TLDR InfoSec · STRATEGIES & TACTICS

A HARD LOOK AT GUARDDUTY SHORTCOMINGS

tracebit.com7 min read

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This article evaluates Amazon GuardDuty's coverage, efficacy, and cost. Coverage was limited to core attacks on core services, with few finding types across a few services. Foundational features are worth enabling, but others can be costly. GuardDuty failed to detect many tested attacks and had a best-case latency of 5:08 for an S3 ransomware simulation.