Amazon Web Services

Amazon Inspector

Definition

An automated vulnerability assessment service that scans EC2 instances, container images, and Lambda functions for known CVEs and network reachability issues.

Exam context

In SAP-C02 it's distinguished from GuardDuty: Inspector is vulnerability assessment (outdated software, CVEs); GuardDuty is active threat detection (behavior). Question: identify packages with known vulnerabilities on your EC2 instances → Inspector.

Studying for the SAP-C02?

Amazon Inspector is a concept that can show up on the exam. Check the full guide to see it in context.