The Certified Internet
Webmaster’s Master CIW
Administrator is a mid to high
level, vendor-neutral,
certification for an IT
professional who identifies and
defines network architecture,
administers corporate
infrastructure and servers,
monitors and analyzes network
performance, and implements and
manages network security. The
Master CIW Administrator builds on
the CIW Associate designation.
Also, while achieving the Master
CIW Administrator certification,
the candidate will achieve CIW
Professionalcertifications along
the way.
The Master CIW Administrator
certification emerged in the fall
of 2000. In terms of
recertification, CIW exams may be
retired for various reasons,
including release of a new exam
series, changes to related
certification programs, or
determination by the IT industry
that a job role has become
obsolete. Once retired, the exam
is no longer available at testing
centers, although in some cases
candidates can still apply credit
for a retired exam version toward
a multi-exam certification. CIW
offers six months prior notice for
retirement of any exam so that
interested candidates have time to
prepare and take the exam while it
is still available.
Job roles of those pursuing
this certification typically
include: systems administrator,
online services manager, online
community manager, Internet or
intranet network engineer, or IT
department associate or manager.
To achieve the Master CIW
Administrator, a candidate must
pass four exams.
