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AWS Security Specialty
AWS Certified Security — Specialty (SCS-C02)

Deep AWS security: IAM, data protection, detection, incident response within AWS primitives.

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› Cost

Exam fee
AWS Security Specialty$300
Annual maintenance fee
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3-year cost of ownership
AWS Security Specialty$300

› Exam mechanics

Pass mark
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Retake policy
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Study time
AWS Security Specialty80–150 hrs
Validity
AWS Security Specialty3 yrs
CPE / yr
AWS Security Specialty0 CPEs
Delivery
AWS Security Specialtyonline proctored

› Salary signal (US base)

Range
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Median
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Premium %
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Role context
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› Quality (4-axis rubric · 0–10)

Schema quality
AWS Security Specialty9.0
Practice evidence
AWS Security Specialty6.0
Maintenance
AWS Security Specialty9.5
Market recognition
AWS Security Specialty9.0
Average
AWS Security Specialty8.4

› Recognition & lifecycle

Recognition
AWS Security SpecialtyGlobal · US · EU · UK
ISO 17024 accredited
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DoD 8140 baseline
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Holders worldwide
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Current version
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› Domain coverage

A1Governance, Risk & Compliance
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A10Security Operations
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A11Detection Engineering & Threat Hunting
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A12Data Security, Privacy & Protection
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A14OT/ICS Security
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A15Cryptography
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A23Recovery, Resilience & Cyber Recovery
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A5Cloud Security
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A6Identity & Access Management
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A9Penetration Testing & Red Teaming
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C1Adversarial Machine Learning
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