Who this book is for

The AWS Certified Security – Specialty certification is recommended for those who have at least 2 years of practical AWS production deployment experience, due to the level of depth and technical ability that is expected from the candidate.  

You should also have some basic knowledge of security principles and concepts and, ideally, come from a background in IT security and governance.  Also, if you are responsible for maintaining and implementing AWS security across production environments and are in a position similar to the following roles, then you are ideally suited to certify in this area:

• Cloud security consultant
• Cloud security architect
• Cloud security engineers
• DevSecOps engineer
• Cloud security specialist

If you are looking to validate your knowledge of being able to architect, implement, maintain, and operate security features, techniques, and services within AWS, then this certification is the one for you!