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AWS Certified Security - Specialty (ACSS)
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
Prerequisites
Recommended Knowledge
- 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
The best preparation for certification exams is practical experience. We recommend at least two years of hands-on experience using AWS.
Recommended training for this certification
- Getting Started with AWS Security, Identity, and Compliance (elearning)
- AWS Security Essentials (SEC-ESS)
- Architecting on AWS (AWSA)
- Security Engineering on AWS (AWSSO)
- Exam Readiness: AWS Certified Security - Specialty (ACSS-EX)