The AWS Certified Security - Specialty exam validates advanced technical skills and experience in securing the AWS platform. Example concepts you should understand for this exam include:
- Understanding of specialized data classification and AWS data protection mechanisms
- Understanding of data encryption methods and AWS mechanisms to implement them
- Understanding of secure Internet protocols and AWS mechanisms to implement them
- Working knowledge of AWS security services and features of services to provide a secure production environment
- Understanding of security operations and risk
- Ability to make trade-off decisions with regard to cost, security, and deployment complexity given a set of application requirements
- Competency gained from two or more years of production deployment experience using AWS security services and features
