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Start guided practiceSpecialty-level cloud security: threat detection and response, logging and monitoring, infrastructure and data protection, identity design, and governance at scale.
AWS Certified Security – Specialty is AWS's specialty-level cybersecurity certification, sat as exam SCS-C02. The exam runs for 2 hours 50 minutes and presents up to 65 questions, with a pass mark of 750 / 1000 (scaled). It costs US$300 at the standard rate.
AWS publishes the syllabus as 6 weighted domains. Infrastructure Security carries the most weight at 20%, and the three largest domains together account for roughly 56% of the scored content — worth knowing before you decide where study time goes.
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The published exam guide for SCS-C02, in the vendor's own order.
01Threat Detection and Incident Response
14%02Security Logging and Monitoring
18%03Infrastructure Security
20%04Identity and Access Management
16%05Data Protection
18%06Management and Security Governance
14%Five years of IT security experience, including two years securing AWS workloads.
Specialty level — Deep-dive credentials focused on a single technical domain.
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AWS lists up to 65 questions, to be completed in 2 hours 50 minutes. Question counts can vary slightly between exam forms, and unscored trial questions are sometimes included.
750 / 1000 (scaled). Confirm the current figure on the official exam page before booking, as vendors adjust cut scores when an exam form is refreshed.
The standard price is US$300. Local pricing, taxes and any retake policy vary by region, so check the official page for the figure that applies to you.
Five years of IT security experience, including two years securing AWS workloads.
The exam guide covers Threat Detection and Incident Response, Security Logging and Monitoring, Infrastructure Security, Identity and Access Management and Data Protection, plus 1 further domain. The full weighted breakdown is listed above.
Yes — this exam has 730 practice questions available here, each with the correct answer marked. They are community-contributed, compiled from exam discussions posted publicly by other people rather than written here, and most do not carry an explanation.