Measure the nation's cyber readiness.
NCRA is India's adaptive assessment and certification framework — a single, verifiable standard for students, professionals, institutions, enterprises, and government.
Aligned with India's digital institutions
A single national standard, engineered for every layer.
NCRA combines adaptive testing, verifiable certification, and benchmarking into one framework — engineered for India's scale and security posture.
Adaptive AI assessments
Item difficulty and topic mix adapt in real time, producing a precise readiness profile in 35 minutes instead of three hours.
Verifiable credentials
Every certificate is cryptographically signed and instantly verifiable by any third party — recruiters, regulators, or auditors.
National benchmarking
Compare your readiness score to peers in your role, sector, and state with anonymized cohort analytics.
Multi-track framework
Foundational, Professional, Specialist, and Enterprise tracks mapped to NIST NICE, ISO 27001, and CERT-In guidelines.
Institution dashboards
Universities and enterprises see organisation-wide capability gaps, cohort progress, and remediation paths.
Proctoring & integrity
Optional remote proctoring, secure browser, and identity verification — calibrated for each track's stakes.
Built for every level of the cyber workforce.
From first-year students to CISOs and government CIOs, NCRA produces a comparable readiness signal across roles, sectors, and seniority.
Students
Establish credible cybersecurity foundations and stand out to employers.
Foundational trackProfessionals
Validate role-specific capabilities — SOC, AppSec, GRC, Cloud, IR, OT.
Professional & SpecialistInstitutions
Benchmark cohorts, accredit programs, and run national assessments at scale.
For institutionsEnterprise & Government
Workforce-wide capability mapping and audit-grade certification.
For enterpriseFrom assessment to certification in four clear steps.
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Choose your track
Select Foundational, Professional, Specialist, or Enterprise based on your role and domain.
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Take the adaptive assessment
An AI-calibrated test maps your knowledge, applied skills, and judgement across the framework.
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Receive your readiness report
Detailed scoring against national bands, with role-specific gap analysis and recommended pathways.
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Get a verifiable credential
Earn a cryptographically signed NCRA certificate, instantly verifiable by employers and regulators.
What leaders say about the framework.
“NCRA gives us a credible, comparable signal of cyber capability across our 12,000-employee workforce — something no internal program could achieve.”
“We've adopted NCRA as a graduation requirement for our cybersecurity electives. The benchmarking against national cohorts is invaluable for accreditation.”
“For the first time we have a defensible, standardised baseline of cyber readiness across critical infrastructure operators. This is what national capability looks like.”
Common questions about the framework.
Need something specific? Reach out to our team — we typically reply within one business day.
Establish your cyber readiness, on the national standard.
Join thousands of candidates, institutions, and enterprises adopting NCRA as their default capability benchmark.