A practical programme design course for secure hardware disposal and media sanitization: why standard deletion or reformatting leaves data recoverable, clearing, purging, and physical destruction as three methods with different assurance levels, solid-state storage specific considerations, verifying that sanitization actually succeeded, chain of custody and third-party disposal vendor oversight, certificates of destruction as usable evidence, a disposal inventory and reconciliation process, employee-owned device disposal in a bring-your-own-device context, and integrating disposal into the full asset lifecycle.
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.
