What is AWS CloudTrail?

AWS CloudTrail is an essential service designed to support governance, compliance, and both operational and risk auditing within your AWS account. It empowers users to log and continuously monitor their account activities, ensuring that actions across the AWS ecosystem are tracked and retained. By creating a detailed event history of actions taken in the AWS environment—whether through the AWS Management Console, SDKs, command line tools, or other services—CloudTrail significantly boosts security analysis, resource change monitoring, and troubleshooting capabilities. This extensive event log simplifies operational assessments while also assisting in the identification of any suspicious activities occurring in your AWS accounts. Users can glean insights from CloudTrail to pinpoint unauthorized access by reviewing the Who, What, and When aspects of CloudTrail Events. Furthermore, the service allows for the establishment of rules-based alerts via EventBridge and facilitates the automation of workflows triggered by specific events. Utilizing machine learning models, CloudTrail provides ongoing surveillance of API usage patterns to detect anomalies, which aids in diagnosing issues more efficiently. Ultimately, this service is vital for ensuring the security and integrity of your AWS environment, making it indispensable for organizations that prioritize robust cloud governance. The proactive measures enabled by CloudTrail can lead to enhanced operational resilience and a stronger security posture.

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Company Facts

Company Name:
Amazon
Date Founded:
1994
Company Location:
United States
Company Website:
aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/

Product Details

Deployment
SaaS
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Online Training
Webinars
On-Site Training
Video Library
Support
Standard Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
English

AWS CloudTrail Categories and Features

Cloud Management Software

Access Control
Billing & Provisioning
Capacity Analytics
Cost Management
Demand Monitoring
Multi-Cloud Management
Performance Analytics
SLA Management
Supply Monitoring
Workflow Approval

API Management Software

API Design
API Lifecycle Management
Access Control
Analytics
Dashboard
Developer Portal
Testing Management
Threat Protection
Traffic Control
Version Control