specialty Cloud — AWS paid
AWS Certified Security – Specialty
Security engineers and cloud security specialists responsible for securing AWS workloads and data.
Exam facts
- Provider
- Amazon Web Services
- Exam code
- SCS-C02
- Level
- specialty
- Domain
- Cloud — AWS
- Exam format
- Multiple choice + multiple response, online proctored or Pearson VUE test center
- Duration
- 170 minutes
- Cost
- $300 USD
- Renewal
- 3 years
- Prerequisites
- None formally; AWS recommends 5 years of IT security experience and 2 years securing AWS workloads.
Recommended preparation
Master IAM policy evaluation, KMS encryption patterns, and incident response with services like GuardDuty, Security Hub, and CloudTrail through hands-on labs. Review the SCS-C02 exam guide and AWS security whitepapers before attempting the official practice question set.
Follow the free CloudSecOps 90-Day Learning Path — its final phase (days 76–90) is built for certification preparation.
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