intermediate~1.5h

Amazon Inspector & AWS Trusted Advisor

Two complementary automated-checking services: Inspector continuously scans workloads for software vulnerabilities and network exposure, while Trusted Advisor checks account configuration against cost, security, performance, and fault-tolerance best practices.

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🎓 Learning objectives

  • Explain what Amazon Inspector scans and how it differs from a manual security audit
  • Explain what AWS Trusted Advisor checks and how check availability differs by support plan
  • Distinguish Inspector's vulnerability-focused scope from Trusted Advisor's broader best-practices scope
  • Identify which service would surface a specific finding — an outdated package with a known CVE versus an underutilized EC2 instance

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