The AWS Certified Security – Specialty certification covers topics that security pros and teams need to master security fundamentals, follow best practices, and build deep knowledge in key services unique to the AWS platform. It is designed to validate your AWS knowledge across security topics such as data protection and encryption, infrastructure security, incident response, identity, and access management, monitoring and logging.

Areas Covered

• Use a variety of AWS services to select the appropriate level of security based on your deployments and the sensitivity of your data 1
• Select the most appropriate data protection techniques including encryption mechanisms 2
• Implement logging and monitoring solutions to detect and analyze security vulnerabilities and weaknesses within your infrastructure 3
• AWS services include: AWS Identity and Access Management, AWS CloudTrail, AWS Config, Amazon Inspector, AWS Trusted Advisor, Amazon GuardDuty, Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon Key Management Service 3