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Product Feedback for Azure Network Watcher

  Feedback Summary: Azure Network Watcher is an essential network monitoring and diagnostics tool within the Azure ecosystem. It provides various capabilities to help users monitor, troubleshoot, and diagnose network-related issues in Azure environments. While it offers powerful features for network visibility, there are areas where enhancements could further improve its usability, depth of insight, and integration with other Azure services. Positive Aspects: Comprehensive Network Diagnostics : Azure Network Watcher offers a wide range of network monitoring features like IP flow verify , Network Security Group (NSG) flow logs , and connection troubleshoot tools. These features provide great insights into traffic patterns, security configurations, and network connectivity. Connection Monitor and Topology View provide useful visualizations and diagnostic information that simplifies troubleshooting for users, especially for complex environments with multiple resources. ...

Security Alerting with AWS Security Hub

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     With so many security tools available in both AWS and from third-party providers, those that are responsible for managing the alerts need a single pane of glass to centralize all the alerts and notifications coming in. AWS Security Hub helps you consolidate many of your security findings, alerts, and compliance reports from AWS services, including the following: • AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) • Amazon Macie • Amazon GuardDuty • Amazon Inspector • AWS Firewall Manager In addition to these native AWS services, AWS Security Hub can be incorporated into any third-party partner solutions, such as Sumo Logic, Splunk, and other vendors you might use in your organization. A complete list of these partners can be found at https://aws.amazon.com/securityhub/partners/. The Security Hub service allows you to categorize and prioritize all the events coming in from various sources. This single-pane-of-glass view gives you a more comprehensive picture and a deeper under...

Enabling Amazon GuardDuty

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     Amazon GuardDuty is a regional service. You must first select the region where you will enable the service; once that is done, it is effortless to enable it. Just complete the following steps: 1. From the Amazon Management Console, find the GuardDuty service by going to Services > Security, Identity, & Compliance > GuardDuty, or search for GuardDuty in the top search bar. 2. Once on the GuardDuty page, click the orange Get Started button to enable the GuardDuty service. 3. This will bring you to the Enable GuardDuty page. GuardDuty needs to create a service role to monitor and protect your account. Since data is involved, click on the orange Enable GuardDuty button at the bottom of the page to allow GuardDuty to be enabled. After enabling GuardDuty, you will be brought to the main GuardDuty page (that is, the Findings page) by default. Since you have just enabled the service, three zeros in the page’s top right-hand corner should indicate no high-, medium-,...