Aws iot device defender is an aws iot service that enables you to monitor connected devices to detect abnormal behavior and to mitigate security risks.
Aws iot device defender.
With aws iot device defender you pay only for what you use and there are no minimum fees or mandatory service usage.
An agent on each device is responsible for collecting device metrics and sending them to device defender.
Aws iot device defender audits iot configurations associated with your devices against a set of defined iot security best practices so you know exactly where you have security gaps.
Aws iot device defender comes with security best practices that you can select and run as part of the audit.
Aws iot device defender is a security service that allows you to audit the configuration of your devices monitor connected devices to detect abnormal behavior and mitigate security risks.
You are billed separately for the audit and detect features.
Using aws iot device defender you can access device defender s features from the aws iot console cli or via a full set of apis.
With aws iot device defender you can enforce consistent iot configurations across your aws iot device fleet and respond quickly when devices are compromised.
Aws iot device defender detects unusual device behaviors that may be indicative of a compromise by continuously monitoring high value security metrics from the device and aws iot core e g the number of listening tcp ports on your devices or authorization failure counts.
You can run audits on a continuous or ad hoc basis.