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Master Secure Development Practices with GitHub Advanced Security

Strengthen your DevSecOps and application security skills and prepare to pass the GitHub Advanced Security certification exam with confidence through this comprehensive course. This course is designed to reflect how modern development teams detect vulnerabilities, protect the software supply chain, and implement automated security scanning directly within GitHub repositories.

Rather than simply memorizing features, you will explore real-world security scenarios that demonstrate how GitHub Advanced Security tools identify exposed secrets, detect vulnerable dependencies, analyze code for security flaws, and enforce secure development practices across engineering teams.

GitHub Advanced Security enables organizations to integrate security directly into their development lifecycle. This course will help you understand how to configure and use these tools effectively while applying security best practices within GitHub environments.

Complete Coverage of GitHub Advanced Security Certification Domains

This course provides structured coverage of the key topics included in the GitHub Advanced Security certification.

Describe GitHub Advanced Security Features and Functionality

Understand the core capabilities of GitHub Advanced Security and how it integrates with repositories to detect vulnerabilities, manage risks, and strengthen secure development workflows.

Configure and Use Secret Scanning

Learn how secret scanning identifies exposed credentials such as API keys, tokens, and passwords in repositories. Explore how to enable scanning, manage alerts, and respond quickly to prevent security incidents.

Configure and Use Dependency Management

Understand how dependency graphs and vulnerability alerts help organizations identify vulnerable third-party libraries and manage software supply chain risks.

Configure and Use Code Scanning

Learn how code scanning analyzes source code to detect security vulnerabilities and potential coding flaws before they reach production environments.

Use Code Scanning with CodeQL

Explore how CodeQL performs advanced static analysis to detect complex vulnerabilities. Learn how queries identify security issues and how developers interpret and remediate CodeQL results.

Apply GitHub Advanced Security Best Practices

Understand best practices for integrating security into development workflows, including vulnerability remediation, automated security testing, and DevSecOps strategies.

Configure GitHub Advanced Security in GitHub Enterprise

Learn how organizations enable and manage GitHub Advanced Security tools across repositories and enterprise environments to support secure and compliant development practices.

Real Security Scenarios & Practical Learning

Throughout the course, you will explore practical examples that demonstrate how development teams identify vulnerabilities, respond to security alerts, and protect their software supply chain using GitHub security tools.

These scenarios help you understand how GitHub Advanced Security is used in real development environments to strengthen application security and enforce secure coding practices.

Study Anytime, Anywhere

Access course materials on your own schedule and revisit topics whenever needed. Whether you are learning GitHub Advanced Security for the first time or preparing for certification, you can progress at your own pace while reinforcing your knowledge through practical explanations and real-world security scenarios.

Who Should Enroll

• Developers who want to identify and remediate vulnerabilities directly in GitHub repositories

• DevOps engineers implementing security scanning within CI/CD pipelines

• Application security professionals working with DevSecOps practices

• Platform engineers managing secure development environments

• Security teams responsible for protecting the software supply chain

• Anyone preparing for the GitHub Advanced Security certification exam