Overview of the latest AWS Security Service – Amazon Detective

Overview of the latest AWS Security Service – Amazon Detective

By AJ Yawn, CISSP


Earlier this month, AWS announced that Amazon Detective is now available to all customers, reinforcing their dedication to helping customers hold up their end of the shared responsibility model. This shared responsibility model enables your organization to alleviate the burden of responsibility for the security of the physical infrastructure of AWS or “Security of the cloud.” This frees up your organization to focus on the “security in the cloud” which boils down to protecting your applications and sensitive data your customers' entrust you with.


AWS developed security best practices to consider when designing and evaluating your AWS architecture within the Security pillar of the well-architected framework. The security pillar outlines five focus areas that organizations must consider when implementing security in the cloud. Those focus areas are - identity and access management, detective controls, infrastructure protection, data protection, and incident response.


As you can see from the (ISC)² Miami Chapter graphic, AWS has developed, and continues to develop, several security services that directly assist customers with implementing controls and safeguards in each focus area. Amazon Detective is the latest service that fits within this security pillar to assist organizations with securing their AWS workloads. It is a service that uses machine learning, statistical analysis and graph theory to accelerate the incident response process providing accuracy and speed for your team. Amazon De ..

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