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Anthropic expands Cyber Verification Program to three access tiers

Anthropic integrates two programs into one offering giving security teams tiered access to advanced AI models with reduced safeguards for defensive and authorized offensive cyber work.

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What to know

  • Anthropic merged two separate programs into one tiered system offering security teams graduated access to advanced AI models with reduced safeguards.
  • Defense Access targets SOC teams and individual researchers; Red Team Access limited to organizations conducting authorized penetration tests.
  • Safeguards remain against physical harm and mass disruption regardless of access tier.

“But defenders also need access to the best tools and most powerful capabilities to secure their systems.”

Anthropic · Anthropic blog

Anthropic AI company expanding verification program

Anthropic expands Cyber Verification Program to three access tiers
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    Red Team Access tier authorizes penetration testing with safeguards

    Red Team Access adds authorized penetration testing and red-teaming capabilities for in-house red teams, government red teams, and security firms, restricted to authorized systems. Real-time blocks remain on actions causing physical harm or mass disruption like ransomware deployment. Applications are expected to take weeks to review, and the tier is currently limited to organizations, not individual researchers.

    “Users will still experience real-time blocks on actions that could cause physical harm or mass disruption, such as deploying ransomware, damaging physical systems, or pen testing high-risk safety systems.”
    — Anthropic
    1. 9 outlets Claude Helps Secure Open Source as Anthropic Offers Free Vulnerability Scanning

      first by Security Affairs, 5d ago · also Help Net Security, Anthropic, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, Engadget, The Times of India +2

      9 more headlines

    • I understand that Anthropic thinks they're doing open source projects a favor here, but what they're actually doing is creating an enormous amount of work for people that they are not paying. https://www. anthropic.com/research/launchi ng-opt-in-vuln-finding-service-for-open-source

      evacide@hachyderm.ioMastodon4d ago308▲view on Mastodon ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 14 posts in this stretch

    • We're launching the Anthropic Cyber Mission, a new effort to secure critical infrastructure and open-source software.

      @anthropicaiX5d agoview on X ↗

    • Anthropic has begun a new program to harden infrastructure cybersecurity and provide free security to open source projects

      @eriskii.netBluesky5d agoview on Bluesky ↗
    all of them →
  2. background

    Defense Access tier enables SOC, incident response, and malware analysis — The Defense Access tier qualifies security teams at companies, nonprofits, universities, government bodies, critical infrastructure operators, smaller security firms, open-source maintainers, and individual researchers with vulnerability disclosure track records for defensive work including SOC operations, incident response, malware reverse-engineering, and vulnerability analysis. Applications are expected to be reviewed within days.

  3. background

    Anthropic launches expanded Cyber Verification Program with three access tiers — Anthropic announced the integration of its Cyber Verification Program and Project Glasswing into a unified offering with three access tiers providing security professionals tiered access to advanced models including Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Claude Mythos 5.1, and future models.

Also covered reported alongside — the timeline has no entry for these yet

  1. 4 outlets Anthropic folds Project Glasswing into an expanded three-tier Cyber Verification Program

    first by SiliconANGLE, 7d ago · also Anthropic, SecurityWeek, Seeking Alpha

    4 more headlines
  2. 3 outlets Anthropic Launches ‘Cyber Mission’ to Protect Infrastructure From Attackers

    first by Salesforce Ben, 5d ago · also Cyber Security News, Anthropic

    3 more headlines
  3. 2 outlets Exclusive: Anthropic's plan to protect critical infrastructure

    first by Axios, 5d ago · also Silicon Republic

    2 more headlines
  4. 2 outlets Anthropic rolls out program for ‘long-term commitment’ to secure critical infrastructure, open source software

    first by CyberScoop, 5d ago · also The Register

    1 more headline
  5. 1 outlet Anthropic launches Claude Security beta scanning code and suggesting fixes

    first by NewsBytes, 6d ago

    3 more headlines

and 6 smaller pieces

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