Cybersecurity
Security Architecture & Engineering certifications
107 active certifications from 40 issuers, plus 1 upcoming. Within each level the most recognised come first (industry recognition, and how many career tracks use them). Open one for prerequisites, recognition and career paths.
31 Beginner67 Intermediate9 Expert
Beginner 31 active
- Linux+CompTIA Linux+
CompTIA
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- $399
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- KCSAKubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate
Linux Foundation / CNCF
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- $250
- Renewal
- Every 2 years
- PDSO CDPPDSO Certified DevSecOps Professional
Practical DevSecOps
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- $899
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
- eAISINE AI Systems Security Specialist
INE Security
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- Price not published by INE Security
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- A+CompTIA A+
CompTIA
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- US$548 (combined fees)
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- AWS CPAWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
AWS
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- $100
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- AZ-900Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
Microsoft
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- Price not published by Microsoft
- Renewal
- Does not expire
- CACSexida Certified Automation Cybersecurity Specialist
exida
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- Price not published by exida
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
- ISA CFSISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Fundamentals Specialist
ISA
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- $2,700
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- KCNACloud Native Computing Foundation Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate
CNCF
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- $250
- Renewal
- Every 2 years
- CIoTPCertNexus Certified Internet of Things Practitioner
CertNexus
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- Price not published by CertNexus
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- eEDAINE Security Enterprise Defense Administrator
INE Security
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- Price not published by INE Security
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
Show all 31 beginner certifications (19 more)
- LPI Security EssentialsLPI Security Essentials
LPI
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- $120
- Renewal
- Does not expire
- CompTIA CSISCompTIA Secure Infrastructure Specialist
CompTIA
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- Price not published by CompTIA
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- BCS EXIN BlockchainBCS EXIN Essentials Certificate in Blockchain
BCS
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- Price not published by BCS
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
- ECC CSEEC-Council Cloud Security Essentials
EC-Council
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- $299
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- ECC ISEEC-Council IoT Security Essentials
EC-Council
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- $299
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- IoTBIZCertNexus IoT for Business Professionals
CertNexus
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- Price not published by CertNexus
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
- ISACA Cloud FundamentalsISACA Cloud Fundamentals Certificate
ISACA
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- $144
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- ISACA IoT FundamentalsISACA IoT Fundamentals Certificate
ISACA
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- $144
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- CIoTSPCertNexus Certified IoT Security Practitioner
CertNexus
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- $367.50
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- Cloud+CompTIA Cloud+
CompTIA
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- $399
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- EITCA/ISEITCA/IS Information Security Academy
EITCA
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- Price not published by EITCA
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- Google ACEGoogle Associate Cloud Engineer
Google Cloud
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- $125
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- LFCALinux Foundation Certified IT Associate
Linux Foundation
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- $250
- Renewal
- Every 2 years
- MCSFMosse Institute Cloud Services Fundamentals
Mosse Institute
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- $450
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
- MSAFMosse Institute System Administration Fundamentals
Mosse Institute
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- $450
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
- Server+CompTIA Server+
CompTIA
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- $399
- Renewal
- Does not expire
- SOG CCSP-AWSThe SecOps Group Certified Cloud Security Practitioner–AWS
The SecOps Group
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- £100 exam
- Renewal
- Does not expire
- TUV COSPTÜV AUSTRIA Certified OT Security Practitioner
TÜV AUSTRIA
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- Price not published by TÜV AUSTRIA
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
- TUV COSTETÜV AUSTRIA Certified OT Security Technical Expert
TÜV AUSTRIA
- Level
- Beginner
- Exam fee
- Price not published by TÜV AUSTRIA
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
Intermediate 67 active + 1 upcoming
- CKSCloud Native Computing Foundation Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist
CNCF
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $445
- Renewal
- Every 2 years
- CCSPISC2 Certified Cloud Security Professional
ISC2
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $599
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- CKACloud Native Computing Foundation Certified Kubernetes Administrator
CNCF
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $445
- Renewal
- Every 2 years
- GCSAGIAC Cloud Security Automation
GIAC
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $999
- Renewal
- Every 4 years
- PDSO CDEPDSO Certified DevSecOps Expert
Practical DevSecOps
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $1,199
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
- ISA CCSTISA Certified Control Systems Technician
ISA
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by ISA
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- SC-500Microsoft Certified: Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate
Microsoft
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by Microsoft
- Renewal
- Every 1 year
- SecAI+CompTIA SecAI+
CompTIA
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $298
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- GAIPSGIAC AI Platform Security
GIAC
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $999
- Renewal
- Every 4 years
- AWS CSSAWS Certified Security - Specialty
AWS
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $300
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- AZ-104Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
Microsoft
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by Microsoft
- Renewal
- Every 1 year
- CACEexida Certified Automation Cybersecurity Expert
exida
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by exida
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
Show all 68 intermediate certifications (56 more)
- CSA CCSKCloud Security Alliance Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge
Cloud Security Alliance
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $445
- Renewal
- Does not expire
- CSA CCZTCloud Security Alliance Certificate of Competence in Zero Trust
Cloud Security Alliance
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $175
- Renewal
- Does not expire
- GCIPGIAC Critical Infrastructure Protection
GIAC
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $999
- Renewal
- Every 4 years
- GDSAGIAC Defensible Security Architecture
GIAC
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $999
- Renewal
- Every 4 years
- GICSPGIAC Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional
GIAC
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $999
- Renewal
- Every 4 years
- Google PCSEGoogle Professional Cloud Security Engineer
Google Cloud
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $200
- Renewal
- Every 2 years
- GPCSGIAC Public Cloud Security
GIAC
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $999
- Renewal
- Every 4 years
- GRIDGIAC Response and Industrial Defense
GIAC
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $999
- Renewal
- Every 4 years
- ISA CAPISA Certified Automation Professional (CAP)
ISA
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by ISA
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- ISA CDSISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Design Specialist
ISA
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by ISA
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- ISA CEISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Expert
ISA
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $2,700
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- ISA CRASISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Specialist
ISA
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by ISA
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- LPIC-1Linux Professional Institute LPIC-1
LPI
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- US$400 (combined fees)
- Renewal
- Every 5 years
- LPIC-3LPIC-3 Security
LPI
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $200
- Renewal
- Every 5 years
- MDSOMosse Institute Certified DevSecOps Engineer
Mosse Institute
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $699
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
- RHCSARed Hat Certified System Administrator
Red Hat
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by Red Hat
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- SABSA SCFSABSA Chartered Security Architect – Foundation Certificate
SABSA Institute
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by SABSA Institute
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
- SABSA SCPSABSA Chartered Security Architect – Practitioner Certificate
SABSA Institute
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by SABSA Institute
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
- CFSPexida Certified Functional Safety Professional
exida
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by exida
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- CSPAISISA Certified Security Professional in Artificial Intelligence
SISA (with CERT-In)
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by SISA (with CERT-In)
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
- PECB CAISPPECB Certified Artificial Intelligence Security Professional
PECB
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by PECB
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- CCNSEPractical DevSecOps Certified Cloud-Native Security Expert
Practical DevSecOps
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- US$999 (course + exam bundle)
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
- PDSO CCSEPractical DevSecOps Certified Container Security Expert
Practical DevSecOps
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- US$599 (course + exam bundle)
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
- PQCSPost-Quantum Certified Specialist
Quantum Academy (Post-Quantum Institute)
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $599
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- CCCSCrowdStrike Certified Cloud Specialist
CrowdStrike
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by CrowdStrike
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
- CompTIA CSCPCompTIA Secure Cloud Professional
CompTIA
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by CompTIA
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- CWNP CSAECertified Security Administrator and Engineer
CWNP
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $399
- Renewal
- Every 5 years
- ECC ICS/SCADAEC-Council ICS/SCADA Cybersecurity
EC-Council
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by EC-Council
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- PECB CCSAPECB Certified Cloud Security Analyst
PECB
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by PECB
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- SecOT+CompTIA SecOT+
CompTIA
Upcoming- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by CompTIA
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- AWS SAAAWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
AWS
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $150
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- AZ-305Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Microsoft
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by Microsoft
- Renewal
- Every 1 year
- C)CSOMile2 Certified Cloud Security Officer
Mile2
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $500
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- CCSEEC-Council Certified Cloud Security Engineer
EC-Council
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by EC-Council
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- CIS LIIBITGQ ISO 27001:2022 Certified ISMS Lead Implementer
IBITGQ
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by IBITGQ
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- CKADCloud Native Computing Foundation Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
CNCF
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $445
- Renewal
- Every 2 years
- CLCSMPECB Lead Cloud Security Manager
PECB
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by PECB
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- DCADocker Certified Associate
Mirantis
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $199
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
- GCADGIAC Cloud Security Architecture and Design
GIAC
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $999
- Renewal
- Every 4 years
- GCLDGIAC Cloud Security Essentials
GIAC
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $999
- Renewal
- Every 4 years
- GCTDGIAC Cloud Threat Detection
GIAC
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $999
- Renewal
- Every 4 years
- Google PCSAGoogle Professional Cloud Architect
Google Cloud
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $200
- Renewal
- Every 2 years
- LFCSLinux Foundation Certified System Administrator
Linux Foundation
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $445
- Renewal
- Every 2 years
- LPIC-2Linux Professional Institute LPIC-2
LPI
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- US$400 (combined fees)
- Renewal
- Every 5 years
- MCSEMosse Institute Certified Cloud Security Engineer
Mosse Institute
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $595
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
- PAN Cloud Sec EngPalo Alto Networks Certified Cloud Security Engineer
Palo Alto Networks
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by Palo Alto Networks
- Renewal
- Every 2 years
- SCASUSE Certified Administrator in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $149
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
- SCESUSE Certified Engineer in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $195
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
- SFCCCCSalesforce Certified Experience Cloud Consultant
Salesforce
Renamed from SFCCCC- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by Salesforce
- Renewal
- Every 1 year
- SFCTASalesforce Certified Technical Architect
Salesforce
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by Salesforce
- Renewal
- Every 1 year
- SFSASalesforce Certified System Architect
Salesforce
Renamed from SFSA- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by Salesforce
- Renewal
- Every 1 year
- SPLK-3001Splunk Enterprise Security Certified Admin
Splunk
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- $130
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- TUV COSMTÜV AUSTRIA Certified OT Security Manager
TÜV AUSTRIA
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by TÜV AUSTRIA
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
- TUV COTCPTUV Rheinland Certified Operational Technology Cybersecurity Professional (GERMAN)
TÜV Rheinland
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by TÜV Rheinland
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
- VCP-DCVVMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization
VMware
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by VMware
- Renewal
- Does not expire
- VCP-NVVMware Certified Professional - Network Virtualization
Broadcom
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam fee
- Price not published by Broadcom
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
Expert 9 active
- ISSAPISC2 Information Systems Security Architecture Professional
ISC2
- Level
- Expert
- Exam fee
- $599
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- SC-100Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert
Microsoft
- Level
- Expert
- Exam fee
- Price not published by Microsoft
- Renewal
- Every 1 year
- CFSEexida Certified Functional Safety Expert
exida
- Level
- Expert
- Exam fee
- Price not published by exida
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- ISSEPISC2 Information Systems Security Engineering Professional
ISC2
- Level
- Expert
- Exam fee
- $599
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- AWS SAPAWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
AWS
- Level
- Expert
- Exam fee
- $300
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- RHCARed Hat Certified Architect in Enterprise Linux
Red Hat
- Level
- Expert
- Exam fee
- Price not published by Red Hat
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- RHCERed Hat Certified Engineer in Ansible
Red Hat
- Level
- Expert
- Exam fee
- Price not published by Red Hat
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- CompTIA CSIECompTIA Secure Infrastructure Expert
CompTIA
- Level
- Expert
- Exam fee
- Price not published by CompTIA
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- SABSA SCMSABSA Chartered Security Architect – Master Certificate
SABSA Institute
- Level
- Expert
- Exam fee
- Price not published by SABSA Institute
- Renewal
- Not catalogued yet
Retired certifications (20)
No longer offered; listed for reference, with the replacement where the issuer names one.
- Apple ACSP Apple Certified Support Professional
- AZ-220 Microsoft Certified: Azure IoT Developer Specialty retired 2023-07
- AZ-500 Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate retired 2026-08 → replaced by SC-500
- Cloud Essentials CompTIA Cloud Essentials
- CREST CRTSA CREST Registered Technical Security Architect
- CSA CGC Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Governance & Compliance → replaced by CSA CCSK
- CSSA Infosec Institute Certified SCADA Security Architect
- EXIN PCA EXIN Professional Cloud Administrator
- EXIN PCD EXIN Professional Cloud Developer
- EXIN PCSA EXIN Professional Cloud Solution Architect
- EXIN PCSerM EXIN Professional Cloud Service Manager
- EXIN PCSM EXIN Professional Cloud Security Manager
- FCP PCS Fortinet Certified Professional - Public Cloud Security retired 2026-07
- FCP SO Fortinet Certified Professional - Security Operations retired 2026-07
- FCSS OT Fortinet Certified Solution Specialist - OT Security retired 2026-07
- FCSS PCS Fortinet Certified Solution Specialist - Public Cloud Security retired 2026-07
- FCSS SO Fortinet Certified Solution Specialist - Security Operations retired 2026-07
- GCWN GIAC Certified Windows Security Administrator
- VCIX DCV VMware Certified Implementation Expert in Datacenter Virtualization
- VCIX NV VMware Certified Implementation Expert in Network Virtualization