Offensive Security offers a range of certifications, badges, and pins to recognize and validate learners' skills and achievements. This article provides detailed information on the types of credentials available, the criteria for earning them, and guidance on how to claim, view, and display these digital recognitions.

Earned certifications, badges, and pins may also appear in your OffSec profile experience, including your Achievements Page and Skills Passport tab. Skills Passport may include shareable cards that help you showcase a broader snapshot of your OffSec journey, while Accredible remains the official source for viewing, sharing, and verifying individual digital credentials.

Admins: To track your team's achievements, visit the Organization Admin Account Guide for details on accessing team progress insights.

• What type of credentials does OffSec issue?
• What is the difference between a certification and a badge?
• Why do some learning paths require passing an assessment?
• Which OffSec certifications have a digital certificate and/or badge?
• How can I obtain a Learning Path badge?
• How can I tell when I completed 80% of the module's lab for every module?
• What are the criteria for obtaining a progress-based badge?
• How to get a Certificate of Completion for the badges/certifications that I got?
• Which Learning Path's should I have access to?
• What is the difference between Accredible credentials and Skills Passport cards?
• Can my certifications, badges, and pins appear on my Skills Passport?
• Are Skills Passport cards official certification verification documents?

What type of credentials does OffSec issue?

Depending on the training a learner goes through, upon successfully meeting certain criteria that demonstrate their mastery of the training content and competencies, learners may achieve the following types of credentials:

•  Certification
•  Achievement-based Badge
•  Progress-based Badge
•  Pins

 For a detailed list of what certification or badge can be achieved for OffSec training, see the section below.

To learn more about how to manage a claimed digital credential, see the Digital Certification FAQ.

Once earned and claimed, eligible credentials may also appear in your OffSec profile experience, including your Achievements Page and Skills Passport tab. These credentials may be reflected in your Skills Passport shareable cards as part of your broader OffSec achievement profile.

What is the difference between a certification and a badge?

An OffSec Certification is an indicator of trust. It certifies that OffSec, as an official certifying body, trusts the learner to perform at a certain level.

An OffSec Badge is an indicator of competency. It signals that a learner is adept at a certain skill set. In particular, assessments indicate that a learner likely has the prerequisites necessary to succeed in higher-level OffSec training.

Certifications and badges may also appear in your Achievements Page and Skills Passport experience after they are earned and claimed.

NOTE: For official credential verification, use your Accredible digital credential or verification link — not your Skills Passport card.

What is a pin?

A pin is a digital credential you earn upon completing 100% of the Skill Path exercises, showcasing the skills you've mastered.

Pins are issued exclusively through the OffSec portal — they are not issued via Accredible.

After a pin is earned and claimed, it may appear in your Achievements Page and may also be reflected in your Skills Passport experience, once earned, claimed, and after your profile has refreshed.

Why do some learning paths require passing an assessment?

For the learning paths that come with assessments, the badge indicates to the learner and (potential) employers that they have achieved competency in all the prerequisites necessary to begin the next-level course.

Which OffSec certifications have a digital certificate and/or badge?

Learning Path	Full Learning Path Name	Badge
PEN-100	PEN: Network Penetration Testing Essentials
SOC-100	SOC: Security Operations Essentials
WEB-100	WEB: Web Application Assessment Essentials
OWASP Top 10 - 2021	Open Web Application Security Project Top 10 2021
IRE Learning Paths	Incident Responder Essentials
SSD Essentials 1	Integrating Security into Software Development
SSD Essentials 2	Practical Approach to Secure Development
SSD Intermediate	Intermediate Secure Development
Cloud Essentials	Cloud Essentials
Offensive Cloud	Offensive Cloud
MITRE ATT&CK	Reconnaissance (TA0043)
MITRE ATT&CK	Resource Development (TA0042)
MITRE ATT&CK	Initial Access (TA0001)
MITRE ATT&CK	Persistence (TA0003)
MITRE ATT&CK	Privilege Escalation (TA0004)
MITRE ATT&CK	Defense Evasion (TA0005)
MITRE ATT&CK	Credential Access (TA0006)
MITRE ATT&CK	Discovery (TA0007)
MITRE ATT&CK	Lateral Movement (TA0008)
MITRE ATT&CK	Collection (TA0009)
MITRE ATT&CK	Command and Control (TA0011)
MITRE D3FEND	Model
MITRE D3FEND	Harden
MITRE D3FEND	Detect
IOT	Internet of Things (IoT)
Red Teaming	Red Teaming
GitOps Essentials	GitOps Essentials
Threat Hunting Essentials	Threat Hunting Essentials
DevSecOps	DevSecOps
Web	Web System Administration
UNIX	UNIX System Administration
Windows	Windows System Administration
Kubernetes	Kubernetes Foundations
Cloud Automation and Misconfiguration	Cloud Automation and Misconfiguration Foundations
Digital Forensics	Digital Forensics Foundations
LLM Red Teaming	LLM Red Teaming
Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)	Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) for Cybersecurity
Secure Software Development Essentials	Secure Software Development Essentials

NOTE: Badges are not available for any learning paths excluded from the table above.

Course	Full Certification Name	Certificate	Badges
PEN-103	Kali Linux Certified Professional (KLCP)
OSCC SEC	OffSec CyberCore Certified
OSCC SJD	OffSec CyberCore Certified
PEN-200	OffSec Certified Professional (OSCP)
PEN-210	OffSec Wireless Professional (OSWP)
WEB-200	OffSec Web Assessor (OSWA)
WEB-300	OffSec Web Expert (OSWE)
PEN-300	OffSec Experienced Pentester (OSEP)
EXP-301	OffSec Exploit Developer (OSED)
EXP-312	OffSec macOS Researcher (OSMR)
EXP-401	OffSec Exploitation Expert (OSEE)
SOC-200	OffSec Defense Analyst (OSDA)
CTP - retired	OffSec Certified Expert (OSCE)
WEB-300 + PEN-300 + EXP-301	OffSec Certified Expert 3 (OSCE3)
AI-300	OffSec AI Red Teamer (OSAI)

How can I obtain a Learning Path badge?

How can I tell when I completed 80% of a module's lab ?

You can track your progress in the Progress section of the Learning Modules list by expanding the Progress field for each module.

Note: Lab exercises may be present in both the “Text” training materials as well as the dedicated “Labs” section.

What are the criteria for obtaining a progress-based badge?

After opening the Learning Path, you can find the criteria needed to attain a progress-based badge at the top of the Learning Modules list.

How to get a Certificate of Completion for the badges/certifications that I got?

You can find the course completion requirements for all of our courses in our existing article here. 

How can I claim and view my pin?

Once you achieve 100% completion in the Skill Path labs, the View pin and certificate button on your Skill Path page will become available.

Follow these steps to claim and view your pin and certificate:

1.  Click the View pin & certificate button on your Skill Path page
2.  To view your pin, select View pin — you will be redirected to Accredible, where you can view and share your pin as desired
3.  To view your completion certificate, select View certificate — from there, you can download or share your certificate as needed
4.  You can also view, share, and download your completion certificate from your Achievements Page

  Claimed pins may also be reflected in your Skills Passport experience. Skills Passport cards are designed to help you share a broader snapshot of your OffSec progress, but they do not replace your official Accredible credential or certificate.

Which Learning Path's should I have access to?

You are able to access Learning Path Modules based on your active subscription.

To learn more of what you can access, please visit our article here.

What is the difference between Accredible credentials and Skills Passport cards?

Accredible credentials and Skills Passport cards serve different purposes.

Accredible credentials are official digital credentials for individual certifications, badges, and pins. Use Accredible to view, verify, download, or share a specific credential.

Skills Passport cards are OffSec-branded shareable cards that highlight a broader snapshot of your OffSec journey. Depending on your achievements, these cards may include certifications, badges, pins, level, XP, labs completed, time in labs, flags captured, and other achievement stats.

Use Accredible when you need official verification for a specific credential. Use Skills Passport cards when you want to share your broader OffSec progress externally, such as on LinkedIn.

Where to access each:

•  Accredible credentials — go to your Achievements tab on your profile and click on a claimed credential to be redirected to Accredible.
• Skills Passport cards — go to My Profile — the Skills Passport tab is shown by default. Browse the carousel and use the download control to save your card.

Can my certifications, badges, and pins appear on my Skills Passport?

Yes. Eligible certifications, badges, and pins may appear in your Skills Passport experience after they are earned and claimed.

Skills Passport provides a broader view of your OffSec journey and may include your achievements alongside other all-time progress stats such as labs completed, time in labs, and flags captured.

If a credential does not appear on your Skills Passport, check that:

•  The credential has been earned
•  The credential has been claimed on your Achievements tab — unclaimed credentials will not appear
•  The credential appears on your Achievements Page
•  You have refreshed your profile
•  If you hold both OSCP and OSCP+, only OSCP+ will appear on your Skills Passport card — this is expected behavior

  If the credential still does not appear after checking all of the above, submit a support request and our team will review your account.

Are Skills Passport cards official certification verification documents?

No. Skills Passport cards are designed for sharing your broader OffSec progress and achievements externally — they are not official verification documents.

 They do not replace:

•  Official Accredible digital certificates
•  Official Accredible badges or pins
•  Accredible verification links used for third-party or employer verification

If you need to verify a specific certification, badge, or pin, use the Accredible credential or verification link associated with that credential.

  For more information on official credential verification, see the Digital Certification FAQ.