Cybersecurity maturity assessment
See where your cyber workforce readiness stands
Take the five-minute assessment to gauge your organization’s maturity across six areas of cyber workforce readiness. You’ll receive an overall maturity level, a category-level scorecard and a recommended area to focus on next.
Take the cyber workforce readiness assessment
Download the leadership guide to cyber workforce readiness
The Cybersecurity maturity assessment: A leadership guide for cyber workforce readiness explains the five maturity levels, the six readiness areas and the questions leaders can use to turn assessment results into practical next steps.
Turn your assessment results into a practical readiness plan
Maturity level
See whether your current approach is emerging, requirements-driven, structured, risk-aligned or adaptive.
Scorecard
Compare maturity across the six areas that shape cyber workforce readiness.
Leadership guide
Get the Cybersecurity maturity assessment ebook to help you interpret your results and prioritize next steps.
What the assessment measures
Governance and ownership
How readiness is owned, prioritized, resourced and reviewed
Security awareness and culture
How employees learn, practice and reinforce secure behavior
Human risk and behavior change
How workforce risk signals guide targeted support and improvement
Cyber team capability
How your organization manages cyber roles, responsibilities, capability gaps and certifications
Measurement and improvement
How readiness data turns into reporting, priorities and action
AI and emerging threats
How teams prepare for safe AI use, AI-enabled threats and emerging cyber risks
Your cyber workforce readiness maturity level
Cyber workforce readiness matures as programs move from informal or requirement-driven activity to a more adaptive approach guided by risk, roles, workforce needs and changing threats.
- Emerging: Informal, inconsistent or reactive
- Requirements-driven: Built around required training, policy or audit needs
- Structured: Documented, recurring and measured
- Risk-aligned: Prioritized by role, exposure, capability gaps and impact
- Adaptive: Updated as threats, technologies and workforce needs change
NIST- and NICE-informed workforce readiness guidance
This assessment and guide are informed by established cybersecurity and workforce resources, including NIST CSF 2.0, NIST SP 1308, NIST SP 800-50 Rev. 1, the NICE Framework and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework.
Together, these resources help connect workforce readiness to governance, role clarity, behavior change, measurement, risk alignment and emerging threats.
Important note: This assessment is directional. It is not a formal audit, certification or official NIST score.
Build your cyber workforce readiness plan
Your results can help identify where to focus first. Infosec helps organizations translate those priorities into the right mix of awareness, human risk management, skills development and certification training.
Strengthen security awareness and culture
Infosec IQ helps organizations deliver security awareness training, phishing simulations and reinforcement that support safer employee behavior.
Manage human risk and behavior change
Infosec HRM, powered by Right-Hand Cybersecurity, helps organizations use behavior-informed insights to deliver more targeted support and reduce workforce-related risk.
Support certification readiness
Infosec Boot Camps help teams prepare for certifications and build focused readiness where certifications are required or valuable.
Build cyber team capability
Infosec Skills helps cyber teams build practical capability with role-based learning, hands-on labs, cyber ranges and ongoing development.
Why choose Infosec
Proof over promises
Two decades delivering 93% pass rates. We build cybersecurity professionals ready to perform on day one.
Ready to defend
Technology is only as strong as your people. We build cyber workforce readiness across every role.
Trusted at scale
We build job-ready security teams. That's why 70% of the Fortune 500 partner with us.
Built for your reality
You already have a security strategy. We ensure your people can execute it under pressure.
Frequently asked questions
What is a cybersecurity maturity assessment?
A cybersecurity maturity assessment evaluates how developed an organization’s cybersecurity practices are and where improvement is needed. This assessment focuses specifically on cyber workforce readiness: the people, behaviors, capabilities and governance practices that help reduce cyber risk.
What is cyber workforce readiness?
Cyber workforce readiness is the ability of employees, cyber teams, managers and partners to reduce cyber risk through the decisions, behaviors and responsibilities that shape day-to-day security.
Is this a NIST Cybersecurity Framework maturity assessment?
This assessment is informed by NIST and NICE resources, but it is not a formal NIST assessment, audit, certification or official score. It is designed to help leaders evaluate workforce readiness and prioritize next steps.
Who should take the assessment?
The assessment is designed for cybersecurity, IT, risk, compliance, HR and learning leaders who are responsible for security awareness, human risk, cyber team capability, certification planning or workforce readiness.
What happens after I take the assessment?
You’ll receive an overall maturity level, a category-level scorecard and a recommended area to focus on next. You can also download the guide to interpret your results and build a practical readiness plan.
Ready to assess your cyber workforce readiness?
Take the free assessment, download the guide and start identifying where your organization should focus next.