The organization wants to compare its AWS environment with best practices.
It needs recommendations rather than a service that directly blocks traffic.
Which AWS service is primarily appropriate?
AWS Trusted Advisor checks an environment and presents recommendations for security, availability, performance, and cost improvement.
Detailed explanation
Artifact provides AWS-side compliance material and does not scan customer resources.
Artifact provides AWS-side compliance material and does not scan customer resources.
Trusted Advisor identifies improvement opportunities by comparing aspects of the environment with AWS best practices.
Trusted Advisor identifies improvement opportunities by comparing aspects of the environment with AWS best practices.
WAF controls web requests; it is not the broad environment recommendation service.
WAF controls web requests; it is not the broad environment recommendation service.
Third-party products and Trusted Advisor checks address different activities and should not be substituted.
Third-party products and Trusted Advisor checks address different activities and should not be substituted.
Check official documentation
Compare the following points with the official documentation.
AWS Support User GuideのAWS Trusted Advisorとチェックの利用条件を確認する。利用可能なチェックはサポートプランに依存する。
What to confirm
セキュリティ上の推奨事項や改善候補がチェック結果として表示される。
Key points
- AWS Trusted Advisor
- Security check
- Recommendation
Notes
- Environment: AWS公式Supportドキュメントの確認
- Confirm current security service capabilities and support-plan conditions in the official AWS documentation.
Foundation review
Recommendation versus enforcement
Trusted Advisor reports improvement opportunities; WAF and similar controls enforce traffic decisions.
Availability conditions
The available checks and refresh behavior depend on current AWS conditions and support entitlements.