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

When Source Code or Secrets Are Stolen: Rotation, Assessment and Containment

AdvancedFree5 modules · 15 lessons · ~2 min

About this course

A response and recovery course for the hour source code or secrets leave your control. You will learn what an attacker actually gains, the order to rotate credentials and revoke signing keys without causing a self-inflicted outage, how to assess what the exposed code reveals, and how to contain the incident, communicate it honestly and harden the estate so the next theft is worth far less.

What you'll learn

What Was Actually Taken

What an Attacker Gains From Stolen Source Code or Secrets
The First Hour: Confirming Theft, Scope and the Access Path
Preserving Evidence Before Rotation Erases the Trail

Secret Rotation Order and Blast Radius

Mapping Blast Radius: Every Place a Stolen Secret Could Be Used
Secret Rotation Order: What Goes First and Why
Revoking Signing Keys, Certificates and Tokens

Assessing What the Code Reveals

Reading Your Own Source Like an Attacker Would, Defensively
Hardcoded Credentials and Configuration Left Behind
Customer and Contractual Exposure

Containment and Rebuilding Trust

Containing Further Damage: Access Revocation and Watching for Reuse
Re-Signing and Re-Attesting: Restoring Trust in the Build Chain
Communicating to Customers, Partners and the Community

Hardening So the Next Theft Is Worth Less

Why Secrets in Source Are a Design Failure, Not a Bad Day
Detection: Catching Theft and Leaked Secrets Early with Safeguard
Building a Rotation Runbook Before You Need It

01What Was Actually Taken3 lessons

What an Attacker Gains From Stolen Source Code or Secrets
The First Hour: Confirming Theft, Scope and the Access Path
Preserving Evidence Before Rotation Erases the Trail

02Secret Rotation Order and Blast Radius3 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.