Who this course is for

• People trying to pass the new SnowPro Advanced: Security Engineer certification exam issued recently by Snowflake.

• Snowflake experts trying to prove their security skills on using Snowflake.

• Security Administrators, Security Engineers, and Security Architects.

• Snowflake Security Engineers.

This is not an introduction to Snowflake, as you should already have some advanced knowledge on this platform. Passing the SnowPro Core certification exam is also a requirement for this SnowPro Advanced: Security Engineer Certification Exam.

About your Instructor

• My name is Cristian Scutaru and I’m a world-class expert in Snowflake, former SnowPro SME (Subject Matter Expert) and Snowflake Data Superhero.

• For several years, I helped Snowflake create many of the exam questions out there. Many of the Advanced exam questions and answers from the SnowPro exams have been indeed created by me.

• I passed over the years most SnowPro certification exams myself, all from the first attempt. I passed this exam as well!

• In the last 3-4 years alone, I passed over 40 paid proctored certification exams overall. And I still never failed one, I have been lucky so far.

The course also contains one high-quality practice test with 30 exam-like questions

• All questions are closely emulated from those currently found in the actual SnowPro Advanced: Security Engineer certification exam.

• All questions are curated and very similar to the actual exam questions, which are rather short as well for the most part.

• Some exam questions include short portions of SQL code, as this certification is targeted also for SQL developers.

• Unlike the real exam, you'll know right away what questions you missed, and what the correct answers are.

• Detailed explanations with external references for any possible choice, in each practice test question.

• Quiz question types are mostly multi-choice and multi-select, emulating as structure the ones you'll get at the exam.

Specifics of the real exam

• Announced by the end of 2025, as a beta specialty exam

• 55 questions (70 questions in the beta exam)

• 85 minutes time limit (120 minutes for the beta exam)

• Passing score is scaled at around 75%

• Valid for 2 years

• $375 US fee per attempt

What the exam will test you for

• Design and enforce data protection, privacy, and governance across Snowflake.

• Implement and manage user identity and access control mechanisms.

• Audit and monitor security policies, controls, and regulatory compliance requirements.

• Assess threats and risks, and execute robust security incident response protocols.

• Leverage Snowflake AI/ML capabilities to enhance security posture.

  
  

What the typical candidate may have

• 2 or more years of hands-on experience managing data governance and data security on a complex Snowflake account.

• 2 or more years of general IT cloud security and data governance experience.

• Basic SQL and Python knowledge.

Exam domain breakdown (from the Study Guide)

• Access Control and Identity Management - 22%

• Data Protection, Data Privacy, and Data Governance - 30%

• Auditing, Monitoring, and Compliance - 18%

• Threats, Risk Assessment, Incident Response, and Forensics - 18%

• Securing Snowflake Services and Features for AI/ML and Applications - 12%

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