AWS Security study plan, week by week

1. Week 1

   Learn

   Focus: Detection, Incident Response

   • Take the free 10-question diagnostic to see where you start
   • Flashcards for this week's domains, a short session every study day
   • 80 practice questions from this week's domains, reading every explanation and its cited source

2. Week 2

   Learn

   Focus: Infrastructure Security

   • Flashcards for Infrastructure Security, a short session every study day
   • 80 practice questions from Infrastructure Security, reading every explanation and its cited source
   • Review your flashcard queue before starting the new domain

3. Week 3

   Learn

   Focus: Identity and Access Management

   • Flashcards for Identity and Access Management, a short session every study day
   • 80 practice questions from Identity and Access Management, reading every explanation and its cited source
   • Review your flashcard queue before starting the new domain

4. Week 4

   Learn

   Focus: Data Protection, Security Foundations and Governance

   • Flashcards for this week's domains, a short session every study day
   • 80 practice questions from this week's domains, reading every explanation and its cited source
   • Review your flashcard queue before starting the new domain

5. Week 5

   Practice

   Weighted toward: Identity and Access Management, Infrastructure Security, Data Protection

   • 120 mixed questions across every domain, weighted toward Identity and Access Management
   • Redo your missed questions until each one sticks
   • Check your Readiness Read and move your time to the weakest domain it names
   • Your first mock exam (full length): 65 questions in 170 minutes, under the timer

6. Week 6

   Practice

   Weighted toward: Detection, Incident Response, Security Foundations and Governance

   • 120 mixed questions across every domain, weighted toward Identity and Access Management
   • Redo your missed questions until each one sticks
   • Check your Readiness Read and move your time to the weakest domain it names

7. Week 7

   Exam rehearsal

   Weighted toward: Identity and Access Management, Infrastructure Security, Data Protection

   • Mock exam (full length): 65 questions in 170 minutes, under the timer
   • Review every question you missed on it, then 80 more from the domains it exposed

8. Week 8

   Exam rehearsal

   Weighted toward: Identity and Access Management, Infrastructure Security, Data Protection

   • Mock exam (full length): 65 questions in 170 minutes, under the timer
   • Review every question you missed on it, then 80 more from the domains it exposed
   • The day before the exam: a light flashcard review and nothing new

Question targets assume about 3 minutes a question, including the explanation and its source. Learn weeks follow the official domain order and give heavier domains more time. Mock exams and questions beyond the free 25 need Pro.