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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

Required exam Recommended training
SCS-C01
Security Operations on AWS (GK3338)