Awarded for completing Safeguard Model Context Protocol Servers Across Assistant Vendors and passing its exam, demonstrating the ability to review an exposed tool surface as a security boundary, design least privilege and credential handling for assistant access, govern tool additions, and hold an audit trail for what an assistant did.
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.