- A
Enable AWS Security Hub with an administrator account in the organization; integrate GuardDuty, Macie, Inspector, and Firewall Manager as finding providers
Security Hub's organization integration automatically enables member accounts and routes their findings to the designated administrator account. All findings — regardless of source service — are normalized to ASFF with a consistent severity schema. The security team sees one consolidated dashboard instead of five separate consoles.
- B
Deploy a custom Lambda function that polls each service's API and writes findings to a DynamoDB table for a custom dashboard
Why wrong: Building a custom aggregation pipeline replicates what Security Hub already provides as a managed service, with significant additional development and maintenance overhead. Each service has a different API schema; normalizing them requires custom mapping logic that Security Hub handles natively.
- C
Enable Amazon Detective to investigate and correlate security findings across all accounts
Why wrong: Amazon Detective analyzes CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs, and GuardDuty findings to help investigate the scope and root cause of a security incident. It is an investigation tool, not an aggregation or prioritization dashboard. It does not ingest findings from Macie, Inspector, or Firewall Manager.
- D
Configure AWS Config conformance packs to evaluate security compliance checks across all accounts and report to an aggregator account
Why wrong: Config conformance packs check resource configurations against rules and report compliance. They cover configuration compliance, not runtime threat detection or data security findings from services like GuardDuty (threat detection) or Macie (S3 data sensitivity). Security Hub aggregates both configuration and runtime findings.
Quick Answer
The answer is AWS Security Hub, which provides a centralized security findings dashboard across multiple accounts. This service aggregates and normalizes findings from GuardDuty, Macie, Inspector, and Firewall Manager into the AWS Security Finding Format (ASFF), allowing you to prioritize by severity without switching between services. By designating an administrator account in AWS Organizations, you can view all findings from up to 30 accounts in a single, unified interface. On the SOA-C02 exam, this question tests your understanding of Security Hub’s cross-account aggregation role, often appearing as a scenario where a CISO demands a single-pane-of-glass view. A common trap is confusing Security Hub with GuardDuty or Inspector, which generate findings but do not centralize or normalize them across accounts. Remember: Security Hub is the hub—it collects, normalizes, and prioritizes, while the others are spoke services that produce raw findings. Memory tip: “Hub unifies, spokes supply.”
SOA-C02 Practice Question: AWS Security Hub for aggregated security findings…
This SOA-C02 practice question tests your understanding of security and compliance. 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. A key principle to apply: aWS Security Hub. 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.
The CISO asks for a centralized dashboard showing security findings from GuardDuty, Macie, Inspector, and Firewall Manager across 30 AWS accounts. Findings must be normalized into a single format so they can be prioritized by severity without switching between services. Which AWS service provides this capability?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
Enable AWS Security Hub with an administrator account in the organization; integrate GuardDuty, Macie, Inspector, and Firewall Manager as finding providers
AWS Security Hub is designed to aggregate, normalize, and prioritize security findings from multiple AWS services (GuardDuty, Macie, Inspector, Firewall Manager) and third-party tools across accounts. By designating an administrator account in AWS Organizations, you can centrally view all findings in a single dashboard, with a standardized findings format (AWS Security Finding Format, ASFF) that includes severity, resource, and remediation fields. This directly meets the CISO's requirement for a centralized, normalized, severity-prioritized view without switching between services.
Key principle: AWS Security Hub
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 AWS Security Hub with an administrator account in the organization; integrate GuardDuty, Macie, Inspector, and Firewall Manager as finding providers
Why this is correct
Security Hub's organization integration automatically enables member accounts and routes their findings to the designated administrator account. All findings — regardless of source service — are normalized to ASFF with a consistent severity schema. The security team sees one consolidated dashboard instead of five separate consoles.
Related concept
AWS Security Hub
- ✗
Deploy a custom Lambda function that polls each service's API and writes findings to a DynamoDB table for a custom dashboard
Why it's wrong here
Building a custom aggregation pipeline replicates what Security Hub already provides as a managed service, with significant additional development and maintenance overhead. Each service has a different API schema; normalizing them requires custom mapping logic that Security Hub handles natively.
- ✗
Enable Amazon Detective to investigate and correlate security findings across all accounts
Why it's wrong here
Amazon Detective analyzes CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs, and GuardDuty findings to help investigate the scope and root cause of a security incident. It is an investigation tool, not an aggregation or prioritization dashboard. It does not ingest findings from Macie, Inspector, or Firewall Manager.
- ✗
Configure AWS Config conformance packs to evaluate security compliance checks across all accounts and report to an aggregator account
Why it's wrong here
Config conformance packs check resource configurations against rules and report compliance. They cover configuration compliance, not runtime threat detection or data security findings from services like GuardDuty (threat detection) or Macie (S3 data sensitivity). Security Hub aggregates both configuration and runtime findings.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates often confuse Amazon Detective (a visualization/investigation tool) with Security Hub (a centralized finding aggregation and prioritization service), or they assume a custom Lambda solution is acceptable despite the exam's emphasis on managed, scalable services that reduce operational burden.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Security Hub uses the AWS Security Finding Format (ASFF), a JSON schema that normalizes findings from all integrated services into a common structure with fields like 'Severity' (using a normalized 0.0–100.0 scale), 'Types', and 'Remediation'. Under the hood, Security Hub automatically enables cross-region aggregation and can consolidate findings from up to 5000 member accounts via AWS Organizations, with the administrator account receiving all findings in near real-time. A real-world scenario: if GuardDuty reports a 'Backdoor:EC2/C&CActivity.B' finding with severity 'HIGH' (7.0) and Inspector reports a 'CVE-2023-XXXX' with severity 'MEDIUM' (4.0), Security Hub normalizes both into ASFF and allows you to filter by severity score, ensuring critical issues are addressed first.
KKey Concepts to Remember
- AWS Security Hub
- security standards
- finding aggregation
- multi-account security posture
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
AWS Security Hub
Real-world example
How this comes up in practice
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What does this SOA-C02 question test?
Security and Compliance — This question tests Security and Compliance — AWS Security Hub.
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Enable AWS Security Hub with an administrator account in the organization; integrate GuardDuty, Macie, Inspector, and Firewall Manager as finding providers — AWS Security Hub is designed to aggregate, normalize, and prioritize security findings from multiple AWS services (GuardDuty, Macie, Inspector, Firewall Manager) and third-party tools across accounts. By designating an administrator account in AWS Organizations, you can centrally view all findings in a single dashboard, with a standardized findings format (AWS Security Finding Format, ASFF) that includes severity, resource, and remediation fields. This directly meets the CISO's requirement for a centralized, normalized, severity-prioritized view without switching between services.
What should I do if I get this SOA-C02 question wrong?
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What is the key concept behind this question?
AWS Security Hub
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