass the exam. CGE-P adds a capstone: push a real project to GitHub, pass the rubric review, and your certificate is auto-issued.
The Capstone: Prove It With Real Work
Anyone can pass a multiple-choice exam. CGE-P requires you to build something real. After the knowledge exam, you submit a public GitHub repo — a working GRC engineering project — scored against our published rubric.
Build a Real Project
Submit a public GitHub repo demonstrating real GRC engineering skills — not a quiz, not a simulation.
Scored Against a Rubric
Your repo is reviewed against our published rubric. You know exactly what's being evaluated before you submit.
Auto-Issued Certificate
Pass the capstone and your CGE-P certificate is automatically issued. No waiting, no delays.
See exactly what you'll be graded on
The capstone rubric is public — review it before you even start the course.
Your Instructors
AJ Yawn
Executive Chairman & Founder
D1 athlete turned Army Captain turned cybersecurity entrepreneur. GRC Engineering Lead at NR Labs, SANS Institute instructor, and LinkedIn Learning instructor with 195K+ learners. AJ started the GRC Engineering Club to transform GRC through engineering and AI.
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Abdie Mohamed
President
Cloud engineer and compliance specialist bridging traditional compliance with modern engineering. Expert in AI governance, security controls, and compliance automation. Public speaker focused on leadership development and building other leaders.
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A full certification path for GRC engineers. CGE-P and CGE-AUD are live today.
CGE-P - Practitioner
Live nowThe foundation. Covers GRC frameworks, cloud compliance basics, and hands-on implementation skills.
CGE-AUD - Auditor Specialty
Live nowFor auditors, not engineers. Cloud, code, pipeline, and evidence literacy to audit GRC-engineered organizations. Standalone, with no CGE-P prerequisite.
CGE-A - Associate
Coming SoonDeeper dives into automation, tooling, and building scalable GRC programs.
CGE-Pro - Professional
Coming SoonAdvanced architecture, program leadership, and enterprise-scale GRC engineering.
CGE-S - Specialty
Coming SoonSpecialty tracks: CGE-S-AWS, CGE-S-Azure, CGE-S-GCP, CGE-S-AI, CGE-S-RMF, and more.
Pricing
Club Member
$0
Free access for all GRC Engineering Club members. Includes all current and future courses and exams.
- ✓Full course access
- ✓Hands-on labs
- ✓Certification exam
- ✓Capstone project review (CGE-P)
- ✓Digital certificate
- ✓LinkedIn badge
- ✓CPE hours eligible
- ✓Auto-renewal with active membership
Non-Member
$250 CGE-P · $350 CGE-AUD
One-time payment per certification. Course and exam included.
- ✓Full course access
- ✓Hands-on labs
- ✓Certification exam
- ✓Capstone project review (CGE-P)
- ✓Digital certificate
- ✓LinkedIn badge
- ✓CPE hours eligible
- ✓Renew with 20 CEU hours
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The Work Works
Real members. Real career transformations.
"I passed my AWS Cloud Practitioner exam! Cloud fluency + GRC is a powerful combo — and I'm just getting started."
Jessica Barnwell
Passed AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
"I knocked out the OSCP in just two months. It is no joke — but putting in the work paid off."
Ethan Troy
Earned OSCP Certification
"A founder of a security company tagged his CISO on my NIST to AWS mapping project. Then the CISO reached out to me directly. It's crazy to think that a personal project I built to address my own skills gap is being recognized like this."
Luigi Carpio
NIST to AWS Mapping Project Recognized by a CISO
Why CGE?
This isn't another vendor cert. It's built different.
Built by Practitioners
Created by working GRC engineers, not vendors or test-prep companies.
Community-Driven
Future courses contributed by community members who are experts in their domains.
Free for Members
Club members get full access to every course and exam at no extra cost.
Hands-On, Not Theoretical
You build real systems. Labs, projects, and infrastructure - not slides and flashcards.
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Ready to Get Certified?
Two paths in: free with an active Patreon membership, or a one-time purchase ($250 CGE-P, $350 CGE-AUD). Either way, you get full course access and the exam.
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