AWS Certified Security: Specialty (SCS-C02)

What you'll learn
The accelerated AWS Certified Security – Specialty (SCS-C02) course, validates your expertise in creating and implementing security solutions in the AWS Cloud. This certification also validates your understanding of specialized data classifications and AWS data protection mechanisms; data-encryption methods and AWS mechanisms to implement them; and secure internet protocols and AWS mechanisms to implement them.
The AWS Certified Security – Specialty (SCS-C02) exam is intended for individuals who perform a security role. The exam validates a candidate's ability to effectively demonstrate knowledge about securing the AWS platform.
In just 3 days, you'll gain an understanding of specialized data classifications and AWS data protection mechanisms. You'll also gain:
- 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
- The ability to make trade-off decisions with regard to cost, security, and deployment complexity to meet a set of application requirements
- An understanding of security operations and risks
At the end of this course, you'll sit the AWS exam, and achieve your AWS Certified Security – Specialty (SCS-C02) certification. Through Firebrand's Lecture | Lab | Review methodology, you'll get certified at twice the speed of the traditional training and get access to courseware, learn from certified instructors, and train in a distraction-free environment.
AudienceThis course is ideal for:
- People who want to implement AWS security
- People who are responsible for maintaining their organization security on AWS across a range of environments
Curriculum
6 modules- Module 1: Threat Detection and Incident Response 14%
- Module 2: Security Logging and Monitoring 18%
- Module 3: Infrastructure Security 20%
- Module 4: Identity and Access Management 16%
- Module 5: Data Protection 18%
- Module 6: Management and Security Governance 14%
Prerequisites
Before attending this accelerated course, you should have:
- 3–5 years of experience in designing and implementing security solutions
- Minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience in securing AWS workloads
Exam info
At the end of this accelerated course, you'll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training Centre, covered by the Firebrand Certification Guarantee:
AWS Certified Security – Specialty (SCS-C02) exam
- Duration: 170 minutes
- Format: 65 questions; either multiple choice or multiple response.
- Number of questions: 65
- Passing score: minimum passing score is 750
- Languages: English, French (France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Simplified Chinese, and Spanish (Latin America)
- Domains:
- Domain 1: Threat Detection and Incident Response 14%
- Domain 2: Security Logging and Monitoring 18%
- Domain 3: Infrastructure Security 20%
- Domain 4: Identity and Access Management 16%
- Domain 5: Data Protection 18%
- Domain 6: Management and Security Governance 14%
Course Dates
Sorry, there are currently no dates available for this course. Please submit an enquiry and one of our team will contact you about potential future dates or alternative options.
FAQs
4 questionYes, we do provide courses suitable for beginners. However, Firebrand's accelerated courses aren't easy and it's essential that you are interested and actively pursuing a career in IT.
Traditional training providers usually run their courses from 9am to 5pm. At Firebrand Training we maximise the number of learning hours to minimise the number of training days, so you’ll be back to your job as quickly as possible. You don’t waste time travelling to several courses and finding an exam centre after that.
Firebrand's accelerated courses are constantly reviewed. We ask our delegates for feedback after every course. We are official partners with leading vendors and therefore, we're provided with certification changes and updates, which we can then implement in our course delivery at a very early stage. This feedback is then analysed in view of changes or discrepancies. We will then address the topics mentioned and have a panel of subject matter experts provide us with valuable suggestions for improvement and solutions.
If you need to learn new skills and you want to be able to put them into practice quickly, then Firebrand is the right training company for you.
Our unique accelerated training method means that we are your fastest way to learn. By delivering training for up to 12 hours per day, seven days per week, with exam centres on-site, we ensure that you are trained and certified quicker than anywhere else, having spent less time out of the office away from the day job.
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