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GitHub Advanced Security Certification Prep

Course Information

  • Sessions 2 days
  • Duration 15 hrs
  • Level Beginner
  • Assessment NA

Venue

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Certification

  • Certificate of Completion from Tertiary Courses - Upon meeting at least 75% attendance and passing the assessment(s), participants will receive a Certificate of Completion from Tertiary Courses.

GitHub Advanced Security Certification Prep

Course Code: C1769

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What's This Course About

The GitHub Advanced Security Certification Prep course equips participants with the expertise to safeguard their GitHub repositories by mastering security best practices. Learn to configure Dependabot security updates, implement secret scanning, and set up code scanning to identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities. Gain hands-on experience in managing sensitive data and enforcing security policies within your GitHub environment.

Dive deeper into identifying security vulnerabilities using CodeQL and conducting thorough code analysis with GitHub CodeQL. Enhance your skills in GitHub administration for advanced security protocols and ensure your organization's repositories remain secure. This course is ideal for developers, DevOps engineers, and security professionals aiming to strengthen their GitHub security posture.

Bonus: Free Practice Exams

Get exam-ready on our Practice Exam Portal — train in realistic Practice Mode and timed Exam Mode, then retake them as many times as you like before the real exam.

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WSQ Funding

Full Fee ₵3,000.00 Before GST
GST ₵270.00 9% of fee
Baseline Nett ₵1,770.00 SG/PR age 21+ · 50% funded
MCES / SME Nett ₵1,170.00 SG age 40+ · 70% funded

Course Fee

₵3,000.00

Course Date

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Additional Note

Please bring your own laptop for hands-on training. If you don't have laptop, we can provide spare laptop for training use.

Post-Course Support

  • We provide free consultation related to the subject matter after the course.
  • Please email your queries to info@tertiarycourses.com.gh and we will forward your queries to the subject matter experts and get back to you as soon as possible.

Cancellation & Reschedule Policy

  • We reserve the right to cancel or re-schedule the course due to unforeseen circumstances. If the course is cancelled, we will refund 100% to participants.
  • Note: the venue of the training is subject to changes due to class size and availability of the classroom. The minimum class size to start a class is 3 Pax.

Course Details

Course Details

What You'll Learn

Topic 1 Introduction to GitHub Advanced Security

  • Define GHAS and the importance of its integral features
  • How to utilize GHAS to get the most impact
  • Understand GHAS and its role in the security ecosystem

Topic 2 Configure Dependabot security updates on your GitHub repo

  • Manage your dependencies on GitHub
  • Dependabot alerts
  • Dependabot security updates
  • Manage Dependabot notifications and reports
  • Dependency review
  • Configure Dependabot security updates

Topic 3 Configure and use secret scanning in your GitHub repository

  • What is secret scanning?
  • Configure secret scanning
  • Use secret scanning

Topic 4 Configure code scanning on GitHub

  • What is code scanning?
  • Enable code scanning with third party tools
  • Configure code scanning
  • Configure code scanning exercise

Topic 5 Identify security vulnerabilities in your codebase by using CodeQL

  • Prepare a database for CodeQL
  • Run CodeQL in a database
  • Understand CodeQL results
  • Troubleshoot CodeQL results

Topic 6 Code scanning with GitHub CodeQL

  • What is CodeQL?
  • How does CodeQL analyze code?
  • What is QL?
  • Code scanning and CodeQL
  • Customize your code scanning workflow with CodeQL - Part 1
  • Reference a CodeQL query
  • Customize your code scanning workflow with CodeQL - Part 2
  • Use the CodeQL CLI
  • Customize languages and builds for code scanning
  • Configure a CodeQL language matrix

Topic 7 GitHub administration for GitHub Advanced Security

  • What is GitHub Advanced Security?
  • Enable GitHub Advanced Security
  • Manage access to GitHub Advanced Security
  • Manage the GitHub Advanced Security features and alerts

Topic 8 Manage sensitive data and security policies within GitHub

  • Setting security policies
  • Create and manage repository rulesets
  • Reporting and logging

Course Info

Promotion Code

Your will get 10% discount voucher for 2nd course onwards if you write us a Google review.

Minimum Entry Requirement

Knowledge and Skills

  • Able to operate using computer functions
  • Minimum 3 GCE ‘O’ Levels Passes including English or WPL Level 5 (Average of Reading, Listening, Speaking & Writing Scores)

Attitude

  • Positive Learning Attitude
  • Enthusiastic Learner

Experience

  • Minimum of 1 year of working experience.

Target Age Group: 18-65 years old

Minimum Software/Hardware Requirement

Software:

free Microsoft Azure account (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/) here 

Hardware: Window or Mac Laptops

Job Roles

Job Roles

  • DevOps Engineer
  • Security Engineer
  • Software Developer
  • Application Security Analyst
  • Security Consultant
  • GitHub Administrator
  • Cybersecurity Specialist
  • Vulnerability Analyst
  • Cloud Security Engineer
  • IT Security Manager
  • Systems Administrator
  • Network Security Engineer
  • Penetration Tester
  • Compliance Analyst
  • Secure Code Developer
  • Security Architect
  • QA Engineer with Security Focus
  • Software Security Tester
  • Technical Support Engineer
  • Security Operations Analyst

Trainers

Trainers

is an accomplished IT and data specialist with over 20 years of experience in academia, ICT leadership, and professional training, with a strong focus on data analytics and Excel-based solutions. He has developed and delivered specialized training programs on Statistical Data Analysis with Excel and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) for Excel, equipping learners with advanced data manipulation, automation, and reporting skills. His expertise extends to automating institutional reporting systems, where he successfully streamlined academic records management through Excel-based tools, integrating macros and automation to improve efficiency and accuracy. As a trainer and consultant, Dr. Siraj has taught Excel to diverse audiences, including university staff, administrative teams, and professionals in banking, security, and education, ensuring they can apply Excel for decision-making, statistical modeling, and process automation. His practical mastery of Excel is complemented by his deep knowledge of office automation and ICT project management, making him a highly sought-after trainer in data analysis and productivity tools. With his blend of hands-on technical expertise and instructional experience, Dr. Siraj stands out as a credible authority in leveraging Excel to drive organizational efficiency and data-driven strategies

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A very practical course. The trainer made a complex topic simple and enjoyable to learn. (Posted on 8/5/2024)
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The course content was comprehensive and up to date. The practical exercises were the best part. (Posted on 3/15/2024)

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