SCS-C03

AWS Certified Security - Specialty

SCS-C03 · Amazon Web Services

A free practice bank of 100 items covering all 6 exam domains, with spaced retrieval, confidence calibration and gap routing. Generated from the published SCS-C03 exam guide.

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Exam structure

65questions

170minutes

750passing score

100practice items here

50 of the 65 questions are scored; 15 are unscored and are not identified on the exam. Scaled 100-1000, pass at 750, which is higher than the 700 or 720 used by the foundational and associate exams. Compensatory across domains.

Domains and weights

Domain	Weight
Detection 1.1 Design and implement monitoring and alerting solutions 1.2 Design and implement logging solutions 1.3 Troubleshoot security monitoring, logging, and alerting	16%
Incident Response 2.1 Design and test an incident response plan 2.2 Respond to security events	14%
Infrastructure Security 3.1 Security controls for network edge services 3.2 Security controls for compute workloads 3.3 Design and troubleshoot network security controls	18%
Identity and Access Management 4.1 Design, implement, and troubleshoot authentication strategies 4.2 Design, implement, and troubleshoot authorization strategies	20%
Data Protection 5.1 Controls for data in transit 5.2 Controls for data at rest 5.3 Controls for confidential data, credentials, secrets, and key material	18%
Security Foundations and Governance 6.1 Centrally deploy and manage AWS accounts 6.2 Secure and consistent deployment strategy for cloud resources 6.3 Evaluate the compliance of AWS resources	14%

What the practice bank covers

100 items across 6 domains, using matching, multiple choice, multiple response, ordering question types. Items are weighted to the published domain split, so practice time lands where the exam does.