Amazon Inspector

  • check EC2 instances & instance OS & containers for their vulnerabilities and deviations against best practice
  • provides a report of findings ordered by priority
  • Rules packages determine what is checked
    • network assessment (agentless)
      • network reachability from end to end
      • the port
    • network & host assessment (agent)
      • Use common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE)
      • center for internet security (CIS) benchmarks
      • security best practices for amazon inspector