DescribeSecurityProfile - Amazon IoT
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DescribeSecurityProfile

Gets information about a Device Defender security profile.

Requires permission to access the DescribeSecurityProfile action.

Request Syntax

GET /security-profiles/securityProfileName HTTP/1.1

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

securityProfileName

The name of the security profile whose information you want to get.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request does not have a request body.

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 200 Content-type: application/json { "additionalMetricsToRetain": [ "string" ], "additionalMetricsToRetainV2": [ { "exportMetric": boolean, "metric": "string", "metricDimension": { "dimensionName": "string", "operator": "string" } } ], "alertTargets": { "string" : { "alertTargetArn": "string", "roleArn": "string" } }, "behaviors": [ { "criteria": { "comparisonOperator": "string", "consecutiveDatapointsToAlarm": number, "consecutiveDatapointsToClear": number, "durationSeconds": number, "mlDetectionConfig": { "confidenceLevel": "string" }, "statisticalThreshold": { "statistic": "string" }, "value": { "cidrs": [ "string" ], "count": number, "number": number, "numbers": [ number ], "ports": [ number ], "strings": [ "string" ] } }, "exportMetric": boolean, "metric": "string", "metricDimension": { "dimensionName": "string", "operator": "string" }, "name": "string", "suppressAlerts": boolean } ], "creationDate": number, "lastModifiedDate": number, "metricsExportConfig": { "mqttTopic": "string", "roleArn": "string" }, "securityProfileArn": "string", "securityProfileDescription": "string", "securityProfileName": "string", "version": number }

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

additionalMetricsToRetain

This parameter has been deprecated.

Please use DescribeSecurityProfile:additionalMetricsToRetainV2 instead.

A list of metrics whose data is retained (stored). By default, data is retained for any metric used in the profile's behaviors, but it is also retained for any metric specified here.

Type: Array of strings

additionalMetricsToRetainV2

A list of metrics whose data is retained (stored). By default, data is retained for any metric used in the profile's behaviors, but it is also retained for any metric specified here.

Type: Array of MetricToRetain objects

alertTargets

Where the alerts are sent. (Alerts are always sent to the console.)

Type: String to AlertTarget object map

Valid Keys: SNS

behaviors

Specifies the behaviors that, when violated by a device (thing), cause an alert.

Type: Array of Behavior objects

Array Members: Maximum number of 100 items.

creationDate

The time the security profile was created.

Type: Timestamp

lastModifiedDate

The time the security profile was last modified.

Type: Timestamp

metricsExportConfig

Specifies the MQTT topic and role ARN required for metric export.

Type: MetricsExportConfig object

securityProfileArn

The ARN of the security profile.

Type: String

securityProfileDescription

A description of the security profile (associated with the security profile when it was created or updated).

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 1000.

Pattern: [\p{Graph}\x20]*

securityProfileName

The name of the security profile.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+

version

The version of the security profile. A new version is generated whenever the security profile is updated.

Type: Long

Errors

InternalFailureException

An unexpected error has occurred.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidRequestException

The request is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

The specified resource does not exist.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ThrottlingException

The rate exceeds the limit.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following: