AWS Certified Security – Specialty – EXAMS – 420 QUESTIONS

The AWS Certified Security – Specialty (SCS-C02) exam is intended for individuals who perform a security role. The exam validates a candidate’s ability to effectively demonstrate knowledge about securing AWS products and services.

The exam also validates whether a candidate has the following:

• An understanding of specialized data classifications and AWS data protection mechanisms

• An understanding of data-encryption methods and AWS mechanisms to implement them

• An understanding of secure internet protocols and AWS mechanisms to implement them

• A working knowledge of AWS security services and features of services to provide a secure production environment

• Competency from 2 or more years of production deployment experience in using AWS security services and features

• The ability to make tradeoff decisions regarding cost, security, and deployment complexity to meet a set of application requirements

• An understanding of security operations and risks

Recommended AWS knowledge

The target candidate should have the following knowledge:

• The AWS shared responsibility model and its application

• General knowledge of AWS services and deploying cloud solutions

• Security controls for AWS environments and workloads

• Logging and monitoring strategies

• Vulnerability management and security automation

• Ways to integrate AWS security services with third-party tools

• Disaster recovery controls, including backup strategies

• Cryptography and key management

• Identity access management

• Data retention and lifecycle management

• How to troubleshoot security issues

• Multi-account governance and organizational compliance

• Threat detection and incident response strategies

Response types

There are two types of questions on the exam:

• Multiple choice: Has one correct response and three incorrect responses (distractors)

• Multiple response: Has two or more correct responses out of five or more response options

Select one or more responses that best complete the statement or answer the question. Distractors, or incorrect answers, are response options that a candidate with incomplete knowledge or skill might choose. Distractors are generally plausible responses that match the content area.

Unanswered questions are scored as incorrect; there is no penalty for guessing. The exam includes 50 questions that affect your score.

Unscored content

The exam includes 15 unscored questions that do not affect your score. AWS collects information about performance on these unscored questions to evaluate these questions for future use as scored questions. These unscored questions are not identified on the exam.

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