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Threat Detection

Security services and tools for identifying, monitoring, and responding to potential threats and malicious activities in cloud environments.

Name Description Link
AWS GuardDuty Threat detection service that continuously monitors for malicious activity and unauthorized behavior. AWS GuardDuty
Azure Defender Advanced threat protection for workloads in Azure, now part of Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Azure Defender
Chronicle Security (Google) Google Cloud's threat detection and response platform. Chronicle Security

Threat Detection Fundamentals

Types of Threats

  • External threats - Attacks from outside the organization
  • Internal threats - Malicious or negligent insiders
  • Advanced persistent threats (APTs) - Sophisticated, long-term attacks
  • Zero-day exploits - Attacks using unknown vulnerabilities
  • Supply chain attacks - Compromised third-party components

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