Event-Driven Monitoring with CloudTrail
Track user activity and API calls across your AWS account, enabling security analysis, resource change tracking, and compliance auditing.
What is AWS CloudTrail?
Welcome to the lesson on AWS CloudTrail! This service is crucial for auditing, governance, and compliance within your AWS account.
Think of CloudTrail as a security camera for your AWS environment. It continuously monitors and records account activity.
Why Use CloudTrail?
CloudTrail captures a comprehensive history of events, including API calls, made by users, roles, or AWS services.
- Security Analysis: Detect unusual activity or unauthorized access.
- Compliance Auditing: Prove adherence to regulatory requirements.
- Troubleshooting: Pinpoint who made what change and when.
- Resource Change Tracking: Understand changes to your AWS resources.
All lessons in this course
- CloudWatch Metrics and Alarms
- CloudWatch Logs and Log Groups
- Event-Driven Monitoring with CloudTrail
- Building CloudWatch Dashboards