AWS Certified Security – Specialty Training

Prove your ability to effectively secure the AWS cloud

Achieving the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security – Specialty certification enables tenured cloud security professional to demonstrate their ability to secure the AWS cloud. The exam is intended for cloud security pros who want to prove their:

  • understanding of specialized data classifications and AWS data protection mechanisms.
  • understanding of data encryption methods and how to secure Internet protocols, plus the AWS mechanisms to implement them.
  • 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 trade-off decisions with regard to cost, security, and deployment complexity given a set of application requirements.
  • understanding of security operations and risk.

About the exam

The AWS Certified Security – Specialty exam includes multiple choice, multiple answer questions. You will have almost three hours to complete the 65-question exam. Exams are administered at PSI centers.

Prerequisites

You must hold an Associate-level or Cloud Practitioner certification to take this exam.

Recommended AWS Knowledge

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

Required Exams

AWS Certified Security - Specialty

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