OCI Security Professional validates that you can apply security controls across identity, network, data protection, and operations.
What you should be able to do
- Design compartment and policy structure to support least privilege and governance.
- Use dynamic groups and principals correctly for resource access without long-lived keys.
- Apply encryption/key management concepts (Vault, customer-managed keys, rotation).
- Choose network security controls (NSGs/security lists, gateways, segmentation).
- Implement posture management/detection concepts (Cloud Guard, security zones).
- Ensure auditability: logging and Audit as the baseline.
How to prepare efficiently
- Study by objective using the Syllabus.
- Practice writing “minimal” policy statements that meet requirements.
- Use the Cheatsheet to memorize pickers (which control goes where).