AWS · Professional Certification · Professional
AWS Certified Security – Specialty
Crydd Score 70
Demand High
Career Value High
Recognition High
AWS Security at a glance
- Provider
- AWS
- Credential type
- Professional Certification
- Exam required
- Yes
- Category
- Security
- Level
- Professional
- Cost
- $300
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Time to earn
- 2–4 months
- Validity
- 3 years
- Format
- 65 questions, 170 minutes
- Prerequisites
- None required; security and AWS experience strongly recommended
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Skills it covers
- Cloud security
- IAM at scale
- Detection and response
- Data protection
Where AWS Security takes you
- Cybersecurity Analyst
- Cloud Engineer
Career roadmaps show where this certification fits in each path. See the roadmaps.
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