{"id":101427,"date":"2026-07-10T18:33:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T13:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/?p=101427"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:34:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T13:04:33","slug":"aws-security-projects-scs-c03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/aws-security-projects-scs-c03\/","title":{"rendered":"10 AWS Security Projects SCS-C03 Candidates Should Build"},"content":{"rendered":"

If the AWS Certified Security Specialty (SCS-C03) is on your list this year, you probably already work with AWS. The exam is built on that assumption. It is a specialty-level cert, and it tests depth in security across six domains:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Threat detection and incident response<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Logging and monitoring<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Infrastructure security<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Identity and access management<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Data protection<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Governance<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Sit with a few practice questions and you will notice that working on AWS security projects is inevitable to pass SCS-C03. Because in the exam, they rarely ask what a service does. They hand you a situation instead.\u00a0 An application is storing unencrypted data. An account is showing unusual API activity. Then they ask what you would do.<\/span><\/p>\n

    And when you read the four options, all of them look right. KMS does encrypt buckets. Bucket policies do block public access. Macie does find sensitive data. There are no false options to cross out. The only way to pick correctly is to recognise the situation, and you recognise situations you have handled before.<\/span><\/p>\n

    That is the case for hands-on practice, and it is the thinking behind this blog.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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