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GitHub Advanced Security Certification

Licensing authority: GitHub

Initial by examination
Exam GH-500: GitHub Advanced Security
Population
Candidates seeking the GitHub Advanced Security Certification through the initial examination route.

Exam GH-500: GitHub Advanced Security

Provider
Pearson VUE
Time limit
100 minutes
Passing score
700 or greater
Examination outline

The authority publishes percentage ranges for each content area. The practice percentages below use the midpoint of each range, normalized to 100%; they are not exact percentages published by the authority. Practice question counts may differ slightly because of rounding.

  • Describe GitHub Security suites, features, and ecosystem — Official range: 15–20% (Practice allocation: 18.42%)
    • Understand GitHub Security suites and architecture
    • Apply secure SDLC and security strategies
    • Detect, manage, and respond to security alerts
    • Manage access, governance, and supply chain security
  • Configure and use Secret Protection (formerly secret scanning) — Official range: 15–20% (Practice allocation: 18.42%)
    • Enable and configure Secret Protection
    • Prevent secret exposure
    • Manage and respond to Secret Protection alerts
    • Control access, policies, and customization
  • Configure and use supply chain security (formerly Dependabot/Dependency Review) — Official range: 15–20% (Practice allocation: 18.42%)
    • Understand and manage dependency and supply chain risks
    • Detect, prioritize, and respond to supply chain alerts
    • Secure dependencies during development
    • Configure policies, permissions, and integrations
  • Configure and use Code Security (formerly Code Scanning with CodeQL) — Official range: 10–15% (Practice allocation: 13.16%)
    • Understand code scanning approaches and tooling
    • Set up and configure Code Security
    • Analyze, triage, and remediate code scanning results
    • Optimize and automate Code Security operations
  • Security operations: best practices, prioritization, and remediation — Official range: 15–20% (Practice allocation: 18.42%)
    • Understand vulnerability context and remediation frameworks
    • Prioritize and manage security work at scale
    • Customize and optimize security detection
    • Collaborate across roles and enforce governance
    • Shift left and strengthen preventive security
  • GitHub Security suites administration — Official range: 10–15% (Practice allocation: 13.16%)
    • Roll out and manage security features at scale
    • Configure security features and defaults
    • Define governance, access, and Code Security workflows
    • Manage CodeQL and security automation
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