A course for a finance professional with no engineering background, covering how to read vendor spend as a risk register, where fraud actually enters through payment and invoice paths including supplier impersonation, what evidence an auditor asks finance for and where each answer comes from, and how software licence and subscription sprawl is a cost problem and a risk problem at once. It closes with the honest split between what a software supply chain security platform evidences and what your finance system owns, and a twelve month calendar that keeps all of it current.
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.
