Cyber Verification Program
A cybersecurity verification program introduced by Anthropic that provides security researchers with tiered access to Claude. The program is designed to support defensive security research, red-team testing, and safety assessments of critical systems.
Timeline (last 90 days)
Anthropic manages risk through a verification program and tiered authorization, providing the industry with a paradigm to reference.
Anthropic opened a new tier to authorize offensive security work such as penetration testing and red team exercises.
The Cyber Verification Program is an admission mechanism Anthropic has set up for cybersecurity professionals, whose core is to determine the model tiers and capability scope users can access through identity and use verification.
The Cyber Verification Program is linked to Anthropic's Usage Policy and Responsible Scaling Policy.
Anthropic announced it is expanding its Cyber Verification Program, giving verified security professionals broader access to its most powerful models.
Anthropic has merged Project Glasswing and its original verification program into a unified Cyber Verification Program, divided into three tiers—Defender, Red Team, and Special Access—covering Claude Opus 5.5, Sonnet 5.5, and subsequent new models.
CVP screens trustworthy organizations through a rigorous review process, and only approved organizations are authorized to perform cybersecurity probing tasks on models without triggering usage policies.
CVP screens trusted organizations through a rigorous vetting process and does not open red-teaming capabilities to all applicants.
All Facts (8)
The Cyber Verification Program is an admission mechanism Anthropic has set up for cybersecurity professionals, whose core is to determine the model tiers and capability scope users can access through identity and use verification.
50%UnverifiedAnthropic manages risk through a verification program and tiered authorization, providing the industry with a paradigm to reference.
50%UnverifiedThe Cyber Verification Program is linked to Anthropic's Usage Policy and Responsible Scaling Policy.
50%UnverifiedCVP screens trustworthy organizations through a rigorous review process, and only approved organizations are authorized to perform cybersecurity probing tasks on models without triggering usage policies.
50%UnverifiedCVP screens trusted organizations through a rigorous vetting process and does not open red-teaming capabilities to all applicants.
50%UnverifiedAnthropic opened a new tier to authorize offensive security work such as penetration testing and red team exercises.
50%UnverifiedAnthropic announced it is expanding its Cyber Verification Program, giving verified security professionals broader access to its most powerful models.
50%UnverifiedAnthropic has merged Project Glasswing and its original verification program into a unified Cyber Verification Program, divided into three tiers—Defender, Red Team, and Special Access—covering Claude Opus 5.5, Sonnet 5.5, and subsequent new models.
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