AWS Certified Security Specialty

The AWS Certified Security - Specialty validates your technical skills and expertise with an industry-recognized credential and grow your career.

The AWS Certified Security – Specialty is intended for individuals who perform a security role with at least two years of hands-on experience securing AWS workloads.

Abilities Validated by the Certification

• An understanding of specialized data classifications and AWS data protection mechanisms
• An understanding of data encryption methods and AWS mechanisms to implement them
• An understanding of secure Internet protocols and AWS mechanisms to implement them
• A working knowledge of AWS security services and features of services to provide a secure production environment
• Competency gained from two or more years of production deployment experience using AWS security services and features
• Ability to make tradeoff decisions with regard to cost, security, and deployment complexity given a set of application requirements
• An understanding of security operations and risk

Recommended Knowledge and Experience

• At least two years of hands-on experience securing
• AWS workloads Security controls for workloads on AWS
• A minimum of five years of IT security experience designing and implementing security solutions

Required exam and recommended training