AWS Certified Security - Specialty

What it tests

Prep roadmap

1. 1
   IAM deep diveWeek 1–2

   Policy evaluation, roles, SCPs, permission boundaries, Identity Center with Entra ID.

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2. 2
   Detection & responseWeek 3–4

   GuardDuty, Security Hub, CloudTrail, Detective; build a simple response runbook.

   ▶ video✎ blog
3. 3
   Infra & data protectionWeek 5–6

   VPC security, WAF, KMS, Secrets Manager, S3 protection.

   ▶ video✎ blog
4. 4
   Practice examsWeek 7–8

   Timed full-length practice — 170 minutes is long, build stamina.

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5. 5
   Book and sit the exam

   Schedule via AWS Certification with Pearson VUE — online or test centre.

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6. ✓
   Certified 🎉

   Add it to LinkedIn and your CV — then pick the next step on the certification path.

What you can do after

• ✓Design least-privilege access across AWS accounts
• ✓Federate AWS access from Entra ID
• ✓Detect and respond to AWS security incidents