Getting started

What is Aramis:Insight?

Aramis:Insight is a free self-assessment for cybersecurity professionals. You rate your experience in each area of a role, answer short work scenarios, and see your self-view next to what your answers demonstrated.

Every role is built from knowledge, task and skill statements in the NIST NICE Framework v2.2.0, plus labeled statements from other named sources where NICE has none. To begin, choose a role.

Is Aramis:Insight a certification or an exam?

No. It is not a certification, a credential or a pass or fail test, and nobody proctors it. The questions test knowledge and judgment through realistic situations, not hands-on skill at a keyboard. A result is evidence to read alongside your own experience, not a verdict about you.

How do I choose a role?

Open the Roles page and browse the roles, grouped by the kind of work. Each role has a one-line description and its own page with its competency areas and, for most roles, three sample questions with the answer and the reasoning. If you are unsure, select "Help me choose" for a three-question role finder that needs no sign-in.

What if I do not know which kind of work suits me?

Try Career Explorer, a survey of about 25 minutes about the cybersecurity work you would enjoy. It has no right or wrong answers and no score, and at the end it shows the roles whose work lines up with your answers, with up to three to start measuring. It does not measure you and it does not recommend a role.

How do I sign in?

There is no password and no separate sign-up. On the sign-in page, choose "Continue with Google", "Continue with Microsoft" or "Continue with LinkedIn", or type your address and select "Email me a sign-in link". Your first sign-in creates your free account.

How does the emailed sign-in link work?

The link works once and is valid for 24 hours. When you open it, a page titled "Continue to Aramis" asks you to press "Continue to sign in", which keeps email security scanners from using up your one-time link before you do. If a link has expired or was already used, request a fresh one on the same page.

What if the link does not arrive or the security check does not load?

Wait a minute or two, check your spam folder and the address you typed, then select "Send again or use a different address". A short security check runs before an email link is sent, and ad blockers, strict networks and in-app browsers can block it. Open the page in your regular browser, or sign in with Google, Microsoft or LinkedIn instead.

What is the self-rating before the questions?

On "Before the assessment" you choose, for each area of the role, the statement that best describes you today, from "No exposure" to "Relied upon". There are no wrong answers, and your ratings become the Self-view on your map. They lock when the assessment begins, so rate where you stand today, not where you hope to be.

What happens in the first round?

For most roles, a first round is 25 questions, about 30 minutes, covering the most central areas of the role. Each question is a short work scenario with four options and one best answer. There is no time limit, answers are final once given, and you are not told right or wrong during the round.

Is every role measured in rounds?

Most roles are. In the public catalog, Azure Security Architect is always taken in full: every sitting is the whole role, 90 questions, about 2 hours. You can still stop at any question and come back later, and the page before you start states the length.

Can I stop and finish later?

Yes. Every answer is saved the moment you give it, so you can select "Pause assessment" and then "Save and finish later". To come back, sign in on any device and select "Resume where you left off" on the home page, or continue from My Insight.

What if I picked the wrong role?

Before you answer anything, select "Not this role? Choose a different one" on "Before the assessment", and nothing is lost. After you have answered questions, use "Start over" on the question screen, then choose the right role.

What does starting over do?

Starting over discards every answer and every round you have done for that role, and the competency map built from them, and there is no undo. You start the role again from zero with a fresh set of questions. Other roles are not affected, any Study access you earned for the role is kept, and you can start a role over once a day.

Can I be measured against more than one role?

Yes. Each role is assessed separately and has its own map; on My Insight, select "Start another assessment". Only one round can be open at a time across all roles, so finish the open round, or start that role over, first.