Amazon Inspector Reviews

Amazon Inspector excels in automated vulnerability detection, continuous scanning of AWS workloads, and vulnerability ranking. Users appreciate its consolidated view of vulnerabilities across resources like EC2 instances, container images, and Lambda functions. It supports compliance standards such as HIPAA and CIS, offers comprehensive dashboards with Security Hub, and provides actionable recommendations for vulnerability management. Its ability to detect outdated packages and offer remediation advice enhances security for enterprises managing extensive AWS environments.

• "The assessment reports provided by Amazon Inspector have helped me in identifying security vulnerabilities in my cloud applications by giving us a nicely designed dashboard that provides all the security information we need to work on remediation."
• "I recommend Amazon Inspector because it allows the automation of processes and requires less manual monitoring."
• "The scalability of the solution itself is unparalleled."

Amazon Inspector requires improvements in scanning capabilities, better integration with patching services, and more comprehensive coverage across AWS services. Users find the lack of real-time protection and limited scope a concern. Enhancing automation, such as scheduling operations and CloudWatch integration, could be beneficial. Dependency on agents can be cumbersome. Reporting features need enhancement for better management of findings. Expanding support for scanning EBS, S3, and EFS would be advantageous. Additionally, more flexibility in custom checks is desired.

• "The most challenging aspect I faced with Amazon Inspector during integration was automating the remediation process."
• "There are challenges associated with the interdependencies in AWS services, like requiring an Active Directory for other services, resulting in additional charges."
• "The other point is that the reporting features of Inspector need improvement. For example, I am in an organization with millions of CVEs, and getting an overview of all this is challenging."