☝️ If you don't have access to Cyber Missions yet, that's expected. The update to this new system is coming very soon.
1️⃣ Two different things
Your employees have two ways of showcasing their progress outside the company:
sharing a badge, a one-off action with each achievement;
the certificate, awarded after a full year of the programme.
👍 Good to know: in both cases, sharing is entirely up to the employee. Nothing is published automatically, and there is nothing for you to enable.
2️⃣ Sharing a badge
Each badge earned comes with a share link. That link generates a rich preview on the platforms that support it - LinkedIn, Slack and most messaging apps - so the share doesn't look like a raw URL.
Opening that link from LinkedIn offers the employee a pre-filled post, which they remain free to edit before publishing.
👍 Good to know: to share their progress, the employee goes to their employee portal - app.tryriot.com - then clicks the badge icon in the top right and selects "share".
3️⃣ The end-of-year programme certificate
After a full year of completed courses, the employee receives a certificate. Unlike badges, this one isn't shared as a post: it is added directly to the Certifications section of their LinkedIn profile, alongside their other qualifications.
👍 Good to know: this certificate replaces the older Riot certificate we issued a few years ago. If an employee asks you about a certificate they earned in the past, it serves the same purpose.
4️⃣ Should you be wary from a security standpoint?
It's a question that comes up, and a fair one: publishing information about a company's internal tools can inform an attacker.
What is shared here is limited to the badge or certificate earned. It contains no data about your configuration, your company-wide results, your campaigns or your other employees.
If your internal policy nonetheless rules out this kind of post, that guidance is a matter for your internal communications.
Key takeaways
Sharing a badge is a one-off; the certificate rewards a full year of the programme.
It all starts with the employee: nothing is published automatically.
The certificate is added to the Certifications section of LinkedIn.
No data about your configuration or your company-wide results is shared.