Amazon GuardDuty
Intelligent threat detection for your AWS accounts and workloads.
Overview
Amazon GuardDuty is a threat detection service that continuously monitors for malicious activity and unauthorized behavior to protect your AWS accounts, workloads, and data stored in Amazon S3. GuardDuty analyzes data from AWS CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs, and DNS logs.
✨ Key Features
- Continuous monitoring of AWS CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs, and DNS logs
- Machine learning and anomaly detection
- Integrated threat intelligence
- Malware Protection for EC2 and S3
- EKS Protection
- Centralized management across multiple accounts
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Native integration with AWS data sources
- Managed service with no agents to deploy for foundational coverage
- Utilizes AWS-specific threat intelligence
Unique Value: Provides broad, continuous, and cost-effective threat detection for AWS accounts and workloads with minimal setup and management.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Continuous threat detection for cloud workloads
- Automated response to security findings via EventBridge and Lambda
- Centralized security monitoring for multi-account environments
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Replacing a traditional host-based intrusion detection system (HIDS) that requires deep packet inspection.
🏆 Alternatives
Unlike third-party tools, GuardDuty is a native AWS service that analyzes foundational AWS logs without requiring complex setup or agent installation, offering a simpler path to threat detection in the cloud.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Live Chat
- ✓ Phone Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Business, Enterprise tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
✓ 30-day free trial
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