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Cloud Computing · Intermediate

Amazon Inspector

AWS automated vulnerability management service that scans EC2 instances, container images and Lambda functions.

Definition

Inspector continuously scans workloads for software vulnerabilities (CVEs) and unintended network exposure, producing prioritized findings with risk scores. It scans EC2 via SSM Agent or agentless snapshots, images in Amazon ECR and Lambda function code and dependencies.

Example

Inspector flags a critical OpenSSL CVE on 40 EC2 instances and a vulnerable library in a container image.

Exam tip

Vulnerabilities and CVEs point to Inspector; threat detection points to GuardDuty.

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