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To gain in-depth knowledge and practical skills in managing software supply chain security, consider enrolling in the Certified Software Supply Chain Security Expert (CSSE) course offered by Practical DevSecOps. Build your expertise and secure your supply chain today!

The Certified Software Supply Chain Security Expert Course offers an in-depth exploration of the security challenges associated with software supply chains. Throughout the course, you’ll gain the expertise needed to identify, validate, and mitigate risks that could compromise the security of your software products. You will start with an overview of risks associated with using commercial, open-source, and proprietary third-party code. The curriculum then dives into threats involving container and orchestration systems like Kubernetes, as well as cloud-based attack scenarios.

The course also covers essential topics like vendor and dependency management, cybersecurity within the supply chain, and the use of tools such as dependency scanners and static analysis to strengthen security. Frameworks like the NIST Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management (CSCRM) and the Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) are also explored to help you establish solid security practices.

This course is ideal for professionals looking to secure their software supply chains and ensure their organizations' resilience against evolving cyber threats

After the Software Supply Chain Expert course, you will be able to:

• Understanding the role of supply chain security in protecting organizations from attacks.
• Identifying various supply chain attacks and how they can be exploited via code, container, clusters, and cloud
• Developing strategies for assessing and mitigating supply chain risks.
• Develop an understanding of best practices for supply chain management and security, including guidance from the SDF, CIS, SLSA, and SCVS frameworks.
• Understand how supply chain security affects enterprise risk management frameworks.
• Enforcing security best practices in external service providers/contractors.

What you will learn?

• Cross-build injection attacks
• Abusing IDE's default behaviors
• Poisoned Pipeline Execution types
• Code to cloud compromises
• Abusing pip, npm, helm, and other package managers
• The right way to pin GitHub Actions
• Abusing pre-commit hooks, and git commands for RCE
• Securing application, container, cluster, cloud supply chain
• Maturing SLSA levels
• Authenticity in your SBOMs
• SBOMs in SPDX and Cyclonedx
• Deep dive into real-world supply chain attacks
• The many types of squatting attacks
• Automating a software vetting process

You can also Download our Free PDF Safeguarding Software Supply Chains in the Digital Era

Now that you know why it’s so crucial, consider taking the next step in your career by exploring which certification is right for you. It’s a decision you won’t regret!