Just passed it this Saturday with an 810. I took it dec 30 and failed with a 725. Time management and reading carefully the second time around made the difference. It’s a hard, hard test
@@PatrickB1111 thanks man. I’m going for sysops admin associate next. I imagine it won’t be as granular. I have the SAA and that one wasn’t nearly as bad.
Thanks for sharing your failed attempt also. I also failed yesterday and going to retake soon. I will consider your tips along wiith my own tips. This was my fourth certifications and I never failed before and I was over confident and did practice test oly once (failed) but still went to take the real test... sometime, overconfidence kills! lol
Passed my Security Specialty exam on first try yesterday. AWS FAQs are highly recommend. Know all about KMS S3 IAM ACM And all that is discussed in this video. Good luck
I noticed you have a video on the Cloud Practitioner cert, have you done Solutions Architect Associate? If not, I'd thoroughly recommend doing that first.
thanks mate, i did my Solutions architect Pro last year then took a break, i however work in AWS everyday as i am a Solutions architect, i have been preparing for the specialty using Digital cloud material (Neal). Now i am going through the security section of Stephen's professional course. i think i will be ready in 3 weeks time, will let you know
AWS services ( IAM, HSM, S3 Encryption, toole) required to focus for this certification along with which training ( Linux Academy, Zeal Vora, Tutorials Dojo) to undertke for passing this exam are very well articulated.. going along the same lines to prepare for my exam.. 👍 also likee the idea to study SAA professional from Maarek
If you did not have the following recommended expertise, what is the reason/benefit in doing all this?? Recommended AWS Knowledge A minimum of 5 years of IT security experience, designing and implementing security solutions At least 2 years of hands-on experience securing AWS workloads Security controls for workloads on AWS
Certs are a way to gain targeted and well defined expertise and a great excuse to explore an area of interest. I've always found years of experience to be a bit of a misleading idea since it's at best only somewhat correlated with actual skill. If you can earnestly learn and apply the content - including branching off to learn things that aren't explicitly covered by the cert, but that look interesting - then you're basically simulating what that experience would do. Couple that with real life projects and you greatly accelerate your learning rate. On that note as well, I know plenty of people who hit the experience criteria who would have no clue about certain aspects of things covered by the cert, since their actual work is so specialised. Doing certs helps you broaden your knowledge base.
Adrian also have e specific course for security specialty so i will choose SA PRO COURCE OR Aws security COURCE (I am going for Aws Certified security specialty.)
Hi Patrick !! Thanks for sharing valuable knowledge. Been watching your AWS videos since last 2 years. I got AWS Devloper certification 2 years back and yesterday i got AWS DevOps professional certification. Now planning to do Aws Security specialty. Since Devops has many Security concepts, so what do you thing about how much am I ready w.r.t AWS Security journey?
I think they've reinstated it after the backlash - for a while they were hiding courses from the course list and they were only accessible via URL. Thanks for the heads up!
'Recommended hours per day' and 'how many hours per day did I do' are different things 😂 Looking at all the certs as a whole, for a few months last year I probably averaged 4 hours a day on top of full time work. Not recommended unless you're happy to give up your weekends and/or other commitments. I was in lockdown so it helped keep my mind off everything else and gave me something to work towards. If I were to do it again this year (with basically no covid restrictions right now) I'd probably spend about half as much time working on it and let it take longer. I completed 6 certs (all of them were professional/specialty level) in 5 months. Security Specialty was one of the easier ones, it took around 2 weeks if I remember correctly. If I were to do it over again I'd watch Zeal Vora's course though, as I felt like I didn't have any fantastic content to work with and spent way too long reading irrelevant documentation.
Thanks for the video. Question - I gave mine ... I remember seeing pass on the screen. But I haven;t seen any updates since last 12 hours. I know they would send the scores within 5 days. But can't hold the butterflies anymore . wanted to know if they say pass on the screen , does it mean pass ? Thank you for answering ...
Certs like these can certainly help with moving towards higher paying roles, and working towards them using high quality resources will teach you many best practices. On top of that, focus on getting as much practical experience as possible while working towards the cert. That way you can demonstrate your value to companies and have leverage when negotiating salary.
Well, Security Specialty would be the one that comes to mind there, but if you're a total beginner to AWS I'd recommend you start with Solutions Architect Associate and/or Cloud Practitioner first.
I wanna take AWS Security Specialty.. but as AWS recommends to hold some beginner level certs such as cloud practitioner etc. Is it really needed ? Or can I Directly attend training on AWS Security Specialty ? Note - I started my Security Career 10 months back. Any recommendations. Shall I go with AWS certs and shall I do first Azure Security cert ?
Cloud practitioner is a bit of a bludge to be honest. If you want to learn AWS, do Solutions Architect Associate first then Security Specialty I'd say. Can't talk much about Azure since I'm not so familiar with it but I'd imagine if you do one of the Azure/AWS Security certs the other probably wouldn't be too hard. Generally I'd say pick a single cloud to learn on though, you'll get further with it and the knowledge is very transferable. There are small but important differences between them though which can trip you up if you try to learn multiple cloud platforms at once - think of it like trying to learn Italian and Spanish at the same time 😉
Can you make a video on coding (Python maybe?) projects that utilize AWS? I'm having a hard time to really gain practical experience in AWS with coding
I want to directly go certified on the security specialty instead of going through the long route. Is that a good decision? I have been working with AWS for a couple months now
What do you mean by the long route? Associates first? You are allowed to do Security Specialty without any other exams under your belt, but I wouldn't recommend it. A couple of months working with AWS is the perfect amount of time to go for Solutions Architect Associate - I'd definitely go for that at the very least first.
Hey, was it the acloud course you used with Ryan or was it the Linux one they marked as legacy? I agree with you on the merge I loved the use of lucid charts on the LA courses
The new one. The legacy one was by Adrian Cantrill, who has some fantastic solutions architect courses at cantrill.io, but even he says the old legacy content is a waste of time. Security Specialty has got to be the most under-resourced cert for its popularity. Hopefully there'll be a Maarek course on it soon.
For security specialty, probably Zeal Vora's, it seems the most thorough. As I said in the video I didn't use it though, but I would if I were to start over.
@@PatrickB1111 it was said in the reviews on udemy that he talk about his life and work alot and not really about the security specialty stuff. isit true?
Hi Patrick. thanks for the video. I have a question. I'm planning on taking these certifications as follows without any IT background. Cloud Practitioner - Solutions Architect Associate - Developer Associate - Syops Administrator Associate - Security Specialty. My goal is to get Security Specialty. AWS recommends experiences. Do I need experiences or do you think I'll be able to take Security Specialty by learning from the certs i've taken? Thank you.
Well, is your goal to get security specialty or to land a job working with AWS? If the latter, that's how you'll get experience 😉 In short: you can do security specialty without any industry experience. It's an intermediate cert at most. But, if you do it right, the skills you'll learn along the way will make you good enough at AWS that companies will start wanting to talk to you, so don't shy away from those opportunities. Good luck!
Great Video Patrick! Lots of awesome info..do you need any scripting/coding knowledge for this exam? I’ve got a solid background in networking and security governance but no programming/scripting experience :(
Good question! I'd say no, not really. It's never going to hurt, but it didn't really come up on this exam. Some exams you do need scripting knowledge - Developer and DevOps come to mind - but Security is mostly focussed around encryption, IAM, monitoring and incident response. I'd recommend you check out the exam guide for an in depth idea of what's expected: d1.awsstatic.com/training-and-certification/docs-security-spec/AWS-Certified-Security-Specialty_Exam-Guide.pdf
@@PatrickB1111 thank you so much! Btw based on your videos I signed up for Adrian Cantrills course and it’s just awesome the way he teaches. Keep going with this channel I think you have some solid content!
Can I pass this exam if u only have security+ cert and only done training of solutions architect associate with a cloud guru? So no actual cert nor hands oj exoerience.
Probably not, and kind of defeats the point of passing since you wouldn't have the skills. I suggest working on hands on projects to familiarise yourself, alongside a good course.
Just passed it this Saturday with an 810. I took it dec 30 and failed with a 725. Time management and reading carefully the second time around made the difference. It’s a hard, hard test
Nice job!
@@PatrickB1111 thanks man. I’m going for sysops admin associate next. I imagine it won’t be as granular. I have the SAA and that one wasn’t nearly as bad.
I just passed last week with an 810. I felt completely lost on the exam and thought I failed
Thanks for sharing your failed attempt also. I also failed yesterday and going to retake soon. I will consider your tips along wiith my own tips. This was my fourth certifications and I never failed before and I was over confident and did practice test oly once (failed) but still went to take the real test... sometime, overconfidence kills! lol
Passed my Security Specialty exam on first try yesterday. AWS FAQs are highly recommend. Know all about KMS S3 IAM ACM And all that is discussed in this video. Good luck
Great job and I second the topics you mentioned!
Great tips! I'm aiming to sit my Security certification exam next month.
Good luck!
I noticed you have a video on the Cloud Practitioner cert, have you done Solutions Architect Associate? If not, I'd thoroughly recommend doing that first.
@@PatrickB1111 Yep I've done SA Associate and Developer Associate :)
Sounds good! Good luck with the security cert 👍
Thanks for taking the time to create & post this!
thanks mate, i did my Solutions architect Pro last year then took a break, i however work in AWS everyday as i am a Solutions architect, i have been preparing for the specialty using Digital cloud material (Neal). Now i am going through the security section of Stephen's professional course. i think i will be ready in 3 weeks time, will let you know
Awesome tips and tricks Patrick... great notes on things to go and take a further look over :)
Planning to take this exam... checking for resources..
Fantastic overview of the exam and thanks for sharing Patrick! I am taking mine in a month and preparing for it.
Good luck!
Did you pass?
Thank you, Patrick. I plan to take this exam before the end of 2020.
Good luck!
Must i take the SA before i can sit for specialty?
AWS services ( IAM, HSM, S3 Encryption, toole) required to focus for this certification along with which training ( Linux Academy, Zeal Vora, Tutorials Dojo) to undertke for passing this exam are very well articulated.. going along the same lines to prepare for my exam.. 👍 also likee the idea to study SAA professional from Maarek
Glad you liked the content 👍🏻
I passed yo. Your vid helped alot!
Thank you very much for sharing the insights !
My pleasure!
Great Tips Bro, Keep Sharing!!!
Thanks Manyam, that's the plan 😄
Really good Info Patrick !
Glad you found it helpful!
If you did not have the following recommended expertise, what is the reason/benefit in doing all this??
Recommended AWS Knowledge
A minimum of 5 years of IT security experience, designing and implementing security solutions
At least 2 years of hands-on experience securing AWS workloads
Security controls for workloads on AWS
Certs are a way to gain targeted and well defined expertise and a great excuse to explore an area of interest. I've always found years of experience to be a bit of a misleading idea since it's at best only somewhat correlated with actual skill. If you can earnestly learn and apply the content - including branching off to learn things that aren't explicitly covered by the cert, but that look interesting - then you're basically simulating what that experience would do. Couple that with real life projects and you greatly accelerate your learning rate.
On that note as well, I know plenty of people who hit the experience criteria who would have no clue about certain aspects of things covered by the cert, since their actual work is so specialised. Doing certs helps you broaden your knowledge base.
Adrian also have e specific course for security specialty so i will choose SA PRO COURCE OR Aws security COURCE
(I am going for Aws Certified security specialty.)
Brother please answer.
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Do you recommend to take advanced networking first? Or good to go with security?
Hi Patrick !!
Thanks for sharing valuable knowledge. Been watching your AWS videos since last 2 years.
I got AWS Devloper certification 2 years back and yesterday i got AWS DevOps professional certification.
Now planning to do Aws Security specialty.
Since Devops has many Security concepts, so what do you thing about how much am I ready w.r.t AWS Security journey?
Thanks Patrick for your insights.
You are very welcome
Actually you can still take the legacy course on Linux academy.
I think they've reinstated it after the backlash - for a while they were hiding courses from the course list and they were only accessible via URL. Thanks for the heads up!
IM so very nervous! I passed all associate levels and this will be my fist specialty , !! next week is my exam!
Good luck, you've got this 🤞
Just FYI. I passed! Oh my goodness
Really insightful video cheers. How long did it take you to work towards/ leant / revise for the exam? Recommended hours per day?
'Recommended hours per day' and 'how many hours per day did I do' are different things 😂
Looking at all the certs as a whole, for a few months last year I probably averaged 4 hours a day on top of full time work. Not recommended unless you're happy to give up your weekends and/or other commitments. I was in lockdown so it helped keep my mind off everything else and gave me something to work towards. If I were to do it again this year (with basically no covid restrictions right now) I'd probably spend about half as much time working on it and let it take longer.
I completed 6 certs (all of them were professional/specialty level) in 5 months. Security Specialty was one of the easier ones, it took around 2 weeks if I remember correctly. If I were to do it over again I'd watch Zeal Vora's course though, as I felt like I didn't have any fantastic content to work with and spent way too long reading irrelevant documentation.
thx so much for this vid ....
You're welcome, good luck with whatever you're working towards!
Thanks for the video.
Question - I gave mine ... I remember seeing pass on the screen. But I haven;t seen any updates since last 12 hours.
I know they would send the scores within 5 days. But can't hold the butterflies anymore .
wanted to know if they say pass on the screen , does it mean pass ?
Thank you for answering ...
If you see pass on the screen, you passed. You'll get the actual score and topics breakdown (competent / needs work) pretty soon.
thank you
You're welcome :)
From where I can learn this as per industry best practices to get high salary job ?
Certs like these can certainly help with moving towards higher paying roles, and working towards them using high quality resources will teach you many best practices. On top of that, focus on getting as much practical experience as possible while working towards the cert. That way you can demonstrate your value to companies and have leverage when negotiating salary.
Great information! you need to be an instructor!
Which AWS certification is helps for information security profile..beginners...
Well, Security Specialty would be the one that comes to mind there, but if you're a total beginner to AWS I'd recommend you start with Solutions Architect Associate and/or Cloud Practitioner first.
great tips.
Thanks Sameesh!
can we use aws free account to study for aws sec spe?
Yes, most of the things you need will be under the free tier.
I wanna take AWS Security Specialty.. but as AWS recommends to hold some beginner level certs such as cloud practitioner etc. Is it really needed ? Or can I Directly attend training on AWS Security Specialty ? Note - I started my Security Career 10 months back. Any recommendations. Shall I go with AWS certs and shall I do first Azure Security cert ?
Cloud practitioner is a bit of a bludge to be honest. If you want to learn AWS, do Solutions Architect Associate first then Security Specialty I'd say. Can't talk much about Azure since I'm not so familiar with it but I'd imagine if you do one of the Azure/AWS Security certs the other probably wouldn't be too hard. Generally I'd say pick a single cloud to learn on though, you'll get further with it and the knowledge is very transferable. There are small but important differences between them though which can trip you up if you try to learn multiple cloud platforms at once - think of it like trying to learn Italian and Spanish at the same time 😉
thx man!
You're welcome John!
Great video
Can you make a video on coding (Python maybe?) projects that utilize AWS? I'm having a hard time to really gain practical experience in AWS with coding
Definitely will consider it!
I want to directly go certified on the security specialty instead of going through the long route. Is that a good decision? I have been working with AWS for a couple months now
What do you mean by the long route? Associates first?
You are allowed to do Security Specialty without any other exams under your belt, but I wouldn't recommend it.
A couple of months working with AWS is the perfect amount of time to go for Solutions Architect Associate - I'd definitely go for that at the very least first.
Hey, was it the acloud course you used with Ryan or was it the Linux one they marked as legacy? I agree with you on the merge I loved the use of lucid charts on the LA courses
The new one. The legacy one was by Adrian Cantrill, who has some fantastic solutions architect courses at cantrill.io, but even he says the old legacy content is a waste of time. Security Specialty has got to be the most under-resourced cert for its popularity. Hopefully there'll be a Maarek course on it soon.
Hey, i cant afford alot of course due to conversion rate. If there is 1 course u would recommend which would it be
For security specialty, probably Zeal Vora's, it seems the most thorough. As I said in the video I didn't use it though, but I would if I were to start over.
@@PatrickB1111 it was said in the reviews on udemy that he talk about his life and work alot and not really about the security specialty stuff. isit true?
Hi Patrick. thanks for the video.
I have a question. I'm planning on taking these certifications as follows without any IT background. Cloud Practitioner - Solutions Architect Associate - Developer Associate - Syops Administrator Associate - Security Specialty. My goal is to get Security Specialty. AWS recommends experiences. Do I need experiences or do you think I'll be able to take Security Specialty by learning from the certs i've taken? Thank you.
Well, is your goal to get security specialty or to land a job working with AWS? If the latter, that's how you'll get experience 😉
In short: you can do security specialty without any industry experience. It's an intermediate cert at most. But, if you do it right, the skills you'll learn along the way will make you good enough at AWS that companies will start wanting to talk to you, so don't shy away from those opportunities. Good luck!
Hey Bro.. got videos for AWS SA ?
Solutions Architect Professional video is here: czcams.com/video/23DodP-gaG8/video.html
@@PatrickB1111 Hi bro.. Thanks I mean For associate
Great Video Patrick! Lots of awesome info..do you need any scripting/coding knowledge for this exam? I’ve got a solid background in networking and security governance but no programming/scripting experience :(
Good question! I'd say no, not really. It's never going to hurt, but it didn't really come up on this exam. Some exams you do need scripting knowledge - Developer and DevOps come to mind - but Security is mostly focussed around encryption, IAM, monitoring and incident response. I'd recommend you check out the exam guide for an in depth idea of what's expected: d1.awsstatic.com/training-and-certification/docs-security-spec/AWS-Certified-Security-Specialty_Exam-Guide.pdf
@@PatrickB1111 thank you so much! Btw based on your videos I signed up for Adrian Cantrills course and it’s just awesome the way he teaches. Keep going with this channel I think you have some solid content!
@@aphonic7164 thanks a heap, I really appreciate it. Feedback like this keeps me going 💪
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Can I pass this exam if u only have security+ cert and only done training of solutions architect associate with a cloud guru? So no actual cert nor hands oj exoerience.
Probably not, and kind of defeats the point of passing since you wouldn't have the skills. I suggest working on hands on projects to familiarise yourself, alongside a good course.
@@PatrickB1111 can you recommend a platform where we can have projects to boost our experience
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