This SCS-C02 practice question tests your understanding of threat detection and incident response. Match the stated requirement to the specific cloud service, access model, or configuration option — many options are valid in isolation but not for this scenario. 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.
An organization uses AWS Organizations with multiple accounts. The security team needs a centralized location to collect and analyze security findings from GuardDuty, Inspector, and Macie. Which AWS service should they use?
Amazon Detective
Why wrong: Detective analyzes findings but does not aggregate from multiple services.
AWS Security Hub
Security Hub centralizes security alerts across accounts and services.
Amazon CloudWatch
Why wrong: CloudWatch is for metrics and logs, not security findings.
AWS Config
Why wrong: Config tracks resource configurations, not security findings.
Answer choices
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Correct answer & explanation
AWS Security Hub
AWS Security Hub is the correct service because it provides a centralized view of security alerts and compliance status across multiple AWS accounts. It aggregates findings from GuardDuty, Inspector, and Macie, normalizing them into the AWS Security Finding Format (ASFF), enabling the security team to analyze and prioritize threats in a single dashboard.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
Amazon Detective
Why it's wrong here
Detective analyzes findings but does not aggregate from multiple services.
AWS Security Hub
Why this is correct
Security Hub centralizes security alerts across accounts and services.
Related concept
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Amazon CloudWatch
Why it's wrong here
CloudWatch is for metrics and logs, not security findings.
AWS Config
Why it's wrong here
Config tracks resource configurations, not security findings.
Common exam traps
The trap here is that candidates confuse Amazon Detective’s investigative capabilities with Security Hub’s aggregation role, assuming Detective can centralize findings, when in fact Detective is a post-finding analysis tool that requires Security Hub or GuardDuty to provide the initial findings.
Detailed technical explanation
Security Hub uses the AWS Security Finding Format (ASFF), a JSON-based schema, to ingest findings from enabled services and third-party integrations. It supports cross-region aggregation and multi-account management via AWS Organizations, allowing the security team to enable Security Hub in the management account and designate a delegated administrator. A real-world scenario involves using Security Hub’s automated response actions with Amazon EventBridge to trigger remediation workflows when critical findings are detected.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
A cloud solutions architect for a retail company is evaluating services for a new workload. The correct answer here reflects best practice for the specific scenario described — not a general cloud recommendation. Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option. Cloud exam questions reward reading the constraint carefully: the same technology can be right or wrong depending on the use case.
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Threat Detection and Incident Response — This question tests Threat Detection and Incident Response — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
The correct answer is: AWS Security Hub — AWS Security Hub is the correct service because it provides a centralized view of security alerts and compliance status across multiple AWS accounts. It aggregates findings from GuardDuty, Inspector, and Macie, normalizing them into the AWS Security Finding Format (ASFF), enabling the security team to analyze and prioritize threats in a single dashboard.
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