GH-500: GitHub Advanced Security Certification

The GH-500 certification is designed to validate your expertise in implementing and managing GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) features within GitHub Enterprise. It’s ideal for professionals who want to demonstrate their ability to secure software development workflows by identifying and resolving vulnerabilities before code hits production.

Who should take this Exam?

This certification is best suited for GitHub administrators, security engineers, DevOps or platform engineers, and developers who are responsible for maintaining the security of software projects within GitHub environments. If you're working in a mid-sized to large organization using GitHub and are responsible for integrating or managing security tools, this exam is a great fit.

Course Outline

The GH-500: GitHub Advanced Security Practice Exam covers the following topics - 

• Module 1: Understanding the GHAS security features and functionality (15%)
• Module 2: Understanding how to configure and use secret scanning (15%)
• Module 3: Understanding how to configure and use Dependabot and Dependency Review (35%)
• Module 4: Understanding about configuring and using Code Scanning with CodeQL (25%)
• Module 5: Understanding GitHub Advanced Security best practices, results, and how to take corrective measures (10%)