Certifies that the holder can operate Safeguard's secrets scanning and live verification, run rotation and history-purge runbooks, and design policies, gates and identity federation that remove long-lived secrets from the software supply chain.
Certificates are designed to be checked, not just displayed.
The credential is valid for 12 months from issue. Its public page states the expiry date, and renewing means passing the current exam again — so the credential always reflects the current material.