AWS Certified Security Specialty Exam
The AWS Certified Security Specialty exam was updated on July 11, 2023 and expanded from five domains to six. A new domain of Management and Security Governance was added. In addition to the additional domain, Domain 1 now includes threat detection.
The following table shows you the difference between the latest version of the exam outline and the previous one:
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SCS-C01 (Applicable up to July 11, 2023) |
SCS-C02 (Applicable from July 11, 2023) |
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Domain 1: Incident Response – 12% |
Domain 1: Threat Detection and Incident Response – 14% |
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Domain 2: Logging and Monitoring – 20% |
Domain 2: Security Logging and Monitoring – 18 % |
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Domain 3: Infrastructure Security – 26% |
Domain 3: Infrastructure Security – 20% |
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Domain 4: Identity and Access Management – 20 % |
Domain 4: Identity and Access Management – 16 % |
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Domain 5: Data Protection – 22% |
Domain 5: Data Protection – 18% |
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Domain 6: Management and Security Governance – 14% |
Table 0.1: Comparison between the previous and updated version of the exam
