Cyber Ready Clinic Ready5 Verified Organization

Issued by

Cyber Ready Clinic

Cyber Ready Clinic is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit with the mission to help organizations become cyber ready while building the workforce pipeline.

Description

Ready5 Validated MSPs are evaluated by the Cyber Ready Clinic to ensure they implement best practices and cyber capabilities universally for all customers across the following areas: endpoint, identity, email, edge, and response. These capabilities include basic endpoint hardening, maintaining accurate asset inventories, implementing advanced EDR and 24/7 MDR, supporting centralized IdP, encouraging defined password management tools and processes, implementing defined user management processes, securing email gateways, triaging phishing emails, securing LANs, implementing web traffic filtering, supporting backups, offering response playbooks, and encouraging internal IR planning. The Ready5 capabilities help organizations prevent drive-by cyber-attacks such as ransomware and business email compromise. MSPs must complete a verification process that requires submission and validation of the MSP's processes, technology, and staffing for review and approval by the Cyber Ready Clinic.

Skills

Business Risk Management

Accurate Asset Inventory

Backups

Cyber Risk Management

Cybersecurity Playbooks

Edge Security

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Incident Response Plan

Multi-factor Authentication (MFA)

Identity Security Policy

Password Management

Secure Email Configuration

Phishing Triage

Secure Help Desk

Secure LAN

User Lifecycle Management

Earning Criteria

Test

MSPs complete a verification assessment that documents their IT and cybersecurity processes, services, technologies, and staffing provided universally to all clients.

Test

MSPs staffing, technology, processes, and procedures are analyzed by CRC staff to ensure they meet 100% of the Ready5 requirements.

Other

MSPs annually sign attestation following Cyber Ready Clinic verification that their tools, technologies, processes, and staffing will be universally implemented for all customers. MSPs must also attest to using the same technology, processes, procedures, and staffing internally across their entire company.