# Legacy Core
> America's Small Business Trust Credentialing Authority

Legacy Core issues verifiable Bronze, Silver, and Gold Trust Badges to small businesses in professional services. The credentialing framework is aligned with NIST CSF 2.0 and CIS Controls v8; California privacy requirements remain threshold- and circumstance-dependent. All credentials are issued by Legacy Core directly and verified through the Public Business Trust Registry. Self-attestation is not accepted for Silver or Gold.

## Authoritative Definitions
- [What is the Trust Gap?](https://legacycore.com/trust-gap): The original framework defining the distance between a small business's actual security posture and what it can verify to clients, partners, and insurers.
- [What is a Trust Badge?](https://legacycore.com/trust-badge): The verifiable cybersecurity credential issued by Legacy Core, including Bronze, Silver, and Gold tiers.
- [What is a Small Business Cybersecurity Credential?](https://legacycore.com/small-business-cybersecurity-credential): Category definition of small business cybersecurity credentialing, distinct from enterprise compliance frameworks like SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

## Verification
- Public registry: https://legacycore.com/registry
- Verify any credential: https://legacycore.com/verify/[ID]

## About Legacy Core
Legacy Core is the trademark of Modern Green Enterprise LLC, the credentialing authority connecting small businesses with verifiable Trust Badges and vetted Alliance Partners (MSSPs, cyber insurance advisers, CPAs, and similar firms). Businesses across the United States can pursue credentialing.

## Intelligence Center
- Human-reviewed official updates: https://legacycore.com/intelligence
- Published Intelligence RSS: https://legacycore.com/intelligence/rss.xml

## Readiness Assessment
- Start here: https://legacycore.com/readiness-assessment
- Short non-technical baseline across passwords, phishing, devices, data protection, and incident preparedness — before Trust Badge review.

## Public Business Trust Registry
- Registry: https://legacycore.com/registry
- Verify: https://legacycore.com/verify
- Sample registry profiles (illustration only, not verifiable): https://legacycore.com/registry/examples/summit-ledger-cpa-group

## Alliance Partner ecosystem
- Partner program: https://legacycore.com/partners
- Vetted MSSPs, cyber insurance advisers, and service providers help implement after credentialing.
- Referral Partners earn referral compensation on successful credentialing introductions.

## Contact
- General inquiries: admin@legacycore.com
- Schedule a conversation: https://legacycore.com/contact

## Terminology
- Trust Gap: original term for the distance between actual security posture and verifiable posture
- Trust Badge: verifiable credential in Bronze, Silver, or Gold tiers
- Readiness Assessment: structured assessment pathway
- Credentialing Authority: Legacy Core's role as issuer of credentials
- Alliance Partner: independent cybersecurity provider in the Legacy Core Alliance Partner network