AWS Certified Security – Specialty

Specialized Certifications

Build your cloud security skills to innovate with confidence.

The AWS Certified Security – Specialty certification validates your expertise in creating and implementing security solutions in the AWS Cloud. This certification also validates your 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.

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Course Summary:

Enable your team with the skills to improve your security operations.

Does your organization need to understand how to stay secure in the AWS Cloud? The three-day, classroom training course Security Engineering on AWS will enable your security engineers, security architects, cloud architects, and cloud operators with the skills to safeguard your organization’s reputation and profits, and improve your security operations.

An expert AWS instructor will guide class attendees through the security practices that AWS recommends for enhancing the security of your data and systems in the cloud. Students will learn to use AWS security services including Amazon Security Lake, AWS Guard Duty, Amazon Detective, and more for automation, continuous monitoring and logging, and responding to security incidents

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Cloud Workforce Promo:

RM2,250

TBA

inclusive exam for H1 2025 intakes.

Intakes:

7-9 May 2025

Earning this certification shows:

  • Understanding of specialized data classifications, encryption methods, and secure Internet protocols, as well as the AWS mechanisms to implement them.
  • Knowledge of AWS security services and features of services which provide a secure production environment, as well as an overall understanding of security operations and risks.
  • Competency gained from two or more years of production deployment experience using AWS security services and features.

Who is this for?

  • Security engineers.
  • Security architects.
  • Cloud architects.
  • Cloud operators .
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Bridging the Cloud Security Skills Gap for IT Success

76%

of IT decision-makers worldwide are facing critical skills gaps in their departments, including a “dire need” for new skills in cybersecurity.

90%

of learners surveyed credit AWS Training and Certification programs as a key reason for being selected to work on special cloud projects.

96%

of IT leaders believe team members with cybersecurity certifications add value to their organizations.

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Skills validation

Earning AWS Certified Security – Specialty, shows your expertise in incident response, logging and monitoring, infrastructure security, identity and access management, and data protection on the AWS platform.

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Confidence

Feel confident you can design and implement cloud security solutions on AWS. The AWS Certified Security – Specialty certification validates that you meet the bar set by experts in AWS security solutions.

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Recognition

With a digital badge that verifies your achievement, AWS Certified Security – Specialty indicates expertise in securing data and workloads in the AWS Cloud.

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Differentiate your skills set

Differentiate your AWS security expertise with a credential that represents your ability to understand security risks, secure your production environment, and detect and automate responses to security alerts.

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Security benefits of AWS Training & Certification

Build skills to make data & applications more secure:

Digital courses and instructor-led classroom training enable your staff to understand essential security concepts and dive deep with hands-on exercises that build real-world security skills.

Facilitate your organization’s journey to the cloud:

Build skills to maximize data protection and privacy as you migrate to the cloud. Security training accelerates cloud adoption, leads to greater achievement of business and internal objectives, and helps your organization overcome any initial concerns about the cloud.

Enable your staff to innovate with confidence:

AWS enables true organization-wide security training, allowing everyone including non-technical staff to develop fundamental cloud security knowledge. Your staff will begin pursuing bolder innovations in the cloud, confident that they can safeguard data and applications as they collaborate with other teams using a shared language.

Why choose Trainocate?

Trainocate was recognized as the 2024 AWS Training Partner of the Year at AWS re:Invent 2024, highlighting its excellence in cloud skills development and commitment to digital transformation in Malaysia. This award reinforces Trainocate’s reputation as a top-tier AWS training provider, ensuring learners receive industry-recognized education with the latest cloud technologies. By choosing Trainocate, participants benefit from an award-winning institution dedicated to equipping professionals with in-demand AWS skills to drive career growth and business innovation.

Certification Details

Exam Duration:

170 minutes

Exam Format:

65 Questions; either multiple choice or multiple response

Cost:

300 USD

Language offered:

English, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Simplified Chinese, and Spanish (Latin America)

Test in-person or online:

Pearson VUE testing centre or online proctored exam

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Frequent Asked Questions (FAQs)

AWS Certified Security – Specialty is intended for experienced individuals who have five years of IT security experience in designing and implementing security solutions and two or more years of hands-on experience in securing AWS workloads. This certification complements the skills and expertise required for multiple job roles across cloud architecture, database, networking, and DevSecOps.

This certification can build your credibility and position you as a trusted advisor to your stakeholders and customers. As an AWS Certified Security – Specialty certification holder, you can bring best practices and security solutions that meet organizations’ and customers’ unique needs. 

You are not required to earn any specific certifications prior to preparing for this certification. However, candidates commonly earn the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate and/or AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional before attempting the AWS Certified Security – Specialty exam.

The AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional and the AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty are additional certifications that other cloud professionals have earned to advance further in roles like Networking Engineer or DevSecOps Engineer.

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