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Ultimate Guide to Incident Response in AWS
Ultimate Guide to Incident Response in AWS



Ultimate Guide to Incident Response in AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a large cloud service provider with over 200 services, but this vast ecosystem introduces significant security and incident response challenges. The complexity of AWS, including its diverse logging formats and dynamic nature, complicates the identification and management of security incidents. Organizations face sophisticated attacks like ransomware and data exfiltration, emphasizing the need for a proactive and well-structured approach to incident response in AWS.
This guide aims to empower security teams to address incidents in the cloud effectively by covering:
- An overview of key AWS services and log sources relevant to incident response, including AWS CloudTrail, AWS, CloudWatch, and VPC Flow Logs.
- Strategies for responding to incidents in services such as EC2, EKS, ECS, Lambda, and S3.
- Best practices for automating incident evidence collection and analysis to reduce response times and improve accuracy.
- Guidance on forensic analysis tailored to the complexities of AWS environments.
- Strategies for addressing challenges such as data volatility, cross-account operations, and multi-cloud complexity.
Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Email Security Platforms, Max Taggett, Nikul Patel, Franz Hinner, Deepak Mishra, 16 December 2024Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner and Magic Quadrant and Peer Insights are a registered trademark, of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and are used herein with permission. All rights reserved. Gartner Peer Insights content consists of the opinions of individual end users based on their own experiences with the vendors listed on the platform, should not be construed as statements of fact, nor do they represent the views of Gartner or its affiliates. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in this content nor makes any warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this content, about its accuracy or completeness, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.



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Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Network Detection and Response, Thomas Lintemuth, Esraa ElTahawy, John Collins, Charanpal Bhogal, Nahim Fazal, 29 May 2025
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