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