Description

AWS GuardDuty is a threat detection service that continuously monitors and analyzes AWS accounts, workloads, and data to identify and respond to potential security threats.

How It Works

• Uses machine learning, anomaly detection, and integrated threat intelligence.
• Analyzes data from AWS CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs, and DNS logs.
• Generates security findings for potential issues and threats.

Benefits

• Continuous threat detection with no infrastructure management.
• Scalable to monitor multiple AWS accounts.
• Integrates seamlessly with AWS services and security tools.
• Provides detailed security findings with actionable insights.

Limitations

• May require fine-tuning to reduce false positives.
• Limited to monitoring data within AWS services.
• Costs can increase with higher data volumes and more accounts.

Features

• Machine learning-based threat detection.
• Real-time analysis of AWS CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs, and DNS logs.
• Threat intelligence integration from AWS and third-party sources.