A deep, practitioner level treatment of Vulnerable and Outdated Components: its sub-classes from known-vulnerable direct and transitive dependencies through end-of-life and untracked vendored code, the Common Weakness Enumeration entries mapped to it, and realistic weak and fixed configuration across a manifest, a container base image and a transitive dependency override. You will learn why software composition analysis with full dependency tree resolution is this category's method of record, how findings are fixed and prevented, how it is evidenced for an audit, and where Safeguard surfaces it today.
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.
