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InfosecTrain is one of the finest Security and Technology Training and Consulting organization,

focusing on a range of IT Security Trainings and Information Security Services. InfosecTrain was

established in the year 2016 by a team of experienced and enthusiastic professionals, who

have more than 15 years of industry experience. We provide professional training, certification
AWS is one of the largest Cloud Computing Platforms in the world and

owns the largest share in the Cloud computing market. It is exponentially

growing and as it obtains a more significant stake in the market, the

requirement for ensuring its security from breaches and vulnerabilities

increases proportionally. Apparently, it’s nothing unforeseen that

security is as crucial to any organization or a person. With the ongoing

cyber warfare, it is one of the most well-known interactions in the IT

business. The AWS Certified Security – Specialty certification recognizes

cloud security experts to verify and affirm their comprehension of

securing the AWS domain. This assessment is intended for peers who

play out a security role in an organization. It recognizes an applicant’s

capability to express knowledge on the most proficient method to

secure the AWS platform.

AWS Security

We are way past the era where security was not a very significant

feature of a business. In the on-going scenario, Security is driving the

entire business. AWS provides a secure Cloud Platform because it

focuses on all the aspects of security.

Why AWS Security Speciality Certification?

The AWS Security Speciality certification is one of the first Security

certifications from AWS and carries many benefits. Some of its benefits

are:

1. It provides you with sound guidance on the security domain of the

AWS framework.

2. It provides you a greater level of understanding of specialized data

classifications and AWS data protection mechanisms.

3. It provides knowledge of data-encryption methods and AWS

mechanisms to implement them.

4. It provides insight into secure Internet protocols and AWS

mechanisms to implement them.

5. It renders the practical experience of AWS security services and

features of services to provide security of the production environment.

6. It lets you gain competency from two or more years of production

deployment experience using AWS security services and features.

7. This course will train the participants on the significant segments in

AWS technology.

8. It provides you an ability to execute trade off conclusions concerning

cost, security, and deployment complexity given a set of application

specifications.

1. 9. It gives you an in-depth knowledge of security operations and

risks.
9. It gives you an in-depth knowledge of security operations and risks.

10. It will help the candidates comprehend the websites’ hacking

purposes and how to manage such circumstances.

11. Candidates with this certification increase the value of their

organization than their co-workers.

12. It is one of the top 10 most popular cybersecurity certifications of

2020.

Recommended AWS knowledge

Here are some of the recommended requirements and prerequisites,

but these are not mandatory.

 A minimum of five years of IT Security experience designing and

implementing security solutions

 At least two years of hands-on experience securing AWS workloads.

 Security controls for workloads on AWS

Exam details:

Exam Pattern: Multiple Choice, Multiple responses

Duration: 170 minutes
Number of questions: 65
Passing score: 750 out of 1000
Domains of Security Speciality

The AWS Security Specialty certification deals in five domains:

Domain 1: Incident Response 12%

Incident Response in the cloud is all about Educate, Prepare, Simulate,

and Iterate.

 Educate your security operations and incident response team

regarding cloud technologies and the way your organization expects
to practice them.

 Prepare your incident response crew to identify and respond to

incidents in the cloud. Develop the essential rulebooks, both manual
and automated, to assure secure and compatible responses.

 Simulate both anticipated and unanticipated security issues within

your cloud environment to experience the effectiveness of your
arrangement.

 Iterate on the consequence of your simulation to enhance the range

of your response posture, reduce time to value, and additionally
decrease risk.

Domain 2: Logging and Monitoring 20%

Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring and observability service that

collects monitoring and operational data in the form of logs, metrics,
and events, providing you with a unified view of AWS resources,
applications, and services that run on AWS and on-premises servers.
It is built for DevOps engineers, developers, site reliability engineers
(SREs), and IT managers. CloudWatch provides you with data and
actionable insights to monitor your applications, respond to system-
wide performance changes, optimize resource utilization, and get a
unified view of operational health. You can use CloudWatch to detect
anomalous behaviour in your environments, set alarms, visualize logs
and metrics side by side, take automated actions, troubleshoot issues,
and discover insights to keep your applications running smoothly.

Domain 3: Infrastructure Security 26%

AWS manages the global cloud infrastructure that you use to render
several fundamental computing resources such as processing and
storage. The AWS global infrastructure incorporates the facilities,
network, hardware, and operational software that maintain the
provisioning and application of these resources. The AWS global
infrastructure is outlined and operated in accordance with security best
practices along with a variety of security compliance standards.

Domain 4: Identity and Access Management 20%

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) authorizes you to oversee

access to AWS services and resources securely. Using IAM, you can
design and organize AWS users and groups, and use affirmations to
permit and deny their access to AWS resources. IAM is a component of
your AWS account offered at no additional cost. You will be charged only
for use of other AWS services by your users.
Domain 5: Data Protection 22%

AWS data protection is the most common areas of interest from

customer executives regarding their move to AWS. Data protection can
be in the form of backups, high availability, long-term storage,
encryption etc.

AWS Security Speciality with InfosecTrain

You can opt for the AWS Certified Security – Specialty Training (SCS-
C01) for professional knowledge and an in-depth understanding of
Cloud security. We are one of the leading training providers with our
well-read and experienced trainers. The courses will help you
understand the basic concepts and provide a sound knowledge of the
subject. This certification will indeed merit each penny and minute you
have invested.