Great news for those of us interested in this new certification from Amazon! The last delivery of the Beta was today – 3/2/2018.

This means we can expect the gold code of the exam to be available to us in a month or so.

I am certainly looking forward to this new specialty certification and I am sure you are as well.

Here is what we can expect to be tested on.

Domain 1: Incident Response

1.1 Given an AWS abuse notice, evaluate the suspected compromised instance or exposed access keys.
1.2 Verify that the Incident Response plan includes relevant AWS services.
1.3 Evaluate the configuration of automated alerting and execute possible remediation of security-related incidents and emerging issues.

Domain 2: Logging and Monitoring

2.1 Design and implement security monitoring and alerting.
2.2 Troubleshoot security monitoring and alerting.
2.3 Design and implement a logging solution.
2.4 Troubleshoot logging solutions.

Domain 3: Infrastructure Security

3.1 Design edge security on AWS.
3.2 Design and implement a secure network infrastructure.
3.3 Troubleshoot a secure network infrastructure.
3.4 Design and implement host-based security.

Domain 4: Identity and Access Management

4.1 Design and implement a scalable authorization and authentication system to access AWS resources.
4.2 Troubleshoot an authorization and authentication system to access AWS resources.

Domain 5: Data Protection

5.1 Design and implement key management and use.
5.2 Troubleshoot key management.
5.3 Design and implement a data encryption solution for data at rest and data in transit.