What happens if I fail the exam?

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.

How long is a certificate valid?

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.

Courses

License Compliance & Open Source Risk

IntermediateFree7 modules · 16 lessons

About this course

Learn how Safeguard detects, classifies, enforces, and remediates open-source license risk: SPDX license expressions, the permissive/weak/strong/network-copyleft categories, policy-as-code enforcement through Gates, automatic NOTICE/attribution generation, and the License category inside Autonomous Remediation.

What you'll learn

Why License Risk Is Real Risk

License Risk Alongside Vulnerability Risk

Detection and Policy-as-Code

SPDX Expressions and Policy-as-Code

Remediation and the Autonomous Remediation Connection

Fixing License Risk, Not Just Finding It

Reading Licences Like an Engineer

The Four Categories, and What Each Actually Obliges
SPDX Identifiers and Licence Expressions
Dual Licensing, Exceptions, and Version Suffixes
Why Licence Detection Is Genuinely Hard

Obligations by Distribution Model

Same Licence, Different Duties
The Network Clause, Linking, and Container Layers
Attribution in Practice: NOTICE Files

Policy as Code for Licences

Designing a Licence Policy That Teams Accept
Enforcing Licence Policy Through Gates
Exceptions, Waivers, and the Audit Trail

Remediating Licence Risk

The Four Licence Remediation Strategies
Replacing a Component Without Breaking the Build
Running the Programme: Ownership Between Engineering and Legal

01Why License Risk Is Real Risk1 lessons

License Risk Alongside Vulnerability Risk

02Detection and Policy-as-Code1 lessons

SPDX Expressions and Policy-as-Code

03Remediation and the Autonomous Remediation Connection1 lessons

Common questions

How much does Safeguard Academy cost?

Nothing. Every course, exam, and certificate on the catalog is free — including retakes. All you need is a free Safeguard account.

What are the prerequisites?

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.