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AWS Certified Security - Specialty Practice Exam

AWS-SECURITY-SPECIALTY

Validates expertise in securing AWS workloads. Demonstrates understanding of specialized data classifications and protection mechanisms.

Exam Details

Official AWS-SECURITY-SPECIALTY exam format

Questions
65
Time Limit
170 minutes
Passing Score
750/1000
Domains
6

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Practice Questions
100
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Exam Domains

The AWS Certified Security - Specialty exam covers 6 domains with different weight percentages

Domain 1: Threat Detection and Incident Response

14%

Design and implement incident response plans, detect security threats and anomalies.

Topics covered:
  • Incident response planning
  • GuardDuty
  • Security Hub findings
  • Threat intelligence
  • Forensics on AWS

Domain 2: Security Logging and Monitoring

18%

Design and implement security monitoring and alerting, troubleshoot security monitoring and alerting.

Topics covered:
  • CloudTrail
  • VPC Flow Logs
  • CloudWatch for security
  • Log aggregation
  • Security analytics

Domain 3: Infrastructure Security

20%

Design and implement security controls for edge services, network controls, and compute security.

Topics covered:
  • Edge security
  • Network security
  • VPC security
  • Compute security
  • Load balancer security

Domain 4: Identity and Access Management

16%

Design, implement, and troubleshoot authentication, authorization, and access control.

Topics covered:
  • IAM policies
  • IAM Identity Center
  • Cross-account access
  • Cognito security
  • Federation

Domain 5: Data Protection

18%

Design and implement controls to protect data at rest and in transit.

Topics covered:
  • CloudHSM
  • Encryption strategies
  • Certificate management
  • Secrets management
  • Data classification
  • KMS

Domain 6: Management and Security Governance

14%

Develop a strategy to centrally deploy and manage AWS accounts, implement a secure and consistent deployment strategy.

Topics covered:
  • AWS Organizations
  • Control Tower
  • AWS Config
  • Security governance
  • Cost and security tradeoffs

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about the AWS Certified Security - Specialty certification exam

How many questions are on the AWS Certified Security - Specialty exam?
The AWS Certified Security - Specialty (AWS-SECURITY-SPECIALTY) exam contains 65 questions that must be completed within 170 minutes.
What is the passing score for AWS Certified Security - Specialty?
You need to score 750 out of 1000 (75%) to pass the AWS Certified Security - Specialty certification exam.
What topics are covered in the AWS Certified Security - Specialty exam?
The exam covers 6 main domains: Threat Detection and Incident Response, Security Logging and Monitoring, Infrastructure Security, Identity and Access Management, Data Protection, Management and Security Governance. Each domain has different weight percentages based on importance.
How can BetaStudy help me pass the AWS Certified Security - Specialty exam?
BetaStudy provides 2,500+ practice questions covering all 6 exam domains, 100 unique practice exams that simulate real exam conditions, detailed explanations for every answer, and progress tracking to identify your weak areas.
Are the practice questions updated for the latest AWS-SECURITY-SPECIALTY exam?
Yes, our questions are automatically updated whenever the official exam syllabus changes. We monitor the official Amazon Web Services certification page and regenerate questions to match the current exam format.

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