Factual Product Summary
Amazon Inspector from Amazon Web Services focuses on cloud workload vulnerability assessment. It is cloud vulnerability assessment service used for assessing supported AWS workloads and software assets for vulnerabilities. Capabilities - EC2 workload assessment: Assesses the Amazon EC2 workloads included in the configured vulnerability assessment scope. - ECR container image assessment: Brings supported Amazon ECR image assets into the vulnerability assessment workflow. - Lambda vulnerability assessment: Addresses supported AWS Lambda assets under the scanning options documented by AWS. - Vulnerability scanning: Finds potential weaknesses that can be reviewed and prioritized for remediation. - Risk-based prioritization: Uses the available risk context to help order remediation work. - Configuration assessment: Identifies configuration issues as a separate source of security exposure. - Exposure reporting: Provides views for communicating the assessed exposure and progress of remediation work. - Cloud exposure assessment: Brings the connected cloud environments into the documented exposure assessment scope. Use and operational context Amazon Inspector is relevant to teams remediating weaknesses in their AWS estate when the requirement centers on assessing supported AWS workloads and software assets for vulnerabilities. Scope the evaluation around the functions listed above and the assets or workflows that need coverage. A useful trial should use representative business conditions so the team can assess the quality of the results and the effort needed to act on them. Deployment and evaluation Before adoption, review asset coverage, scanning settings, finding prioritization and ownership of workload remediation. Assign an owner for administration, document required permissions and identify how the product or service will fit the existing operating process. Buyer questions - What is the main purpose? Amazon Inspector focuses on assessing supported AWS workloads and software assets for vulnerabilities. - What should a proof of concept establish? Test the listed capabilities against representative assets and workflows, record useful results and unresolved gaps, and confirm who handles follow-up work. - What should be confirmed before purchase? Ask the vendor which edition or service scope includes the required features, which dependencies must be configured and what licensing or contract terms apply. Pricing has not been verified for this catalog.
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About the Vendor
Amazon Web Services offers a portfolio covering assessing cloud exposure or protecting running workloads, identifying and prioritizing security weaknesses, understanding sensitive information and controlling its exposure, protecting availability during malicious traffic floods and applying security rules to application requests. The entries in this catalog include Amazon GuardDuty, Amazon Inspector, Amazon Macie, AWS Security Hub, AWS Shield and AWS WAF. Amazon GuardDuty focuses on cloud threat detection and suspicious activity monitoring. Amazon Inspector focuses on cloud workload vulnerability assessment. Amazon Macie focuses on cloud data discovery and sensitive data detection. When reviewing Amazon Web Services, compare the named products individually: a platform family, a specific module and a managed service can have different scopes and purchasing requirements. Selection should account for enabled protection plans, permissions, finding triage and the downstream response workflow. Portfolio detail - Amazon GuardDuty: the catalog lists AWS account threat findings, Cloud security posture management, Vulnerability prioritization. - Amazon Inspector: the catalog lists EC2 workload assessment, ECR container image assessment, Lambda vulnerability assessment. - Amazon Macie: the catalog lists Amazon S3 sensitive-data assessment, S3 data protection findings, Sensitive data discovery. - AWS Security Hub: the catalog lists AWS security findings aggregation, Cloud security posture management, Vulnerability prioritization. - AWS Shield: the catalog lists AWS DDoS protection scope, DDoS attack detection, Network-layer protection. - AWS WAF: the catalog lists Web ACL administration, Managed rule groups, Web request filtering. For procurement, map each required capability to a named offering and confirm the edition, dependencies and delivery responsibility with the vendor. Product-level entries below provide the operational context and evaluation questions for that comparison.
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