Cloud Security Certifications Worth Getting

Ronald Bass · 1 min read · May 22, 2026

Cloud security has become the fastest-growing specialty in cybersecurity, and the problem is that the certification landscape spans vendor-specific and vendor-neutral options that are easy to confuse. The certification worth getting is the one that matches where you work or want to work, because the cloud providers each have their own security model and their own credential.The vendor-specific certifications lead in practicality, with the AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud security specialties each proving you can secure that specific platform, and they are the ones employers ask for when their stack runs on that cloud. They are moderately priced, a few hundred dollars per exam, and they build directly on the general cloud certifications, so the natural path is the cloud fundamentals first, then the security specialty on the platform you use.The vendor-neutral options, like the Certified Cloud Security Professional from ISC2, cover the concepts across platforms and