Awarded for completing Network Policy and Egress Control for Workloads and passing its exam, demonstrating the ability to assess a cluster's default network posture, write and test policies that are neither too narrow nor silently too broad, control egress to external, internal and control plane destinations, roll policy onto a running estate through observation and an audit stage, design a break glass path, and measure coverage, friction and enforcement.
Certificates are designed to be checked, not just displayed.
The credential is valid for 12 months from issue. Its public page states the expiry date, and renewing means passing the current exam again — so the credential always reflects the current material.