Readiness Assessment
Find out where your business stands before pursuing the Legacy Core Trust Badge.
The Legacy Core™ Readiness Assessment is a short, non-technical baseline check designed for small businesses. It helps identify practical readiness gaps across everyday cybersecurity areas like passwords, access, phishing, devices, data protection, vendor risk, and incident preparedness.
What the assessment shows you
A practical baseline, not a pass-or-fail label.
The assessment helps a business understand where it stands today and what should happen next. Results guide readiness work and Trust Badge review; they do not automatically issue a credential.
- Your current cybersecurity readiness baseline
- Areas where your business is already taking the right steps
- Practical gaps that may need attention
- Recommended next steps connected to Legacy Core readiness modules
- Whether your business may be ready to pursue Bronze, Silver, or Gold Trust Badge review
Everyday readiness areas
Built for owners, operators, and lean teams.
The questions focus on practical habits a small business can explain and maintain, not deep technical configuration.
Passwords and access
How accounts, permissions, and multi-factor authentication are handled in everyday operations.
Phishing and vendor risk
How your business spots suspicious requests and thinks about third parties that touch sensitive data.
Devices and data protection
How laptops, phones, backups, file sharing, and sensitive information are protected.
Incident preparedness
Whether your team has a practical plan for what to do if an account, device, or data process is disrupted.
Results workflow concept
Readiness levels that guide the next step.
The final internal result should show a score or baseline indicator, strength areas, missed categories, recommended next steps, and a clear path toward Trust Badge review.
- Baseline
The business has meaningful gaps to address before Trust Badge review is likely to be productive.
- Developing
The business has some strong practices in place and needs focused next steps to close remaining gaps.
- Trust-Ready Candidate
The business appears ready to prepare for Trust Badge review, subject to Legacy Core review and approval.
Clear credentialing pathway
From baseline to review to registry.
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Take the Readiness Assessment
Answer approximately 15 non-technical questions about everyday cybersecurity practices.
- 2
Receive a readiness baseline
Review your baseline indicator, strengths, missed categories, and recommended next steps.
- 3
Complete relevant readiness actions
Work through practical readiness actions or modules connected to the gaps the assessment identifies.
- 4
Pursue Trust Badge review
When the business is ready, Legacy Core reviews the pathway toward Bronze, Silver, or Gold Trust Badge approval.
- 5
Appear in the Public Business Trust Registry
If approved, the business receives the Trust Badge and a public registry listing clients can verify.
Start with the baseline.
Take the short Readiness Assessment before you pursue Trust Badge review.