Security Awareness and Culture Professional

H Layer Credentialing can help you become a recognized leader in the security awareness and culture profession.

H Layer Credentialing can help you become a recognized leader in the security awareness and culture profession.

What Is the H Layer?

Threat actors compromise organizations’ cybersecurity by exploiting the weakest link: humans. But security strategies that rely on a layered approach often overlook the human layer (The H Layer). Strengthening this layer by creating and maintaining a strong security culture is a critical component of defending against cyberattacks and preventing sensitive data loss. Read more about the Human Layer.

Security Awareness Certification

H Layer Credentialing™ certifies professionals who work as security awareness leaders. These professionals are responsible for creating and maintaining a human layer of cybersecurity which protects organizations from their greatest information security threat. The cornerstone certification is the Security Awareness and Culture Professional (SACP)™ credential. This vendor-neutral certification recognizes professionals who work and exhibit competency in the development, assessment, management and maintenance of Security Awareness Programs. It validates and gives confidence to both industry professionals and the clients they serve.

Boost Your Human Layer Security

Creating security awareness and culture gives your organization a strategic advantage. Improving your human layer security doesn’t just prevent costly incidents and data loss. It helps build customer and employee trust, protect brand reputation and advance your organization’s goals.

Boosting human layer security is also about improving resiliency — and giving your organization an edge in today’s competitive landscape.

Locate a Test Center

To preview testing locations prior to registration, visit the SACP Testing Page and click "find a test center" in the right hand column.

Become a recognized leader in the security awareness and culture profession.

Earn the Security Awareness and Culture Professional (SACP)™ credential and demonstrate your competency to design and lead security awareness programs that build a sustained security-awareness culture.