AWS intelligent threat detection service that continuously monitors for malicious activity. Like having a 24/7 security guard that never sleeps and recognizes suspicious behavior.
Companies use GuardDuty to automatically detect cryptocurrency mining attacks and unauthorized access attempts.
All are cloud-native security services that help detect threats and suspicious activity. GuardDuty is a dedicated AWS threat detection service that analyzes AWS data sources (like CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs, and DNS logs). Azure Defender for Cloud and GCP Security Command Center are broader cloud security management platforms that include threat detection plus posture management; OCI Cloud Guard similarly focuses on detecting misconfigurations and suspicious activity in OCI.
Explore real-world architectures from our community that use GuardDuty: