GitHub GH-500 Advanced Security Practice + Exam Q [2026]

About this course

The GitHub Advanced Security Certification (GH-500) covers the security features built into GitHub Enterprise — code scanning with CodeQL, secret scanning and push protection, dependency review with Dependabot, and security policy management at scale. It's designed for developers and security engineers who need to implement and manage application security directly within GitHub.This course includes 6 timed practice exams with 360 questions total. Questions cover every exam domain: configuring and interpreting code scanning results, CodeQL query development and customization, secret scanning setup with custom patterns and push protection, dependency management with Dependabot alerts and security updates, GHAS best practices and rollout strategies, enterprise-level security configuration, and security overview dashboards. Each answer includes a thorough explanation.What's covered:CodeQL analysis configuration, custom query development, interpreting scanning results, and managing false positives in code scanning workflowsSecret scanning alerts and remediation, custom patterns for proprietary token formats, and push protection enforcement policiesDependabot alerts, automated security updates, version updates, and dependency review enforcement in pull request workflowsSecurity policies, security overview dashboards, organization-wide enforcement, and phased enterprise rollout strategies120-minute timer per exam simulating real test conditions and building confidenceApplication security is shifting left into developer workflows, and GHAS is how GitHub-native teams implement it. These practice exams prepare you for the GH-500 by testing every domain at the depth and difficulty the exam expects.