ETHICAL SECURITY RESEARCH · CONTRIBUTION RANKING
Mithril Dojo is a learning and practice program for white-hat researchers working with AI agents. Learn to define authorization, constrain agent capabilities, supervise decisions, and produce verifiable evidence and remediation plans.
Learn from fundamentals to a team capstone using synthetic data and a paper-based tabletop. No testing of real third-party systems is included.
Assessment covers authorization and scope, safe agent control, evidence quality, and remediation/collaboration. A safety-gate failure cannot be offset by points elsewhere.
Start with the English cyber-defense walkthrough below. The three foundation videos have Japanese synthetic narration and selectable English captions.
An English illustrated exercise for whitehats and engineers: scope, synthetic log review, local work, remediation, and retest. English synthetic narration and captions; no live incident or automatic-defense demonstration.
Follow the English step-by-step exercise · Read the video transcript
Do not start until target, time window, exclusions, and stop contact are explicit.
Use least privilege, synthetic data, short-lived access, input isolation, and human approval.
Separate observation from inference and connect safe, reproducible evidence to remediation.
A shared, practical method for security, engineering, and AI governance teams to supervise AI agents safely. Pricing is scoped to cohort size, language, and delivery requirements.
Briefing, scope clinic, three short videos, and team checklist.
Facilitated synthetic tabletop, agent policy, evidence review, and capstone.
Weekly workshops, guided practice, office hours, and portfolio review.
Tailored audience, language, accessibility, and approved scenarios.
Includes facilitator guide, learner workbook, paper-based synthetic lab pack, assessment rubric, and completion record. Completion is not professional certification or compliance attestation. English page and written materials are available. The cyber-defense walkthrough has English narration and captions; the three foundation videos have Japanese narration with selectable English captions.
CISSP® / CISA® domain mapping and original mini-checks are learning orientation only, not exam preparation, official items, or credentials. Dojo does not award or guarantee CPE hours. No individual instructor credential is currently listed as verified.
Synthetic targets only. No production testing, exploit deployment, persistence, stealth, credential theft, or destructive activity. No live vulnerable service is included in the current lab pack.
Curriculum · Learner workbook · Facilitator guide · Synthetic lab pack · Disclosure worksheet · CISSP/CISA guide · Original knowledge check · Attendance record · Offer
Discuss adoption with MithrilRanking data is not connected. No individual positions or scores are shown until verified contribution data is available.
Axes: overall · verified reports · remediation contribution · Proof quality. Only public work explicitly approved by its author may appear.
Token spend or usage is optional profile information. It never earns points or affects promotion.
Points are guidance. Each promotion also requires review of report validity, scope compliance, safe Proof, and conduct. Duplicate and invalid reports earn no points.
Verified identity is required to apply for shodan and above. Identity verification is private and adds no points.
| Rank | Points | Title |
|---|---|---|
| White belt | 0–99 | Learner |
| 10th kyu | 100 | Explorer |
| 9th kyu | 150 | Explorer |
| 8th kyu | 200 | Explorer |
| 7th kyu | 250 | Investigator |
| 6th kyu | 300 | Investigator |
| 5th kyu | 350 | Investigator |
| 4th kyu | 400 | Researcher |
| 3rd kyu | 450 | Researcher |
| 2nd kyu | 500 | Researcher |
| 1st kyu | 550 | Researcher |
| Shodan | 600 | Verified researcher |
| Nidan | 640 | Experienced researcher |
| Sandan | 680 | Experienced researcher |
| Yondan | 720 | Senior researcher |
| Godan | 760 | Senior researcher |
| Rokudan | 800 | Senior researcher |
| Nanadan | 840 | Mentor |
| Hachidan | 880 | Mentor |
| Kudan | 920 | Mentor |
| Judan | 960 | Honorary mentor · individual review |
Shodan (black belt) requires practical foundations in both technical and business competencies. Nidan and above require advanced practice integrating both axes.
Competency map: from amateur learner to field-leading practitioner · Compensation and experience by rank · Promotion exam design
Aliases are allowed. Identity documents and verification details are never public. Profile and award information appears only when the researcher chooses to publish it.
Confirm authorization before research and follow responsible disclosure procedures. This ranking does not authorize or encourage exploitation or testing outside scope.