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A current guide to SCS-C03, including the December 2025 exam version, 170-minute Pearson VUE appointment, 65-question structure, ordering and matching item types, 750 passing score, candidate profile, and six official security domains.
SCS-C03 validates cloud security judgment across detection, incident response, infrastructure, IAM, data protection, and governance. Preparation should use the current SCS-C03 guide rather than SCS-C02 materials.
Use these points before building an AWS Security Specialty study plan.
The current AWS Certified Security - Specialty exam is SCS-C03, in use beginning December 2, 2025.
AWS lists Security - Specialty as a 170-minute Specialty exam delivered by Pearson VUE.
The current guide states that 50 questions affect the score and 15 unscored questions are not identified during testing.
SCS-C03 can include multiple-choice, multiple-response, ordering, and matching questions.
AWS reports scaled scores from 100 to 1000, with 750 as the minimum passing score.
Detection is 16%, Incident Response 14%, Infrastructure Security 18%, IAM 20%, Data Protection 18%, and Security Foundations and Governance 14%.
SCS-C03 replaced SCS-C02 beginning December 2, 2025. Candidates should check that practice exams, notes, and study plans reflect SCS-C03 domains and item types.
The target candidate secures cloud solutions and understands shared responsibility, identity at scale, multi-account governance, software supply chain risk, incident response, vulnerability management, logging, encryption, backup, and audit response.
SCS-C03 can include ordering and matching questions in addition to multiple-choice and multiple-response items. Candidates should practice sequencing response steps and matching controls to prompts.
Before test day, confirm appointment details, ID requirements, online proctoring or test center rules, system checks, and a pacing plan for 65 total questions in 170 minutes.
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AWS Certified Security - Specialty (SCS-C03) is the current Specialty exam for candidates who are responsible for securing cloud solutions and demonstrating knowledge of securing AWS products and services. AWS says SCS-C03 is in use beginning December 2, 2025, after SCS-C02, and the current guide expects the equivalent of 3-5 years of experience securing cloud solutions. The exam uses multiple-choice, multiple-response, ordering, and matching items, with 50 scored questions and 15 unscored questions that are not identified. Scores are reported from 100-1000, with 750 as the minimum passing score, and AWS lists the appointment as 170 minutes with Pearson VUE online proctored or test center delivery. The SCS-C03 domains are Detection (16%), Incident Response (14%), Infrastructure Security (18%), Identity and Access Management (20%), Data Protection (18%), and Security Foundations and Governance (14%). Candidates should review shared responsibility, identity at scale, multi-account governance, software supply chain risk, vulnerability management, logging, encryption, disaster recovery controls, audit response, and incident root cause analysis.
The current exam code is SCS-C03 for AWS Certified Security - Specialty.
AWS documentation states that SCS-C02 was in use until December 1, 2025 and SCS-C03 is in use beginning December 2, 2025.
AWS lists the Security - Specialty appointment as 170 minutes with 65 total questions.
AWS reports SCS-C03 scores on a 100 to 1000 scale, with 750 as the minimum passing score.
The current guide lists multiple-choice, multiple-response, ordering, and matching question types.
Build a checklist for detection, incident response, infrastructure security, IAM, data protection, security foundations, and governance.
Review IAM, Organizations, Control Tower, Security Hub, GuardDuty, Inspector, Detective, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, Config, Macie, KMS, ACM, WAF, Shield, Network Firewall, and Secrets Manager.
Use scenarios for finding validation, containment, root cause analysis, log correlation, automated remediation, key compromise, data exposure, and governance response.
Verify AWS Certification account access, Pearson VUE appointment, ID, online proctoring or test center requirements, and pacing before exam day.
Use the guide to self-serve, or talk to a coordinator if you need help mapping timelines, official requirements, or troubleshooting day-of logistics.
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