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A Cloud Security Engineer focuses specifically on securing cloud-native infrastructure: IAM policies, network segmentation, workload identity, and posture management across AWS, Azure, or GCP. A general Cybersecurity Specialist typically covers a broader remit including on-premises networks, endpoint security, and incident response that isn't cloud-specific.
AWS Certified Security - Specialty and Azure's AZ-500 are the two most commonly requested certifications, since most employers standardise on one of those two platforms. Kubernetes-specific security certification (CKS) is increasingly valuable as containerised workloads grow.