Security, identity, & compliance services - Amazon Simple Notification Service
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Security, identity, & compliance services

The following table describes how Amazon SNS integrates with Amazon security, identity, and compliance services, such as Amazon Directory Service, Amazon GuardDuty, Amazon Inspector, and Amazon Security Hub, to provide notifications for directory status changes, security findings, Inspector events, and security hub announcements.

These integrations help you to maintain robust security practices by offering timely alerts and updates on security and compliance events.

Amazon Web Services service Benefit of using with Amazon SNS

Amazon Directory Service – Provides multiple ways to use Microsoft Active Directory (AD) with other Amazon Web Services services.

Receive email or text (SMS) messages when the status of your directory changes. For more information, see Configure directory status notifications in the Amazon Directory Service Administration Guide.

Amazon GuardDuty – Provides continuous security monitoring to help to identify unexpected and potentially unauthorized or malicious activity in your Amazon environment.

Receive notifications about newly released finding types, updates to the existing finding types, and other functionality changes. For more information, see Subscribing to GuardDuty announcements SNS topic in the Amazon GuardDuty User Guide.

Amazon Inspector – Tests the network accessibility of your Amazon EC2 instances and the security state of your applications that run on those instances.

Receive notifications for Amazon Inspector events. For more information, see Setting up an SNS topic for Amazon Inspector notifications in the Amazon Inspector User Guide.

Amazon Security Hub – Automates Amazon security checks and centralizes security alerts.

Receive notifications about Amazon Security Hub announcements, including notifications about Amazon Security Hub controls or standards that have been added, edited, or retired. For more information, see Subscribing to Amazon Security Hub announcements with Amazon SNS.