SCS-C01 Exam Preparation Material | AWS Certified Security Specialty

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Question#1

A company's Security Auditor discovers that users are able to assume roles without using multi-factor authentication (MFA).
An example of a current policy being applied to these users is as follows:

The Security Auditor finds that the users who are able to assume roles without MFA are alt coming from the AWS CLI. These users are using long-term AWS credentials.
Which changes should a Security Engineer implement to resolve this security issue? (Select TWO.)
A)

B)

C)

D)

E)

A. Option A

B. Option B

C. Option C

D. Option D

E. Option E

Question#2

You want to ensure that you keep a check on the Active EBS Volumes, Active snapshots and Elastic IP addresses you use so that you don't go beyond the service limit.
Which of the below services can help in this regard?

A. AWS Cloudwatch

B. AWS EC2

C. AWS Trusted Advisor

D. AWS SNS

Explanation:
Below is a snapshot of the service limits that the Trusted Advisor can monitor

Option A is invalid because even though you can monitor resources, it cannot be checked against the service limit.
Option B is invalid because this is the Elastic Compute cloud service
Option D is invalid because it can be send notification but not check on service limit
For more information on the Trusted Advisor monitoring, please visit the below URL: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/ta-faqs>
The correct answer is: AWS Trusted Advisor Submit your Feedback/Queries to our Experts

Question#3

A company has an existing AWS account and a set of critical resources hosted in that account. The employee who was in-charge of the root account has left the company.
What must be now done to secure the account. Choose 3 answers from the options given below.

A. Change the access keys for all IAM users.

B. Delete all custom created IAM policies

C. Delete the access keys for the root account

D. Confirm MFAtoa secure device

E. Change the password for the root account

F. Change the password for all IAM users

Explanation:
Now if the root account has a chance to be compromised, then you have to carry out the below steps

Question#4

A company has set up EC2 instances on the AW5 Cloud. There is a need to see all the IP addresses which are accessing the EC2 Instances.
Which service can help achieve this?

A. Use the AWS Inspector service

B. Use AWS VPC Flow Logs

C. Use Network ACL's

D. Use Security Groups

Explanation:
The AWS Documentation mentions the foil
A flow log record represents a network flow in your flow log. Each record captures the network flow for a specific 5-tuple, for a specific capture window. A 5-tuple is a set of five different values that specify the source, destination, and protocol for an internet protocol (IP) flow.
Options A,C and D are all invalid because these services/tools cannot be used to get the the IP addresses which are accessing the EC2 Instances For more information on VPC Flow Logs please visit the URL
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/UserGuide/flow-logs.html
The correct answer is: Use AWS VPC Flow Logs Submit vour Feedback/Queries to our Experts

Question#5

Your IT Security team has identified a number of vulnerabilities across critical EC2 Instances in the company's AWS Account.
Which would be the easiest way to ensure these vulnerabilities are remediated?

A. Create AWS Lambda functions to download the updates and patch the servers.

B. Use AWS CLI commands to download the updates and patch the servers.

C. Use AWS inspector to patch the servers

D. Use AWS Systems Manager to patch the servers

Explanation:
The AWS Documentation mentions the following
You can quickly remediate patch and association compliance issues by using Systems Manager Run Command. You can tat either instance IDs or Amazon EC2 tags and execute the AWS-RefreshAssociation document or the AWS-RunPatchBaseline document. If refreshing the association or re-running the patch baseline fails to resolve the compliance issue, then you need to investigate your associations, patch baselines, or instance configurations to understand why the Run Command executions did not resolve the problem
Options A and B are invalid because even though this is possible, still from a maintenance perspective it would be difficult to maintain the Lambda functions
Option C is invalid because this service cannot be used to patch servers
For more information on using Systems Manager for compliance remediation please visit the below Link:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manaeer/latest/usereuide/sysman-compliance-
fixing.html
The correct answer is: Use AWS Systems Manager to patch the servers Submit your Feedback/Queries to our Experts

Exam Code: SCS-C01
Q & A: 470 Q&As Updated: Oct 08,2026

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Exam Code: SCS-C01
Q & A: 470 Q&As
Updated: Oct 08,2026

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