Legacy Core™
Trust Audit

Small Business Cyber Readiness, Made Verifiable

When someone asks how you protect their data, can you send proof they can check?

Clients, insurers, and partners may ask how you handle their information. Legacy Core helps turn cybersecurity readiness into something documented, reviewed, and publicly verifiable.

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Plain language. No technical expertise required. Diagnostic only — not a credential.

Cyber Preparedness & Readiness

Readiness matters before the question arrives.

Think of it the way you already think about other preparedness. You do not wait until someone asks whether you can respond. You get the basics in order first.

The Trust Gap

The Trust Gap is the distance between the safeguards your business has and the proof you can show when someone asks.

Find Your Trust Gap

In 30 seconds

What to know before you go further

  1. 01

    What is Legacy Core?

    America's Small Business Trust Credentialing Authority. It creates a trust signal. It is not an MSP or a regulator.

  2. 02

    Why does this matter?

    Small businesses often take real cybersecurity steps. Customers and partners still have no simple way to see that readiness.

  3. 03

    What is the Trust Gap?

    The distance between the safeguards you have and the proof you can send when someone asks.

  4. 04

    What is a Trust Badge?

    A reviewed credential. It shows a demonstrated commitment. It does not promise that a business is safe or legally compliant.

  5. 05

    What do Bronze, Silver, and Gold mean?

    Bronze establishes readiness. Silver verifies implementation. Gold demonstrates continued maturity. Silver and Gold cannot be self-attested.

  6. 06

    Can customers verify it?

    Yes. The Public Business Trust Registry is the live record. Anyone can look up Verified, Expired, or Not Found.

  7. 07

    What should a business do next?

    Start with the free Trust Audit. It is diagnostic only. Then pursue Bronze if you want a credential people can check.

  8. 08

    How do Alliance Partners fit in?

    Partners may implement security and help a business progress. Legacy Core decides whether the credential has been earned.

Start Your Free Trust AuditOpen the Public Business Trust Registry

Trust Experience

See two readiness areas before you start

Five minutes. Two readiness areas. No account required.

Open the Trust Experience

When someone asks

Four moments the question usually shows up

Not every client or insurer asks. When they do, most owners do not have a clear answer ready. Legacy Core is one way to document readiness. It is not required by those organizations, and it does not guarantee approval.

What you can show

What proof can look like

Legacy Core does not replace your insurer, IT provider, or attorney. It gives you a documented path from readiness to a reviewed credential someone else can check. What you would send a client is not a public checklist for Silver or Gold.

See an illustrative verification at LC-DEMO-BRONZE, or browse the Public Business Trust Registry.

The Trust Gap

Before you have proof, and after

Most owners can say they take security seriously. After a credential, they can send a record someone else can check.

Before

  • "We take cybersecurity seriously."
  • Answers written from memory when a form arrives.
  • No public page a client or partner can check on their own.

After

  • Documented readiness from a structured credentialing pathway.
  • A reviewed Trust Badge after you earn the credential.
  • A public verification page anyone can open.

You may already have good practices. The question is whether you can show them clearly when someone asks. What you would send a client is not the same as the evidence Silver or Gold require.

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How it works

A path from the question to something they can check

  1. Understand the Trust Gap

    Start with a free Trust Audit. It is diagnostic only. You leave knowing what you could show today.

  2. Establish readiness

    Bronze documents structured cybersecurity awareness and baseline readiness. It is not a claim that every technical control is already in place.

  3. Earn a reviewed Trust Badge

    A credential is issued after Legacy Core review under the applicable credential standard. Completing the free audit does not issue a badge.

  4. Make trust verifiable

    The Trust Badge links to a live page in the Public Business Trust Registry. A client can check it without calling you.

  5. Continue progressing

    Silver and Gold require implementation evidence plus an Alliance Partner-supported pathway or independent review pathway. Partners implement. Legacy Core decides.

Open the Trust ExperienceSee how the credential works

What Legacy Core is

Not another cybersecurity company. A credentialing authority.

Legacy Core™ is a credentialing authority. It is not an MSP, a monitoring product, or a generic compliance checklist. It gives small businesses a structured path from readiness to a reviewed, publicly verifiable Trust Badge.

America’s Small Business Trust Credentialing Authority is the category we are building. The credential shows a demonstrated commitment. It does not promise that a business is protected, compliant, or approved for insurance or a contract.

More about Legacy Core

Framework-informed

Informed by recognized readiness frameworks

The credentialing pathway is aligned with NIST CSF 2.0 and CIS Controls v8. Legacy Core is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or accredited by NIST, CIS, or any government agency. This is not a NIST credential and not a formal compliance credential.

A Trust Badge shows structured readiness your partners can verify. It is not legal compliance or a government endorsement.

Why this is credible

Built to be checked, not just claimed

  • Public verification

    Anyone can look up a credential and see Verified, Expired, or Not Found. The registry is the receipt.

    Open the registry lookup

  • Human review

    A Trust Badge is issued after Legacy Core review. The free Trust Audit does not issue a credential.

    See the review path

  • Bronze, then Silver and Gold

    Bronze documents structured baseline readiness. Silver and Gold require evidence-based verification. Silver and Gold cannot be earned through self-attestation.

    See badge tiers

  • Framework-informed standards

    The pathway is aligned with NIST CSF 2.0 and CIS Controls v8, written in language a small-business owner can use.

    Read the standards

  • Published policies

    Credential rules, privacy, and terms are public. You can read them before you start.

    Published policies

Founder

Christopher Green

Founder · Based in Southern California · Silicon Valley roots

Plain-English credentialing for small businesses that handle other people’s information. Built for owners who are not security people.

About Christopher

Pricing

Bronze is the starting credential. Higher tiers are earned.

Pay once for Bronze. Attestation for Silver and Gold is billed separately. The annual fee keeps your registry listing live.

Bronze

$699

one-time

Stay on the registry

$199/year

or $19/month

Attestation

$299

Silver & Gold, billed separately. Cannot be self-attested.

See full pricing

If someone asked tomorrow, what would you show them?

Find your Trust Gap and understand the next practical step.

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The Trust Audit is diagnostic only. It does not issue a credential or determine legal compliance.

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