Your OffSec Account Settings are your command center for managing your identity, tracking your progress, and controlling how your cybersecurity journey appears to others. From updating your bio to reviewing achievements and downloading shareable Skills Passport cards, everything is available in one place.
Accessing Your Account Settings
- Log in to your OffSec account.
- Click your username at the top-right corner.
What’s Inside Account Settings?
Account Settings is organized into key sections to help you manage every aspect of your OffSec journey:
- My Profile — View your achievements, certifications, level, skills, and shareable Skills Passport cards.
- Profile Settings — Update your personal information, social links, professional details, and public visibility.
- Billing — Manage your subscriptions and purchases.
- Preferences — Control your notification and communication settings.
- Security — Manage your password and account security.
- Display Options — Customize how the platform looks for you.
Each section focuses on specific account management features for easy navigation.
My Profile Page
Your My Profile page consolidates your learning achievements, skills, and growth in cybersecurity — making it easy to showcase your progress.
What You’ll Find in My Profile?
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Bio & Personal Details - — Tell your story. This section includes your professional role, work arrangement, availability, and social media links. Keeping it current helps peers, community members, and recruiters recognize your expertise at a glance.
You can connect your X, LinkedIn, and GitHub profiles here. These details can be updated anytime in Profile Settings.
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Skill Passport — The Skills Passport is the default tab on your profile. It brings together your all-time OffSec achievements in one place, including certifications, badges, level, XP, and hands-on activity stats.
It is also built for sharing. You can generate and download clean, OffSec-branded cards to showcase your progress on LinkedIn and other channels.
What's inside:
- Level & XP — View your current account level and total experience points at a glance.
- Top Skills — See your highest-ranked cybersecurity skills based on completed learning activity.
- All-time Stats — Review cumulative totals such as certifications, badges and pins, labs completed, time in labs, and flags captured.
- Certifications — View a visual preview of the OffSec credentials you've earned.
Shareable Cards
Available card types may include:
- Lifetime Overview Card — A complete achievement snapshot, including certifications, level, XP, and all-time stats.
- Dedicated Certification Card — A focused card highlighting a specific credential and the date it was earned.
- Individual Skill or Lab Card — A card celebrating a specific accomplishment, such as completing a flagship lab or reaching a skill milestone.
Cards are optimized for LinkedIn and mobile sharing.
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Achievements - Achievements — Every credential and recognition item you've earned, in one place. Your Achievements tab displays a timeline of your OffSec journey and updates automatically as you grow.
What's displayed:
- Certifications — Official credentials earned by completing courses and passing exams.
- Badges — Recognition earned by completing specific modules, topic exercises, or events.
- Pins — Awards for reaching 100% lab completion across eligible Skill Path modules.
- Titles & Rewards — Recognition earned through OffSec's gamification experience as you level up.
- Only claimed achievements appear here. If a credential is missing, make sure you've claimed it first.
Your Profile Settings
Profile Settings is where you control how you appear to the OffSec community and beyond — your identity, your visibility, and your professional details.
Key Features include:
- General Information: Upload or change your profile picture for a personalized touch, view your unique OSID (OffSec Identification Number), and update your display name.
- Contact Details: Here, you can add or update secondary email, phone number, and mailing address.
- Talent Finder & Public Profile: This allows you to control your Talent Finder visibility. Your public profile is private by default, and you decide who can see it.
- Username & Professional Info: Update your job title, bio, work arrangement, availability, and social media links for X, LinkedIn, and GitHub.
Billing
This section allows you to manage all purchases and subscriptions. Here, you will see:
- Order history
- Active subscriptions
- Payment methods, dates, product details, and status
What You Can Do in your Billing page?
Here, you can:
Preferences
In this section, you can manage how OffSec communicates with you. Adjust your notification settings and choose which updates you want to receive. Please note: essential OffSec messages will always be sent to your primary email.
Security
Here, you can take steps to keep your account secure. This area allows you to:
- Change or update your password
- Review and manage third-party service access
- Enable Passkeys
Display Options
- Dark Mode: Easily switch between light and dark themes.
- Infinite Scroll: Enable continuous content loading as you scroll.
Need more help?
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Should you require any additional support, you may email us here and our team will be happy to assist you.