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Credential Verification

Issue date: August 11, 2025

ID: 8199773d-ea31-4f64-a14e-ab04a42b6bce

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.

Type

Achievement

Level

Foundational

Format

Hybrid

Duration

10 weeks

Price

Free

Description

Ready5 Verified Practitioners completed a 10-week hands-on program as an intern or volunteer working directly under supervision of a cyber expert mentor. Practitioners have performed business risk and cyber capability assessments with real customers, helping to deliver a Digital Wellness Plan. A practitioner understands the risks that exist across an organization’s management, finances, IT support, operations. A practitioner also understands critical Ready5 cyber capabilities across endpoint, identity, email, edge, and response that must be implemented to help prevent drive by business email compromise and ransomware attacks. Ready5 Verified Practitioners must also complete a capstone project and pass a proficiency assessment.

Skills

Crisis Management

Cyber Resilience

IT Risk Management

Incident Response

Backups

Business Email Compromise Prevention

Business Risk Management

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Strategy

DNS Filtering

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Ransomware Prevention

Secure Email Gateway (SEG)

Secure Help Desk

Spear Phishing Triage

Earning Criteria

Assignment

All verified practitioners must complete and pass a knowledge proficiency assessment.

Assignment

A capstone project focused on addressing and closing a cybersecurity capability gap exhibited by current customers (e.g. creation of an Incident Response Plan) must be completed and submitted to the program manager.

Participation

10 week program participation including a minimum of seven (7) two hour training sessions and three (3) in-person assessments. All virtual meetings must be attended with a live camera presence. Learn More