Certification Exam
Our certifications are well recognized in the industry as we ensure our students gain practical skills to implement DevSecOps. To ensure we deliver on our promise, we have rigorous certification program.
This page contains more details about the exam and certification process.
Practical Exams
Our exams are online, practical, and task-oriented where a student attempts to solve 5 challenges (tasks) in a span of 6/12/24 hours.
Once a student finishes their course and lab, they can attempt the exam to enforce learning and showcase their expertise to employers or colleagues.
Practical DevSecOps Certification Process
Practical DevSecOps’ Exam and Certification process and steps involved in it.
Step 1: A student schedules their exam on a preferred date and time(please refer to the course portal for the link). Please choose precise timezone information.
Step 2: You will receive an email with more details. Please expect a couple of reminders leading up to the exam.
Step 3: We will send you details about the exam and challenges on the scheduled exam start time. Our instructors will be there to assist you if you face any difficulty while connecting to the exam lab.
Step 4: The student will connect to the exam lab using the above details and attempts the exam.
Step 5: After the exam, the student will have 24 hours to submit us the exam report along with solutions.
Step 6: Practical DevSecOps team will evaluate the report and share the result(pass/fail) with the student.
Step 7: Students who passed the exam will receive their certificate by email within 72 hours.
Restrictions: You are not allowed to use Chat Bots like (ChatGPT, Bard, etc.)
About CDP Exam
CDP exam is an online, task-oriented exam where you attempt to solve 5 challenges (tasks) in a span of 12 hours.
The exam is based on the content covered in the course but might require further research to pass the exam.
Once the exam is done, you have 24 hours to submit the exam report on our portal.
Please note, it’s not an MCQ or tests your memory type of exam but practical applicability of the content covered in the course.
Exam Type
Project/Task-Oriented(Not a Multiple Choice Exam). A student will need to submit a report after the exam.
Exam Pass percentage
The student needs to achieve at least 80 points (80%) to achieve the CDP certification.
Exam Challenges
The exam has 5 challenges, each of these challenges provides you points based on how complete or partial your solution was. You would need to score 80 points out of 100 (80%) to achieve the CDP certification.
Exam Tasks
The exam has five challenges. Each of these challenges has tasks. These tasks will be similar to the scenarios and challenges shared in the lab/course, e.g.,
1. Implement SAST/DAST for a particular project
2. Implement Automated Hardening and Compliance checks in CI/CD pipeline.
Exam documentation
After the exam, you have about 24 hours to submit us the exam report on our Internal portal.
Note: A sample report will be shared as part of the exam guide.
About CDE Exam
CDE exam is an online, task-oriented exam where you attempt to solve 5 challenges (tasks) in a span of 24 hours.
The exam is based on the content covered in the course but might require further research to pass the exam.
Once the exam is done, you have 24 hours to submit the exam report on our portal.
Please note, it’s not an MCQ or tests your memory type of exam but practical applicability of the content covered in the course.
Exam Type
Project/Task-Oriented(Not a Multiple Choice Exam). A student will need to submit a report after the exam.
Exam Pass percentage
The student needs to achieve at least 70 points (70%) to achieve the CDE certification.
Exam Challenges
The exam has 5 challenges. Each of these challenges provides you points based on how complete or partial your solution was. You would need to score 70 points out of 100 (70%) to achieve the CDE certification.
Exam Tasks
The exam has five challenges. Each of these challenges has tasks. These tasks will be similar to the scenarios and challenges shared in the lab/course, e.g.,
1. Implement Advanced SAST/DAST for a particular project
2. Implement Automated Hardening and Threat Modeling in CI/CD pipeline.
Exam documentation
After the exam, you have about 24 hours to submit the exam report on our internal portal.
Note: A sample report will be shared as part of the exam guide.
About CDL Exam
CDL exam is an online, task-oriented exam where you attempt to solve five challenges (tasks) in a span of 6 hours.
The exam is based on the content covered in the course but might require further research to pass the exam.
After the exam, you have 24 hours to submit the exam report to on our portal.
Please note, it’s not an MCQ or tests your memory type of exam but practical applicability of the content covered in the course.
Exam Type
Project/Task-Oriented(Not a Multiple Choice Exam). A student will need to submit a report after the exam.
Exam Pass percentage
The student needs to achieve at least 70 points (70%) to achieve the CDL certification.
Exam Challenges
The exam has five challenges. Each of these challenges provides you points based on how complete or partial your solution was. To achieve the CDL certification, you would need to score 70 points out of 100 (70%).
Exam Tasks
The exam has five challenges. Each of these challenges has tasks. These tasks will be similar to the scenarios and challenges shared in the lab/course, e.g.,
1. Create a DevSecOps Strategy for an organization
2. Implement a DevSecOps Transformation Roadmap.
Exam documentation
After the exam, you have about 24 hours to submit the exam report on our internal portal.
Note: A sample report will be shared as part of the exam guide.
About CCSE Exam
CCSE exam is an online, task-oriented exam where you attempt to solve 5 challenges (tasks) in a span of 6 hours.
The exam is based on the content covered in the course but might require further research to pass the exam.
Once the exam is done, you have 24 hours to submit the exam report to our portal.
Please note, it’s not an MCQ or tests your memory type of exam but practical applicability of the content covered in the course.
Exam Type
Project/Task-Oriented(Not a Multiple Choice Exam). A student will need to submit a report after the exam.
Exam Pass percentage
The student needs to achieve at least 80 points (80%) to achieve the CCSE certification.
Exam Challenges
The exam has 5 challenges, each of these challenges provides you points based on how complete or partial your solution was. You would need to score 80 points out of 100 (80%) to achieve the CCSE certification.
Exam Tasks
The exam has five challenges. Each of these challenges has tasks. These tasks will be similar to the scenarios and challenges shared in the lab/course, e.g.,
1. Find and exploit Docker Image and Daemons misconfigurations
2. Ensure compliance to CIS benchmarks
Exam documentation
After the exam, you have about 24 hours to submit the exam report on our internal portal.
Note: A sample report will be shared as part of the exam guide.
About CTMP Exam
CTMP exam is an online, task-oriented exam where you attempt to solve 5 challenges (tasks) in a span of 6 hours.
The exam is based on the content covered in the course but might require further research to pass the exam.
Once the exam is done, you have 24 hours to submit the exam report on our portal.
Please note, it’s not an MCQ or tests your memory type of exam but practical applicability of the content covered in the course.
Exam Type
Project/Task-Oriented(Not a Multiple Choice Exam). A student will need to submit a report after the exam.
Exam Pass percentage
The student needs to achieve at least 80 points (80%) to achieve the CTMP certification.
Exam Challenges
The exam has 5 challenges, each of these challenges provides you points based on how complete or partial your solution was. You would need to score 80 points out of 100 (80%) to achieve the CTMP certification.
Exam Tasks
The exam has five challenges. Each of these challenges has tasks. These tasks will be similar to the scenarios and challenges shared in the lab/course, e.g.,
1. Create and maintain a Threat model for an app in an agile setup.
2. Create a Threat model as code for an app.
Exam documentation
After the exam, you have about 24 hours to submit the exam report on our internal portal.
Note: A sample report will be shared as part of the exam guide.
About CASP Exam
CASP exam is an online, task-oriented exam where you attempt to solve 5 challenges (tasks) in a span of 6 hours.
The exam is based on the content covered in the course but might require further research to pass the exam.
Once the exam is done, you have 24 hours to submit the exam report on our portal.
Please note, it’s not an MCQ or tests your memory type of exam but practical applicability of the content covered in the course.
Exam Type
Project/Task-Oriented(Not a Multiple Choice Exam). A student will need to submit a report after the exam.
Exam Pass percentage
The student needs to achieve at least 80 points (80%) to achieve the CASP certification.
Exam Challenges
The exam has 5 challenges, each of these challenges provides you points based on how complete or partial your solution was. You would need to score 80 points out of 100 (80%) to achieve the CASP certification.
Exam Tasks
The exam has five challenges. Each of these challenges has tasks. These tasks will be similar to the scenarios and challenges shared in the lab/course, e.g.,
1. Identify and exploit API Security Vulnerabilities in the sample application.
2. Implement SCA/SAST in CI/CD pipeline for the sample app.
Exam documentation
After the exam, you have about 24 hours to submit the exam report on our internal portal.
Note: A sample report will be shared as part of the exam guide.
About CCNSE Exam
CCNSE exam is an online, task-oriented exam where you attempt to solve 5 challenges (tasks) in a span of 12 hours.
The exam is based on the content covered in the course but might require further research to pass the exam.
Once the exam is done, you have 24 hours to submit the exam report on our portal.
Please note, it’s not an MCQ or tests your memory type of exam but practical applicability of the content covered in the course.
Exam Type
Project/Task-Oriented(Not a Multiple Choice Exam). A student will need to submit a report after the exam.
Exam Pass percentage
The student needs to achieve at least 80 points (80%) to achieve the CCNSE certification.
Exam Challenges
The exam has 5 challenges, each of these challenges provides you points based on how complete or partial your solution was. You would need to score 80 points out of 100 (80%) to achieve the CCNSE certification.
Exam Tasks
The exam has five challenges. Each of these challenges has tasks. These tasks will be similar to the scenarios and challenges shared in the lab/course, e.g.,
1. Find and exploit Kubernetes Misconfigurations
2. Exploit and privilege escalate access to take over the k8s cluster
Exam documentation
After the exam, you have about 24 hours to submit the exam report on our internal portal.
Note: A sample report will be shared as part of the exam guide.
Frequently Asked Questions
In a hurry ? here are some of our frequently asked questions.
How can I make payment ?
After you filled the registration form on our website, once the registration is done, you will receive an email from us that contains a dedicated purchase link. Payment can be done via this personal (dedicated) link via Debit, Credit cards, and PayPal.
Can you provide an invoice
After your registration process completes, please email us at [email protected] for an invoice with your details like company name, billing address, etc., We will be happy to help you with the same.
Do you offer discounts ?
Yes, we do provide corporate discounts for group bookings. You can find more details about it below.
05 – 10 students: 10% discount
11 – 20 students: 15% discount
21 or more students: 20% discount
Do you do fee refunds ?
Yes, course fee will be refunded after excluding the card processing fees charged to us by our payment processing company. If you have already downloaded videos and training materials, we will not be able to refund the fees.
Can I extend my lab time ?
Sure, You can extend the lab access using our lab extension page at https://www.practical-devsecops.com/lab-extension/.
Can I retake the exam
Yes,
Retake fee for each additional attempt is USD 100
You can pay the re-exam fee at https://www.practical-devsecops.com/exam-retake/