Teach the security skills the industry is hiring for.
Bring real software supply chain security into your classroom. Safeguard is free for teachers, professors, and instructors — with free licenses for you and your students, ready-to-use Safeguard Academy courseware, and verifiable certifications students can earn.
What's included
Free classroom licenses
Free Safeguard access for you and every student in your course — the full platform, no feature gates.
Academy courseware
Use Safeguard Academy's structured courses and hands-on labs as ready-made teaching material.
Student certifications
Students earn verifiable certificates — a concrete, résumé-ready outcome for your course.
Real tooling
Teach on the same SCA, SBOM, reachability, and AI-remediation tools students will use in industry roles.
Assignments & labs
Set assignments around scanning real repos, generating SBOMs, and remediating findings.
Instructor support
Onboarding help to set up your cohort quickly at the start of a term.
Who qualifies
- Teachers, professors, lecturers, and instructors at accredited institutions.
- Bootcamp and vocational-program instructors teaching software or security.
- Verified with an institutional email address or teaching credentials.
- For classroom, coursework, and educational use.
How to get started
Apply
Tell us about your course, institution, and expected cohort size.
Verify
We confirm your educator status with your institutional email.
Set up your cohort
We help you provision free licenses for your class and share courseware.
Teach & certify
Run assignments and let students earn verifiable certifications.
Frequently asked questions
Is it free for my whole class?
Yes. Approved educators get free licenses for themselves and all enrolled students, plus access to Safeguard Academy courseware — at no cost.
Do you provide teaching materials?
Yes. Safeguard Academy includes structured courses, labs, and exercises you can adopt directly or adapt into your own assignments.
How do students get certified?
Students complete Academy courses and assessments on the platform and earn verifiable certificates they can share with employers.
How do I verify I'm an educator?
An institutional email address and a short note about your course are usually enough. Reach out through the application form and we'll confirm quickly.