Configuring Accounts and Permissions in Amazon GuardDuty

In this lesson, we look at how to configure Amazon GuardDuty to work across multiple AWS accounts as well as the different permissions required and used when working with Amazon GuardDuty. 

Learning Objectives

By the end of this lesson, you will have a greater understanding of Amazon GuardDuty, including:

• The terminology for using a multi-account strategy with Amazon GuardDuty
• How to connect multiple AWS accounts to centralize findings 
• How to ensure you have the correct permissions in place to work with Amazon GuardDuty successfully

Intended Audience

• Individuals working as security consultants or specialists, security analysts, security auditors, Cloud architects, or Cloud operational support analysts
• Anyone looking to learn more about AWS Security and threat detection within AWS

Prerequisites

• Have a basic understanding of the fundamentals of AWS
• An awareness of different security measures and mechanisms offered by different AWS services, such as IAM resources, specifically IAM Policies and IAM roles
• Understand AWS Organizations at a fundamental level and have a basic understanding of Amazon GuardDuty
• If you’d like more information on some of these features, check out the following courses titled: 
  • Securing AWS Organizations with Service Control Policies
  • Managing Access using IAM User Groups and Roles