Tag: Incident response

Exposed long-term credentials continue to be the top entry point used by threat actors in security incidents observed by the AWS Customer Incident Response Team (CIRT). The exposure and subsequent use of long-term credentials or access keys by threat actors poses security risks in cloud environments. Additionally, poor key rotation practices, sharing of access keys […]

If you’ve ever spent hours manually digging through AWS CloudTrail logs, checking AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) permissions, and piecing together the timeline of a security event, you understand the time investment required for incident investigation. Today, we’re excited to announce the addition of AI-powered investigation capabilities to AWS Security Incident Response that automate […]

June 13, 2025: This post was updated to fix an incorrect link. Greetings from the AWS Customer Incident Response Team (AWS CIRT). AWS CIRT is a 24/7, specialized global Amazon Web Services (AWS) team that provides support to customers during active security events on the customer side of the AWS Shared Responsibility Model. We’re excited […]

Triaging and quickly responding to security events is important to minimize impact within an AWS environment. Acting in a standardized manner is equally important when it comes to capturing forensic evidence and quarantining resources. By implementing automated solutions, you can respond to security events quickly and in a repeatable manner. Before implementing automated security solutions, […]

In part 2 of this series, we showed you how to use Amazon SageMaker Studio notebooks with natural language input to assist with threat hunting. This is done by using SageMaker Studio to automatically generate and run SQL queries on Amazon Athena with Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Security Lake. The Security Lake service team and […]

Wicked6 Cyber Games 2025 brought hundreds of women together worldwide from March 28–30. This dynamic virtual competition, sponsored by Amazon Web Services (AWS), helped attendees tackle real-world cybersecurity challenges through e-sports experiences. With 72 hours of women talking about cybersecurity, 11 cybersecurity games, and an attack and defense tournament streamed live, the weekend-long event highlighted […]

April 29, 2025: We’ve updated this post to make it simpler for customers to deploy the resources. July 29, 2024: Original publication date of this post. The current version was updated to make the instructions clearer and compatible with OCSF 1.1. Customers often require multiple log sources across their AWS environment to empower their teams […]

Amazon GuardDuty is a threat detection service that continuously monitors, analyzes, and processes Amazon Web Services (AWS) data sources and logs in your AWS environment. GuardDuty uses threat intelligence feeds, such as lists of malicious IP addresses and domains, file hashes, and machine learning (ML) models to identify suspicious and potentially malicious activity in your […]

March 18, 2025: This post was updated to include additional guidance around monitoring and detection. January 17, 2025: We updated this post to highlight the importance of using short-term credentials to mitigate the risk of unauthorized techniques such as the one detailed in this blog. At Amazon Web Services (AWS), the security of our customers’ […]

Security is a shared responsibility between Amazon Web Services (AWS) and you, the customer. As a customer, the services you choose, how you connect them, and how you run your solutions can impact your security posture. To help customers fulfill their responsibilities and find the right balance for their business, under the shared responsibility model, […]