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Chapter 6 · Management and Security Governance·v2.0.0·Updated 6/5/2026·~9 min

What's changed: Deepened SCS-C02 Chapter 6 (added comparison tables, scenarios, FAQs, exam traps, deep-dive paragraphs to each section; localized figures to Japanese)

6.3Operational Governance and Cost/Secret Control

Key points

Understand operational governance—tagging strategy, Trusted Advisor, cost anomaly detection, patch/config compliance, org-wide secret management, and backup policies. Balance security and operations.

Security is inseparable from operational governance. Keep consistency with tags and automated checks, and catch anomalies early.

6.3.1Operational governance

Diagram of operational governance: tagging strategy (classify by owner/environment/sensitivity for policy/cost allocation), Trusted Advisor (security/cost/fault-tolerance best-practice checks), cost anomaly detection (suspicious usage spikes = possible compromise), Systems Manager (maintain patch/config compliance), org-wide secret management (Secrets Manager cross-account sharing/rotation), and AWS Backup policies (centralized backup, separate-account protection)—governance balancing security and operations.
Operational governance
  • Tagging strategy: classify by owner/environment/sensitivity for policy application and cost allocation.
  • Trusted Advisor: check best practices across security/cost/fault tolerance.
  • Cost anomaly detection: detect suspicious usage spikes (possible compromise signal).
  • Org secret/backup management: Secrets Manager cross-account sharing, centralized AWS Backup policies.
Exam point

Common on SCS-C02: classification/cost allocation/policy = tagging strategy, best-practice checks = Trusted Advisor, usage anomalies = cost anomaly detection (also a compromise signal), patch/config maintenance = Systems Manager. Tags also enable security (ABAC: attribute-based access control).

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