Domain 5 · 18% of Exam

Incident & Event Response

Automate event handling, implement incident management workflows, manage operational readiness, and remediate security findings.

What You'll Be Tested On

  • Design automated incident response workflows
  • Implement remediation for security findings (GuardDuty, Security Hub)
  • Use Systems Manager Automation runbooks for operational tasks
  • Design event-driven architectures for operational automation
  • Implement compliance automation with Config rules and remediation

Key AWS Services in This Domain

Exam Tips for Domain 5

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Know how to chain EventBridge → Lambda → SSM Automation for remediation

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Understand Security Hub findings and automated responses

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Practice designing runbooks for common operational scenarios

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