There are five Manager permissions on the platform, which, if granted to a user in an organisation on the platform, will allow them to navigate to and access Affiliated User Profiles within that organisation.

These permissions are:

Although all of the above permissions can access Affiliated User Profiles (albeit via different pathways), the specific details they can each see (and the actions they can perform) on a user's Affiliated User Profile differ. The sections below detail how each of the above five permissions can navigate to Affiliated User Profiles, and what sections and details users assigned these permissions can see.

An Affiliated User Profile consists of eight main sections - Key User Details [1], the user's Score Overview Bar [2], their Cyber Skills Cortex [3], their Performance Triangle [4], their Assigned Events [5], their Trophy Room [6], Challenge Contributions [7] for your organisation, and finally, their Self-Reported Accomplishments [8]. An example Affiliated User Profile is below:

At the top of an affiliated user's profile, you'll be able to see the following key details about them:

A user's score overview bar comprises of a number of scores and metrics related to their performance in events on the platform. When viewing a user's profile, you'll be able to see their:

The Cyber Skills Cortex is a diagram which maps out the cyber skills a user has demonstrated in their assigned competitions and assessments, against FifthDomain's Cynaptic Skills Adaptor.

The Cynaptic Skills Adaptor maps all of the challenges on the FifthDomain platform to the following three components - Professional Specialties, Skills, and Proficiency levels. When a challenge mapped to a certain Professional Specialty and Skill is solved by a user, their Cyber Skills Cortex diagram will showcase that they have demonstrated that Professional Specialty and Skill (at the set Proficiency level of the challenge).

Professional Specialties are grouping units within the Cynaptic Skills Adaptor which group all cyber skills demonstrable on the platform to overarching high-level cyber work specialisations. Each challenge on the platform is mapped to one of six Professional Specialties. A single challenge cannot be mapped to multiple Professional Specialties.

Each Professional Specialty is made up of Skills. Skills, as per the Cynaptic Skills Adaptor, are a more granular set of abilities and knowledge related to a more specific area within cybersecurity. For example, the Log Analysis (LA) Skill is mapped to the Detection Professional Specialty.

There are currently approximately 30 Skills demonstrable on the platform, each mapped to one of the six Professional Specialties in the Cynaptic Skills Adaptor. Each challenge on the platform can be mapped to multiple Skills within the single Professional Specialty that it is mapped to. As an example, a Detection challenge may be mapped to the Log Analysis (LA) and Traffic Analysis (TA) Skills. However, it cannot be mapped to Skills outside of the Detection Professional Specialty.

Proficiency levels, per the Cynaptic Skills Adaptor, determine a user's level of ability in a particular Skill on the platform. There are five proficiency levels that users can demonstrate on the platform. These are modelled from the Dreyfus Model of Skills Acquisition, and are described below:

Each challenge on the platform is assigned one of the five proficiency levels within the Cynaptic Skills Adaptor. Solving a challenge which tests a particular Skill at a particular proficiency level indicates that the solving user is able to demonstrate that Skill at that proficiency level.

The Cyber Skills Cortex is a cyber skills map that conceptually mimics the structure and shape of the human brain. The diagram shows which Skills a user has demonstrated, which Professional Specialties they align to, as well as which proficiency levels they have demonstrated Skills in.

The Cyber Skills Cortex is made up of six sections, with one section for each of the six Professional Specialties within the Cynaptic Adaptor Skills.

Each Professional Specialty section on the Cortex is made up of its relevant Skills. Each Skill is allocated a dedicated row on the Cortex (each row contains five squares), with one square for each of the five proficiency levels demonstrable for each Skill (these squares are called Skill-Proficiency squares). The row of numbers at the top of the Cortex diagram represent the five proficiency levels.

There are two sets of proficiency levels on the Cortex, each increasing in level from the central spine of the Cortex, and dividing the Cortex into a left and right section. The set of proficiency level numbers on the left of the Cortex span from the centre to the left, and the set on the right span from the centre to the right.

When viewing an affiliated user's Cyber Skills Cortex (as a manager or mentor), you may wish to use their data for the following:

A user's Cyber Skills Cortex shows all the cyber skills they have demonstrated on the FifthDomain platform across events they have participated in.

All Skill-Proficiency squares that a user has not demonstrated a relevant challenge solve in will be blank on their Cortex diagram.

Once a challenge has been solved in an assessment or competition, the Skill-Proficiency square relevant to that challenge should be filled in with a number and colour.

To view more details about a specific Skill-Proficiency square, simply hover your mouse over it. Upon hover over a square you will be able to see the following details:

In the example below, hovering over the square [1] for Geo-Intelligence (GI) at the Level 1 (Novice) level activates a tooltip [2] which spells out the full name of the Skill (i.e. expanding from the acronym "GI"), the proficiency level of the square being viewed, the total number of solves achieved for Level 1 Geo-Intelligence challenges, and the date, month, and year of the most recent relevant solve.

It is important to note that demonstrating a Skill at a higher proficiency level is considered in the logic of the Cortex diagram to also contribute to one's ability to demonstrate the same Skill at lower proficiency levels.

Skills naturally degrade over time without consistent application and/or practice - the logic of the Cyber Skills Cortex takes this into account. Skill-Proficiency squares will lose their number value and colour intensity after a certain period of time. The number of months until degradation of a Skill-Proficiency square occurs depends on proficiency.

As an example, if a user has solved 5 x Log Analysis (LA) challenges at Level 5 (Expert), their Level 5 LA Skill-Proficiency square would have the number 5 inside it, and the square would be five shades deep. If the user had solved 2 of these challenges 13 months ago, and 3 of them less than 13 months ago, then, when the user next logs in (assuming they have not solved any further Level 5 LA challenges), their Level 5 LA Skill-Proficiency square would have the number 3 inside of it, and the square would be 3 shades deep.

This is because 13 months have passed since the user last solved the first 2 Level 5 LA challenges, so skills degradation will have taken place. After this degradation occurs, the only way for the user to go back to having the number 5 in their Level 5 LA square (as well as having the square be 5 shades deep) is for them to solve an additional 2 x LA Level 5 challenges, keeping skills degradation at bay.

The Time Period Filter section contains a slider that enables you to filter your view of a user's Cyber Skills Cortex to a specific time period in the past.

The Performance Triangle is a diagram which visually maps out a user's Success, Efficiency, and Speed scores. The Success, Efficiency, and Speed scores they have demonstrated on the platform are each mapped to one of their Performance Triangle's three corners. Together, they will form a blue triangle.

There will also be a grey triangle displaying the Performance Triangle made up of the average Success, Efficiency, and Speed scores of affiliated users within the organisation, allowing you to compare the user you are viewing with the average performance metrics of other affiliated users.

You can use the time period slider above the Performance Triangle to filter your view of a user's Performance Triangle to a specific time period in the past. Simply drag the slider nodes to the period you wish to view.

The Assigned Events section lists all events that the user whose profile you are viewing has been assigned. Competitions are marked in purple, and are represented by a trophy icon. Assessments are marked in pink, and are represented by a clipboard icon. Courses are green and marked, and are represented by a lightbulb icon, and lastly, Training Activities are blue, and are represented by a mountain icon. Note that you'll only be able to see a user's assigned Training Activities if you are their Squad Manager ( details on permission-specific views of Affiliated User Profiles are provided in this article).

You can type in the search bar to find specific events quickly. For each event that has been assigned to this user by your organisation, you'll be able to see the following:

For events assigned by organisations other than your own, you won't be able to see specific details, but you'll be able to see a count of Externally Hosted Events.

The Trophy Room section is where you can view the five most recent trophies an affiliated user has earned. Trophies recognise achievements on the platform such as earning a certain number of points, or being a top performer in a competition. Click the View button to navigate to an affiliated user's full Trophy Room.

The Challenge Contribution section allows you to see all published challenges (currently owned by your organisation) that an affiliated user has created for your organisation. This section displays the number [1] of published and owned challenges contributed by the user. To view detailed information on these challenges, click the View [2] button.

The expanded view of challenges contains two tabs:

To close the expanded view, click the Close [3] button.

Users can record relevant out-of-platform accomplishments on their Manage Profile page. Accomplishments that users affiliated to an organisation add to their profiles will be viewable by those with the Manage User permission in the organisation. Read more about how users can add Self-Reported Accomplishments here.

Users can add three types of self-reported accomplishments to their profiles - Education/Courses [1], Certifications [2], and Other Accomplishments [3].

Those with the Manage Squads permission can be assigned as a Squad Manager for one squad within an organisation at a time. Squad Managers can access the Affiliated User Profiles of all contributing members within the squad they manage (this means the profiles of both Squad Managers and Squad Members).

If you're a Squad Manager, you'll be able to access your squad's profile via the Workforce button on the sidebar (make sure you're in Manage mode).

Once you've reached your squad's profile, you can open the Affiliated User Profile of a Squad Manager or Squad Member by clicking their name in the Cyber Skills Cortex, or the Performance Triangle sections on the Squad Skills tab.

Alternatively, you can open an Affiliated User Profile on the Squad Management tab. Simply click View Profile for the user whose profile you wish to open.

Being a Squad Manager grants users with the ability to see and interact with the full suite of functionality available for Affiliated User Profiles.

Below is an example of a Squad Manager view of an Affiliated User Profile:

Squad Managers, who lead the skills development of those in their squads, have the ability to edit their squad members' assigned Work Roles. To edit a user's Work Role, simply click the Edit [1] button in the Assigned Work Role section.

As the responsible party for squad skills and training, Squad Managers are the only users in an organisation who can see, create, and edit Training Activities for affiliated users. New Training Activities can be created for affiliated users via the Recommend Training button [2]. On the Cyber Skills Cortex, skills that have relevant training challenges already assigned are marked with a blue training icon [3].

Already assigned Training Activities will populate in an Affiliated User Profile's Assigned Events. As a Squad Manager, you can filter your view of assigned events to only Training Activities via the Training Activity tab [4]. Click View [5] to view and edit an existing Training Activity.

Those with the Manage Squads permission can be assigned as a Function Lead for one or many Functions within their organisation. Function Leads can access the Affiliated User Profiles of all contributing members in squads within the Functions they manage (this means the profiles of both Squad Managers and Squad Members).

If you're a Function Lead you'll be able to access Affiliated User Profiles by viewing a Function you lead. To access a Function you lead, click the Functions button on the sidebar, under Workforce [1] (make sure you're in Manage mode). Once you're on the Workforce page, under the Function Dashboard section, simply click View [2] to open one of the Functions you lead.

From within a Function, can open the Affiliated User Profile of a user within a squad in your Function by clicking their name.

Being a Function Lead grants users with the ability to see and interact with a subset of the full suite of functionality available for Affiliated User Profiles.

Below is an example of a Function Lead view of an Affiliated User Profile:

Any assigned Training Activities are not visible anywhere in the Function Lead view of an Affiliated User Profile. Training Activity icons do not appear on the Cyber Skills Cortex, and assigned Training Activities do not appear in Assigned Events (refer to [1]).

Additionally, Function Leads can't create Training Activities for the user whose profile is being viewed. The Recommend Training button, which is only visible to Squad Managers (users with the Manage Squads permission who are assigned Squad Manager for a squad within an organisation), is hidden in the Function Lead view of an Affiliated User Profile.

Function Leads also can't edit a user's assigned Work Role. Note that the Edit button that is visible to those that can edit Work Roles is hidden to Function Leads.

Function Leads focus on creating and editing squads within their Functions to optimise overall structuring, and as such, don't have the ability to manage training or Work Roles for specific individuals.

Those with the Manage Functions permission can assume the role of Org Designer in their organisation - Org Designers can create Functions within their organisation's Workforce page, and allocate specific Function Leads to manage them. Org Designers can access the Affiliated User Profiles of all contributing members in squads within all Functions in the organisation (this means the profiles of both Squad Managers and Squad Members).

If you have Manage Functions, you'll be able to access Affiliated User Profiles by viewing any Function in your organisation. First, click the Functions button on the sidebar, under Workforce [1] (make sure you're in Manage mode). Once you're on the Workforce page, under the Function Dashboard section, simply click View [2] to open a Function.

From within a Function, can open the Affiliated User Profile of a user within a squad in the Function by clicking their name.

Manage Functions grants users with the ability to see and interact with a subset of the full suite of functionality available for Affiliated User Profiles.

Below is an example of the Manage Functions view of an Affiliated User Profile:

An Org Designer's View of Affiliated User Profiles is the same as a Function Lead's (however the pathway to navigate to these profiles differs). Training Activities are not visible in the Manage Functions view of an Affiliated User Profile (refer to [1]).

The Recommend Training button, which is only visible to Squad Managers, and the Edit button visible to those that can edit Work Roles, are both hidden to Org Designers.

Org Designers focus on creating Functions, and identifying which Work Roles need to be added to each Function for optimal organisation-level structuring, and as such, don't have the ability to manage training or Work Roles for specific individuals.

Users with the Manage Events and/or View Insights permissions can both access Affiliated User Profiles through events. These two permissions can access the Affiliated User Profiles of any affiliated users who have participated in a competition or assessment in the organisation.

If you have either of these event-related permissions, first, click the Home button on the sidebar (make sure you're in Manage mode). Next, find a competition or assessment you wish to open. Click the Actions [2] button for the event you wish to open, then, click View [3].

If you have opened an assessment, navigate to the Insights tab. Select an individual in the dropdown. Once you have done this, click the Name of the user to open their Affiliated User Profile.

If you have opened a competition, navigate to the Insights tab. Select an individual user or team in the dropdown.

If you have opened an individual-based competition, you'll be able to click on the View Profile button next to the participant you have selected in the dropdown.

If you have opened a team-based competition, click on the Member Alias profile link of the team member you wish to view. You can find member profile links in the Team Overall Performance, Performance in Skills, and Challenge Approach sections.

Manage Events and View Insights grants users with the ability to see and interact with a subset of the full suite of functionality available for Affiliated User Profiles.

The view of an Affiliated User Profile that Manage Events/View Insights can access is the exact same as the view that Function Leads and Org Designers can see. Training Activities are hidden, and assigned Work Roles can't be edited.

Those with the Manage Users permission can access the Affiliated User Profiles of all affiliated users within an organisation.

If you have Manage Users, you'll be able to see the Users dropdown menu on the sidebar (make sure you're in Manage mode). Under Users, click on the Affiliated [1] button. Clicking this takes you to the Affiliated Users page, where you'll be able to see a list of all affiliated users within your organisation. Once you're on the Affiliated Users page, click the Actions button [2] next to an affiliated user whose profile you wish to view. Next, click View Profile [3] to open their Affiliated User Profile.

The Manage Users permission grants users with the ability to see and interact with a subset of the full suite of functionality available for Affiliated User Profiles.

Below is an example of the Manage Users view of an Affiliated User Profile:

Any assigned Training Activities are not visible anywhere in the Manage Users view of an Affiliated User Profile. Training Activity icons do not appear on the Cyber Skills Cortex, and assigned Training Activities do not appear in Assigned Events (refer to [1]). Additionally, Manage Users does not provide the ability to create Training Activities for the user whose profile is being viewed. The Recommend Training button, which is only visible to Squad Managers (users with the Manage Squads permission who are assigned Squad Manager for a squad within an organisation), is hidden in the Manage Users version of an Affiliated User Profile.

Do note that although Training Activities can't be created or viewed by Manage Users, Manage Users does provide the ability to edit a user's assigned Work Role. This is because the Manage Users permission is often granted to users who are responsible for HR and resource management of cyber teams. Such users often need to assign Work Roles to cyber team members when they join an organisation. To edit a user's Work Role, simply click the Edit [2] button in the Assigned Work Role section.