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Verifiable Bronze, Silver, and Gold Trust Badges — visible signals of progress through a structured credentialing pathway, with live registry verification. Not legal compliance.
Bronze Trust Badge
Entry credential · Sold direct
$699
one-time
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The Trust Gap readiness assessment shows what documented evidence your business could assemble across identity, data protection, resilience, operations, and governance.
The readiness assessment does not issue a credential. It shows what evidence you could assemble — not what you have earned yet.
The Trust Gap
The distance between how secure you are and what you can prove, and why that gap costs small businesses work.
Self-check
If two or more apply, you likely have a proof problem, not necessarily a technology problem. That is the Trust Gap.
Check at least two items to see your recommended next step.
What you are buying
Legacy Core issues a credential and Trust Badge. When the security question comes, you have proof to point to, not another promise.
A structured pathway aligned with recognized frameworks — translated for non-technical owners who handle client data.
A public-facing badge linked to live verification — not a self-printed certificate or marketing logo.
Your business appears in the Public Business Trust Registry so partners can confirm status in seconds.
One link for email signatures, proposals, and intake forms — proof beats another verbal promise.
Why it matters now
Small businesses are increasingly being asked to show more than good intentions on cybersecurity. Customers, banks, insurers, and partners want clearer signals that a business has taken meaningful steps to reduce risk and build trust.
Customers, lenders, insurers, and regulators increasingly expect documented, verifiable cyber readiness. Legacy Core Trust Badges are visible signals of progress through a structured credentialing pathway, tied to live verification. Not a logo you made in Canva.
Who this is for
CPAs, bookkeepers, attorneys, financial advisers, and insurance agencies handling sensitive client data.
Medical and dental practices that need to show clients and referral partners they take readiness seriously.
Owner-operators ready to close their Trust Gap with a verifiable credential, not another marketing claim.
What you receive at Bronze
Bronze credential — Baseline Readiness
Indicates completion of Legacy Core's Readiness Assessment and review. Does not claim that every control has been technically verified.
Credentialing pathway content
Step-by-step guided pathway covering the readiness signals professional services clients quietly look for.
Trust Badge issuance
A public-facing Trust Badge that links to a live verification page in the Public Business Trust Registry.
Registry listing
Your business appears in the Public Business Trust Registry with tier, status, and area served.
Bronze. Silver. Gold.
Bronze establishes readiness. Silver verifies implementation. Gold demonstrates continued maturity. Silver and Gold cannot be earned through self-attestation. Businesses may progress through an Alliance Partner-supported or independent review pathway.
Know → Show → Maintain
Baseline Readiness
Know it. Document it. Own it.
Bronze establishes baseline cybersecurity readiness under the applicable Legacy Core credential standard.
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Begin the credentialing pathway and earn Bronze through Legacy Core directly.
Evidence-Verified Implementation
Show it.
Silver recognizes documented implementation that has been reviewed under the applicable Legacy Core credential standard.
Cannot be earned through self-attestation
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Alliance Partner-supported pathway
Alliance Partners may help implement cybersecurity improvements. Legacy Core determines whether Silver has been earned.
Independent review pathway
Businesses may also progress through an independent review pathway. Self-attestation is never accepted.
Ongoing Verified Readiness
Maintain it.
Gold recognizes continued cybersecurity readiness demonstrated over time under the applicable Legacy Core credential standard.
Cannot be earned through self-attestation
Alliance Partner-supported pathway
Alliance Partners may help implement additional protections. Legacy Core determines whether Gold has been earned.
Independent review pathway
Businesses may also progress through an independent review pathway. Self-attestation is never accepted.
Transparent pricing
Bronze is $699 one-time. Silver and Gold attestation is $299. Staying listed on the registry is $199/year, or $19/month. Team and Growth plans are one-time too.
For small teams
Pay once for the team credential under one business account. Staying listed on the registry is a separate annual fee.
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Annual
$199/year
Monthly
$19/month
Earned tiers
Earned with Alliance Partner evidence. You cannot self-attest. The billed fee is attestation, then the annual registry listing.
Attestation
$299
Same fee whether an Alliance Partner or a qualified third-party reviewer packages the evidence.
Self-attestation is not accepted for Silver or Gold. See badge tiers
The Legacy Core ecosystem
Credentialing makes readiness visible. Alliance Partners help close the gaps the assessment surfaced.
Start with a free Trust Audit or enter the credentialing pathway. The Trust Audit is diagnostic only. It does not issue a credential.
Start Your Free Trust AuditComplete the applicable credentialing requirements. Legacy Core reviews eligibility under the applicable credential standard. The result is a Trust Badge listed in the Public Business Trust Registry.
Get credentialedSelect from the Alliance Partner Directory: established MSSPs, cyber insurance advisers, CPAs, and service providers reviewed by Legacy Core.
See partnersAlliance Partners may implement security. They cannot purchase, guarantee, or self-award a Trust Badge. Legacy Core determines whether the credential has been earned.
Businesses can continue improving cybersecurity maturity over time. Silver and Gold cannot be earned through self-attestation. Partners implement. Legacy Core decides.
Partner with usThat your business has completed Legacy Core's Readiness Assessment and earned the Bronze Trust Badge, listed in the Public Business Trust Registry with a live verification link. Bronze establishes documented baseline readiness. It does not claim that every control has been technically verified.
Silver and Gold cannot be earned through self-attestation. Businesses may progress through an Alliance Partner-supported or independent review pathway. Staying listed on the registry is $199/year or $19/month.
No. Legacy Core is a private credentialing authority. The Trust Badge orients to recognized cybersecurity readiness frameworks such as NIST CSF and CIS Controls, and demonstrates a business’s commitment to readiness. It is not a government credential and does not imply any specific incident outcome.
Bronze is a one-time purchase. To stay listed on the Public Business Trust Registry, stay is $199/year or $19/month, managed in the credentialed business portal.
Your credential is issued once your readiness review is approved. The registry entry, Trust Badge, and verification URL go live at that moment and remain visible while your credential is in good standing.
The credentialing pathway is designed to bring your business to a readiness baseline. If the credential is not ready to issue, Legacy Core will tell you that more work is needed under the applicable credential standard.
Only public-safe fields: business name, tier, credential status, area served, and verification slug. Owner contact, payment data, internal notes, and review history are never displayed publicly.
See the published refund policy at the bottom of this site. In short: refunds are handled on a case-by-case basis prior to credential issuance and are not available after a Trust Badge has been issued.
Pay once for Bronze. Earn Silver and Gold as implementation is verified and maturity continues.