AWS CloudTrail vs. Google Threat Intelligence (Mandiant)

It is necessary to enable [AWS] Cloudtrail when using AWS in a production environment, otherwise you will not have any idea what is happening within your accounts. Third party monitoring applications will all require [AWS] CloudTrail to be enabled as well. I would not recommend it solely as a monitoring tool, to get the most out of it you must send the logs elsewhere. Either to Cloudwatch logs or a third party product.

Incentivized

Usually SOC leverages Intel from mutiple sources. The scenarios are: 1.Suitable: In large scale SOC where more than 5000 devices are being monitored and the tech stack is wide, Mandiant will play an excellent role in that scenario. 2.Not Suitable: In small scale SOCs wherein limited devices belonging to the same tech stack is being used then the analysts can rely on OSINT and it is not useful to buy the solution.

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• API Log
• User activity tracking
• Real-time alerts

Incentivized

• accelerated threat response feature, prioritizing threats according to requirement.
• Optimization of the threat intelligence , and can be integrated with 3rd party tools.
• Features like - Breach ,Adversary, Machine and Operational Intelligence.
• Mandiant dynamic host and the malware views along with indicators.

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• [In my experience] Cost can easily get out of control with multiple trails on full logging
• Logs can be difficult to decipher

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• Paywalls exist throughout the data set and can halt an investigation without the right model
• Some data was incomplete or broken up between pay tiers
• Navigation through the data lacked a definitive trail or breadcrumbs to retrace steps during investigations

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Mandiant Advantage Threat Intelligence has a very usable platform, with well-differentiated sections for the analyst, as well as the possibility of cross-searching to obtain the desired results. All this is presented with an interface that is easy on the eye and not very messy, which increases productivity and the speed with which work is done.

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I think in the end, CloudTrail has more features and you can dive deeper inside the logs so it depends on your usage and what you expect in the end to make the right choice, I would say that both tools are really useful and bring a lot of benefits to I.T. companies.

Incentivized

It gives more ways to analyze threats and options to fixed it. This device gives more visibility on vulnerability detection and its analysis. It provides detailed reports to have more information of all malwares which help us to increase overall security of our current organization

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• Allows us to investigate any strange api actions
• Increases security
• Audit trail of changes made in AWS

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• Improved incident response time
• Specific investigations that have reduced the attack surface
• Technical reports on threats not controlled by the bank's local team

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