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AWS Certified Security - Specialty (SCS-C03)

Validates ability to effectively protect AWS cloud solutions and services. For professionals responsible for securing cloud solutions with 3-5 years of experience in protecting cloud solutions.

What the AWS Certified Security - Specialty (SCS-C03) exam covers

Domains and their approximate weight on the exam.

Detection

16%

Design and implement monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions for AWS organizations and accounts. Troubleshoot security logging, alerting, and monitoring solutions.

Incident Response

14%

Design and test incident response plans. Respond to security events by capturing logs, validating findings, containing threats, and conducting root cause analysis.

Infrastructure Security

18%

Design, implement, and troubleshoot security controls for network edge services, compute workloads, and network security controls. Implement protections for generative AI applications.

Identity and Access Management

20%

Design, implement, and troubleshoot authentication and authorization strategies for human, application, and system access. Implement ABAC and RBAC strategies following least privilege principles.

Data Protection

18%

Design and implement controls for data in transit, data at rest, and protection of confidential data, secrets, and cryptographic key material. Configure encryption, data integrity, lifecycle management, and secure backup solutions.

Security Governance and Fundamentals

14%

Develop strategies for centralized AWS account deployment and management. Implement secure and consistent deployment strategies for cloud resources. Evaluate AWS resource compliance.

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