Mid path
Cloud Security
Secure identity, workloads and data inside cloud platforms, usually alongside platform and DevOps teams.
What the work involves
- Design least-privilege identity models
- Automate guardrails in pipelines
- Own cloud detection coverage
- Manage key and secret lifecycles
Core competencies
iSecPath tracks these competencies individually as you learn, so your roadmap shows the gap rather than a single overall score.
Certification mapping
iSecPath Recommended PathThis sequence reflects iSecPath's learning-path logic. It is not a set of official prerequisites — "Prerequisite" appears only where the certification provider authoritatively requires it.
CompTIA Security+
Required exam: SY0-701
Establishes the baseline vocabulary this path assumes.
iSecPath recommends this step in this path. Not a provider requirement.
AWS Certified Security - Specialty
Required exam: SCS-C02
Platform-specific depth where AWS is the primary estate.
iSecPath recommends this step in this path. Not a provider requirement.
ISC2 Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
Required exam: CCSP
Vendor-neutral alternative when you work across multiple clouds.
A comparable option that covers similar ground.
Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert
Required exam: SC-100
Adds Microsoft-estate architecture depth. Microsoft requires a prerequisite certification of its own.
Adds adjacent depth alongside the main sequence.
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