When an autonomous agent opens a pull request, who is the author, who approves it, and who answers for it when it breaks production at three in the morning. This course works through the controls that close that gap: a machine identity rather than a borrowed human credential, permissions derived from the job, runtime containment, scope limits that stop a change widening quietly, the review standard for a change nobody wrote, branch protection and whether an agent may approve another agent, the merge gate and what must never be automatic, rollback and a tested kill switch, the audit trail including the instruction that produced the change, and the honest arithmetic of review capacity when proposals grow faster than the people who read them.
Nothing. Every course, exam, and certificate on the catalog is free — including retakes. All you need is a free Safeguard account.
None. The flagship course, Safeguard Certified Practitioner, is a beginner-level course — basic familiarity with how software is built helps, but every exam question is answerable from the lessons themselves.
You can retake it after a 24-hour cooldown, as many times as you need. Retakes are free, and each attempt draws a fresh random set of questions.
The Safeguard Certified Practitioner credential is valid for 24 months from issue. The expiry date is printed on the certificate and shown live on its public verification page. Renewing means passing the current exam again.
