Abstract: A method of certifying compliance with a protocol to generate a verifiable and secure credential to access a trusted network includes selecting a first protocol for which certification is requested on behalf of an entity; generating a set of compliance questions for the first protocol corresponding to elements of at least one protocol including the first protocol; identifying protocols other than the first protocol with which the user is currently certified; mapping elements of the other protocols with elements of the first protocol; crediting the entity for satisfied elements in a credit transcript based on the map; presenting the user the questions corresponding to unsatisfied elements and question data corresponding to the questions; allowing the user to navigate the questions and store responses in the credit transcript; automatically auditing the credit transcript to determine eligibility for at least one credential corresponding to the first protocol; generating a scorecard for the entity based on at le