Our Work

Building cyber, AI and quantum readiness

A profession graded by competence, bound by ethics, verifiable anywhere, ready for the AI and quantum era.

Led by the Cybersecurity & AI Initiative, an ISAC Foundation centre. 6 commitments for 2030.

The problem and who we serve

Certificates are plentiful; trust is not. We empanel professionals through examination, range assessment and a revocable code of ethics, and build the ladder from club to campus to chapter.

Beneficiaries
Students, working professionals, employers
Geography
India, the Gulf and South-East Asia

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The Initiative driving this outcome: Cybersecurity & AI Initiative

The Cybersecurity & AI Initiative is the ISAC Foundation centre responsible for this outcome.

A safer world begins with people we can trust. Building a global community of ethical, skilled, and independently verified cyber defenders.

Departments

The Cybersecurity & AI Initiative works through training, services, community, research and platforms.

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6 projects need funding to meet these commitments

Empanelled Professionals

Build a cyber workforce the world can trust.

Professionals are empanelled through examination, range assessment, and a code of ethics, and can be verified by anyone on the National Security Database.

Our 2030 Commitment: 25,000 New Empanelled Professionals

NSD Campus Alliance

Open a path to cyber careers on every campus.

Campuses join at one flat fee for unlimited students, giving every learner a first step on the ladder from campus to profession.

Our 2030 Commitment: 500 Campuses on NSD Campus Alliance

Chapters Worldwide

Grow communities where cyber professionals lead.

Local chapters bring professionals together to learn, mentor, and serve their communities as part of the National Security Database.

Our 2030 Commitment: 20 Chapters Worldwide

Quantum-Ready Institutions

Prepare institutions for the quantum era.

Quantum computing will change how data is protected. Institutions are assessed for post-quantum cryptography readiness, so they can act before the risk arrives.

Our 2030 Commitment: 100 Quantum-Ready Institutions

NSD Scholars

Open the door to a cyber career for talented learners.

Supporting talented learners around the world as they begin careers in cybersecurity, AI, and quantum.

Our 2030 Commitment: 3,000 NSD Scholars Worldwide

SORALYNK

Help small businesses stay secure.

Small businesses keep economies running. SORALYNK brings them an open security stack, set up by certified installers, with a badge their customers can recognise.

Our 2030 Commitment: 1,000 MSMEs Secured

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Take part: training and services

Training (4)

  1. NSD empanelment: First Responder, Cadet, Falcon, Guardian, Scholar.
  2. NSD Scholar Program: Six-month techno-managerial programme with IIM Bangalore.
  3. Security Product Management: Executive programme.
  4. Quantum-safe track

Services (3)

  1. Curriculum design: For institutions joining Campus Alliance.
  2. Workforce assessment: For employers.
  3. PQC readiness assessment

Take part: community

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Also in this community: Cyber Club (college) · NSD Chapters · Cyber Kushti

Platforms you can use now

  1. National Security Database®: The Global Registry behind this outcome: professionals graded, empanelled and verifiable by anyone.
  2. Cyberange: Assessment range, 750+ scenarios, used for Cadet and Falcon grades.

Research: the standards, reports and open source behind this work

  1. Empanelment standard
  2. Code of Ethics (with Ethics and Governance)
  3. State of the profession report: Annual.
  4. PQC standard
  5. Open source: competency spec
  6. Open source: challenge sets
  7. Open source: SORALYNK stack

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