Security, Identity, and Compliance
RecognitionAWS Security Agent
Newly added and named in finding remediation; high-volatility, task-bounded depth.
Key points
- Security Agent recommendations are freshness-sensitive findings that require task-bounded validation and approved remediation.
Best-known use cases
- D4.1, D4.2, and D5.1: evaluate a named Security Agent recommendation against the affected resource and current evidence.
What candidates often confuse it with
- Security Agent contributes recommendations; Security Hub aggregates findings and established controls perform remediation.
Key takeaway
Do not give an agent recommendation broader authority than the evidence, role, and change process permit.
Related services
- AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)
- Amazon EC2 security groups
- Egress-only internet gateways
Relevant exam tasks
- D4.1 — Task 4.1: Implement and manage security and compliance tools and policies.
- 4.1.1 — Implement IAM features (for example, password policies, multi-factor authentication [MFA], roles, federated identity, resource policies, policy conditions).
- D4.2 — Task 4.2: Implement strategies to protect data and infrastructure.
- 4.2.1 — Implement and enforce a data classification scheme.
- D5.1 — Task 5.1: Implement and optimize networking features and connectivity.
- 5.1.1 — Configure a VPC (for example, subnets, route tables, network ACLs, security groups, NAT gateways, internet gateway, egress-only internet gateway).