Wednesday, January 24, 2024

AWS Cloud Engineer learning path

 Sometimes the hardest part is knowing where to start studying for an exam πŸ‘

With so much to learn and so many different topics, what should you focus on and where should you start? 


✅ If you're interested in getting the AWS Certified #Security Specialty certification, then here are the main #AWS services, features, concepts, and tools that you can expect to see on the exam πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡


Note: this doesn't mean these are the only services/topics you'll get tested on. AWS can make changes at any time, and this isn't meant to be an exhaustive list. Plus, everyone's version of the exam will be slightly different. However, these are the core topics you can expect to see.


πŸ•΅️‍♀️ Management and Governance

πŸ“Œ AWS CloudTrail

πŸ“Œ Amazon CloudWatch

πŸ“Œ AWS Config

πŸ“Œ AWS Organizations

πŸ“Œ AWS Systems Manager (SSM)

πŸ“Œ AWS Trusted Advisor


πŸ›œ Networking and Content Delivery Security

πŸ“ Amazon #VPC

πŸ“ Network Access Analyzer

πŸ“ NACLs

πŸ“ Security Groups (SGs)

πŸ“ VPC Endpoints

πŸ“ CloudFront


πŸ” Security, Identity, and Compliance

πŸ”΄ AWS Audit Manager

πŸ”΄ AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)

πŸ”΄ AWS CloudHSM

πŸ”΄ Amazon Detective

πŸ”΄ AWS Directory Service

πŸ”΄ AWS Firewall Manager

πŸ”΄ Amazon GuardDuty

πŸ”΄ AWS #IAM Identity Center (SSO)

πŸ”΄ Amazon Inspector

πŸ”΄ AWS #KMS

πŸ”΄ Amazon Macie

πŸ”΄ AWS Network Firewall

πŸ”΄ AWS Security Hub

πŸ”΄ AWS Shield

πŸ”΄ AWS #WAF

πŸ”΄ AWS RAM (Resource Access Manager)

πŸ”΄ IAM Policies/Roles/Users/Groups

πŸ”΄ Amazon Cognito


✨ Other important services

🟠 Amazon S3 (including security features and general storage knowledge)

🟠 Amazon SNS

🟠 Amazon EventBridge


πŸ€” What do you think? Am I missing any important services that might show up on the exam? Let me know in the comments below.


♻️ If you know someone studying for or interested in the exam, please share this with them! ♻️


Refer to Cybr resource very helpful in learning journey.

🀩 More AWS security cheat sheets: https://cybr.com/tag/cheat-sheets/

🀩 Study with me: https://study.cybr.com


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