Certification: AWS Certified Security Specialty

P.O. Box 81226 Seattle, WA 98108-1226

The AWS Certified Security Specialty allows experienced cloud security professionals to demonstrate and validate their knowledge of how to secure the AWS platform.

It validates an examinee's ability to demonstrate:

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.
More information about this certification

More than two years of education or training after high school required?
Yes
More than two years of work experience required?
Yes
Oral or Written Exam Required?
Yes
Renewal Required?
Every 2 Year(s)
Renew through Continuing Educational Units(CEU)?
No
Renew through Re-Examination?
Yes
Renew through Continuing Professional Development(CPD)?
No
Does applicant have choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)?
No

Third Party Exam Center

You can access a list of the available testing centers in your area with available dates and times during the exam scheduling process. To view a full set of test centers, sign in to aws.training.

Product/Equipment

A product/equipment certification tests for knowledge about the use of proprietary software or hardware products. This classification is used primarily for computer-related companies such as IBM, CISCO, HP, etc.