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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.

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Courses

Runtime Protection & Package Firewall

IntermediateFree7 modules · 18 lessons

About this course

Two enforcement points at the edges of the supply chain: Runtime Protection watching what a workload actually does once it's live, and Package Firewall stopping a bad dependency before it's ever installed.

What you'll learn

Runtime Protection

Runtime Protection: CWPP and CNAPP Concepts
The eBPF Collector and Gated Response

Package Firewall

Package Firewall: Stopping a Bad Install Before It Happens
Package Firewall's Graduated Modes

Runtime Protection in Depth

Why eBPF Changed Workload Monitoring
ATT&CK-Mapped Rule Packs
The Gated Response Ladder

Package Firewall in Depth

Install-Time Interception
Graduated Modes and Rollout
Supply Chain Attacks the Firewall Is Built For

Operating Runtime and Install-Time Controls Together

Designing Defence in Depth Across the Lifecycle
Measuring and Reporting Runtime Controls

Collector Internals and Detection Engineering

Inside the eBPF Collector: Probes, Maps and the CPU Budget
Anatomy of an ATT&CK-Mapped Rule
How Block, Kill, Quarantine and Isolate Actually Execute

Package Firewall Operations

Proxy Flows for npm and pip
How Typosquat and Dependency-Confusion Checks Decide
Incident Workflows: From a Firewall Hit or Runtime Alert to Closure

01Runtime Protection2 lessons

Runtime Protection: CWPP and CNAPP Concepts
The eBPF Collector and Gated Response

02Package Firewall2 lessons

Package Firewall: Stopping a Bad Install Before It Happens

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.