Additional resources
Good places to study alongside our practice questions. These are other people's sites: we don't run them and aren't affiliated with them.
Official exam information
Straight from AWS: what the exam covers and how it works.
AWS Certified Security – Specialty (opens in a new tab)
aws.amazon.com
AWS's own page for the certification: who it is for, how to book, the format (65 questions in 170 minutes) and the price.
SCS-C03 exam guide (opens in a new tab)
docs.aws.amazon.com
The definitive list of what the exam covers: the six domains, their weightings and the skills under each. Our domains and topics follow it.
SCS-C03 in-scope services (opens in a new tab)
docs.aws.amazon.com
The services AWS lists as in scope for SCS-C03. Security touches every service, so treat it as a guide to where to spend most of your time rather than a fence.
Free courses
Structured courses you can follow from the start, at no cost.
AWS Skill Builder (opens in a new tab)
skillbuilder.aws
AWS's own training site. Search for the Security – Specialty exam prep plan; the standard prep course is free with a Skill Builder account.
Reference reading
For going deeper on the ideas behind the questions.
AWS Security Incident Response Guide (opens in a new tab)
docs.aws.amazon.com
AWS's whitepaper on preparing for, detecting and responding to security events. It explains the order of steps that incident response questions expect.
AWS Well-Architected Framework: Security pillar (opens in a new tab)
docs.aws.amazon.com
The security design principles behind most answers on this exam: when two options both work, the better one usually follows these principles more closely.