- A
Enable GuardDuty in each member account and configure cross-account IAM roles to aggregate findings in the management account.
Why wrong: Member accounts can individually manage findings, but not centralized.
- B
Enable GuardDuty only in the management account and share findings via CloudWatch Logs cross-account subscription.
Why wrong: The management account can see findings, but the delegated admin is the intended way.
- C
Designate a delegated administrator account in Organizations, then enable GuardDuty in that account. GuardDuty will automatically aggregate findings from member accounts.
Correct design for centralized GuardDuty.
- D
Enable GuardDuty in the management account and use CloudWatch cross-account dashboard to view findings from member accounts.
Why wrong: Not the standard method.
SCS-C02 Threat Detection and Incident Response Practice Question
This SCS-C02 practice question tests your understanding of threat detection and incident response. This is a configuration task: choose the command set that satisfies every stated requirement. Small differences — like 'secret' vs 'password' or 'transport input ssh' vs 'all' — change whether the answer is correct. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
A company uses AWS Organizations and has enabled GuardDuty in the management account. The security team wants to view GuardDuty findings for all member accounts from a single delegated administrator account. Which configuration step is required?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
Designate a delegated administrator account in Organizations, then enable GuardDuty in that account. GuardDuty will automatically aggregate findings from member accounts.
Option C is correct because AWS Organizations allows you to designate a delegated administrator account for GuardDuty, which can then manage and view findings from all member accounts without needing to enable GuardDuty individually in each account. Once the delegated administrator is set up, GuardDuty automatically aggregates findings from all member accounts in the organization, providing a single-pane-of-glass view for the security team.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
Enable GuardDuty in each member account and configure cross-account IAM roles to aggregate findings in the management account.
Why it's wrong here
Member accounts can individually manage findings, but not centralized.
- ✗
Enable GuardDuty only in the management account and share findings via CloudWatch Logs cross-account subscription.
Why it's wrong here
The management account can see findings, but the delegated admin is the intended way.
- ✓
Designate a delegated administrator account in Organizations, then enable GuardDuty in that account. GuardDuty will automatically aggregate findings from member accounts.
Why this is correct
Correct design for centralized GuardDuty.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- ✗
Enable GuardDuty in the management account and use CloudWatch cross-account dashboard to view findings from member accounts.
Why it's wrong here
Not the standard method.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates often assume GuardDuty must be enabled manually in each account or that CloudWatch cross-account features can aggregate GuardDuty findings, but the exam tests knowledge of the delegated administrator feature which is the native, automated solution for multi-account aggregation.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
When you designate a delegated administrator for GuardDuty in AWS Organizations, GuardDuty automatically enables itself in all existing and future member accounts, and findings from those accounts are forwarded to the delegated administrator account. This is achieved through the GuardDuty service-linked role and the Organizations integration, which uses the RegisterDelegatedAdministrator API call. In a real-world scenario, this ensures that security teams can centrally monitor threats across hundreds of accounts without manual setup, and the delegated administrator can also manage GuardDuty configurations like threat lists and trusted IP sets for the entire organization.
KKey Concepts to Remember
- Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- Find the constraint that changes the correct option.
- Eliminate answers that are true in general but not in this case.
TExam Day Tips
- Watch for words such as best, first, most likely and least administrative effort.
- Review why wrong options are wrong, not only why the correct option is correct.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
How this comes up in practice
A company's IT admin needs to give a contractor read-only access to production logs without sharing account credentials. Using role-based access control (RBAC) and temporary scoped permissions — not a permanent shared password — is the correct pattern. Questions like this test whether you can apply least-privilege access across cloud identity services.
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What does this SCS-C02 question test?
Threat Detection and Incident Response — This question tests Threat Detection and Incident Response — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Designate a delegated administrator account in Organizations, then enable GuardDuty in that account. GuardDuty will automatically aggregate findings from member accounts. — Option C is correct because AWS Organizations allows you to designate a delegated administrator account for GuardDuty, which can then manage and view findings from all member accounts without needing to enable GuardDuty individually in each account. Once the delegated administrator is set up, GuardDuty automatically aggregates findings from all member accounts in the organization, providing a single-pane-of-glass view for the security team.
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