AWS trusted advisor vs Inspector

Question

Now AWS has a plethora of services. While going through these services I came across the security services and got stuck at the AWS trusted advisor and inspector. Can someone throw more light on it?

Answer 1

As the name suggests Trusted Advisor will advise you about your AWS Account. Following are some of the concerning areas:

·         Cost Optimization

·         Fault Tolerance

·         Performance

·         Service Limits

·         Security

It will help you understand various problems you may with while using AWS.

Now lets try and understand the other term:

Amazon Inspector checks the configuration of EC2 instances. This is what the agent does:

·         Runs and checks operating system patches

Checks known vulnerabilities & common issues.

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Answer 2

Trusted advisor provides advice about your AWS Account in the areas of:

• Cost Optimization
• Fault Tolerance
• Performance
• Service Limits
• Security

Amazon Inspector checks the configuration of EC2 instances. An agent runs on EC2 instances and checks operating system patches, known vulnerabilities, and common issues.

Therefore, the difference is:

• Trusted Advisor applies to the AWS account and AWS services
• Amazon Inspector applies to the content of multiple EC2 instances

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Comments

you should credit the source!

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48136254/aws-trusted-adviser-vs-inspector - John Rotenstein

Answer 3

AWS Inspector leverages agents installed on EC2 instances and performs assessments against templates and reports results and violations.

AWS Advisor, on the other hand, works at a higher level and provide guidance to provision resources following AWS best practices.