Exam Readiness: AWS Certified Security – Specialty

Target group

• Individuals who perform a security role
• Anyone preparing to take the AWS Certified Security – Specialty exam

Course structure

• Navigate the logistics of the examination process
• Understand the exam structure and question types
• Identify how questions relate to AWS security best practices
• Interpret the concepts being tested by the exam question
• And much more

Certification

AWS Certified Security – Specialty is intended for individuals who perform a security role and have at least two years of hands-on experience securing AWS workloads. Before you take this exam, we recommend you have:

• Five years of IT security experience in designing and implementing security solutions and at least two years of hands-on experience in securing AWS workloads
• Working knowledge of AWS security services and features of services to provide a secure production environment and an understanding of security operations and risks
• Knowledge of the AWS shared responsibility model and its application; security controls for workloads on AWS; logging and monitoring strategies; cloud security threat models; patch management and security automation; ways to enhance AWS security services with third-party tools and services; and disaster recovery controls, including BCP and backups, encryption, access control, and data retention
• Understanding of specialized data classifications and AWS data protection mechanisms, data-encryption methods and AWS mechanisms to implement them, and secure internet protocols and AWS mechanisms to implement them
• Ability to make tradeoff decisions with regard to cost, security, and deployment complexity to meet a set of application requirements

What does it take to earn this certification?

Format: 65 questions; either multiple choice or multiple response

Delivery method: Pearson VUE and PSI; testing center or online proctored exam