Certifications guide
The right credential, at the right stage.
Certifications open doors when they match the job. Each one below shows who it's for, which roadmap uses it, and where to practise.
New · Anthropic Claude certification program
Claude certifications
Anthropic runs a Claude certification program with proctored exams delivered through Pearson VUE, for practitioners, developers and architects. Our readiness exams are independent practice, not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic.
CCAO-F · Anthropic
Claude Certified Associate – Foundations
Practical use of Claude: prompting, evaluating output, workflow design and responsible use.
Practitioners who advise teams on using Claude day to day.
CCDV-F · Anthropic
Claude Certified Developer – Foundations
Building applications on the Claude API.
Developers integrating Claude into products.
CCAR-F · Anthropic
Claude Certified Architect – Foundations
Designing Claude solutions: agents, tools, context and workflows.
Engineers designing agentic systems for organisations.
CCAR-P · Anthropic
Claude Certified Architect – Professional
Advanced architecture of Claude solutions at scale.
Senior architects leading Claude deployments.
Entry
SEC+ · CompTIA
CompTIA Security+
Core security concepts, threats, architecture, operations and governance.
A first security credential, and a common baseline for SOC and government roles.
Associate
CEH · EC-Council
Certified Ethical Hacker
Attack techniques, reconnaissance, exploitation and tooling.
Early offensive-security roles and penetration testing teams.
AWS-SAA · Amazon Web Services
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Designing secure, resilient and cost-aware AWS architectures.
Cloud engineers and cloud security engineers working on AWS.
AZ-104 · Microsoft
Microsoft Azure Administrator
Identity, networking, storage and compute administration on Azure.
Engineers working in Microsoft-centred organisations.
GCP-ACE · Google Cloud
Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer
Deploying and operating workloads on Google Cloud.
Engineers working on Google Cloud.
Professional
OSCP · OffSec
OffSec Certified Professional
Hands-on exploitation under exam conditions.
Proving practical penetration-testing ability.
AWS-SCS · Amazon Web Services
AWS Certified Security – Specialty
Identity, detection, data protection and incident response on AWS.
Cloud security engineers who already hold an associate AWS credential.
Expert
CISSP · ISC2
Certified Information Systems Security Professional
Security leadership across eight domains, from risk to software security.
Senior engineers moving into architecture, management or GRC. Requires work experience.
CCSP · ISC2
Certified Cloud Security Professional
Cloud data security, architecture, operations and legal considerations.
Experienced professionals specialising in cloud security. Requires work experience.