Amazon Web Services
SCS-C02AWS Certified Security – Specialty
Specialty-level exam on securing AWS workloads: identity, detection, incident response, infrastructure and data protection.
Credentials
Certifications
Every certification listed here was sat and passed. Each one links to the study guide written from the notes used to prepare for it — the material I wish had existed at the time.
Cloud
Securing workloads that run on someone else’s hardware.
Defensive
Detection, analysis and incident response.
GIAC
GCIHGIAC Certified Incident Handler
Hands-on incident handling: detection, containment, eradication and recovery, plus the attacker techniques behind each.
CompTIA
CS0-003CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)
Behavioural analytics, threat detection, vulnerability management and incident response from the SOC analyst’s seat.
Foundational
The groundwork everything else is built on.
Amazon Web Services
CLF-C02AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Foundational AWS exam covering cloud concepts, core services, the shared responsibility model, billing and support.
CompTIA
SY0-701CompTIA Security+
The baseline security certification: threats, architecture, operations, and governance, risk and compliance.