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TI Accreditation

Only already teams which have been successfully accepted as TI Listed can become accredited.

Accreditation is a standardised process which takes between one and four months, depending on the actual status and prior preparation of the candidate team.

Some good reasons why to join TI as "accredited" have been brought up by practitioners and might show you a new perspective!

To apply for accreditation every team needs to follow these steps:

  1. To apply for accreditation, the team just needs to send a simple request to the TI team or to use a button in the TI Self-Service portal.
  2. The TI team will start the accreditation process by sending the so-called Appendix A to the potential candidate. This Appendix A shows the formal acceptance of the process by the team. The Invitation Package contains all the information needed to prepare for a successful accreditation.
  3. Within four weeks after becoming invited the formal acceptance of the process requirements need to be signed and then send by email to the TI team.
  4. Once the Appendix A has been received, the formal status of the team will changed to TI Accreditation Candidate and the TF-CSIRT Community will be notified accordingly.
  5. Starting from the recognition as candidate the team has three month to update the team data using the TI Self-Service providing the required statements and information.
  6. The TI team will verify and assess all the information that has been provided by the candidate and may ask additional questions. This verification and feedback cycle usually takes one to four weeks on average, depending on the level of interaction. Please be advised that the successful verification of the candidate must be finalised within the available three months.
  7. Once the TI team has verified that the candidate has met all requirements, the status of the team is changed from to TI Accredited. The new full member as well as the TF-CSIRT Community are formally notified thereof. With the new status the team gains access to the complete set of TI Services and has votings rights.
  8. If at any stage during this process the candidate does not meet the requirements or misses the deadlines, the invitation will expire or the accreditation process might fail. Any team can only be invited twice within twelve month.

The graphic visualises the process of listing of Accreditation

Eight month after a team has been accredited, it can apply for TI Certification.

Fees

Initially a one-time accreditation fee of EUR 800 (VAT might apply) will be charged after the conclusion of the accreditation process.

An annual fee of EUR 1200 (VAT might apply) will be charged.

Related Materials

Materials for this process are:

  • Invitation Package including appendices B to E (accreditation requirements and forms, definitions and background information, appendix A is send directly to the teams applying for accreditation).

In addition please refer to our information page about de-facto standards for cybersecurity teams.