Amazon GuardDuty is afully managed, organization-aware threat detection servicethat continuously analyzes AWS logs such as CloudTrail events, VPC Flow Logs, DNS logs, EKS audit logs, and RDS activity. According to the AWS Certified Security – Specialty Official Study Guide, GuardDuty is designed to operate atscale across AWS Organizations with minimal operational overhead.
By designating a GuardDuty administrator account in the organization’s management account and enabling GuardDuty organization-wide, the company can automatically enable threat detection across hundreds of AWS accounts. EnablingEKS Protectionallows GuardDuty to analyze Kubernetes audit logs for suspicious activity, whileRDS Protectionprovides anomaly detection for Amazon Aurora databases.
Options B, C, and D require custom log aggregation, processing, and analytics pipelines, which significantly increase operational effort and maintenance complexity. Amazon Inspector does not analyze logs, Athena-based analysis is manual, and Kinesis plus Lambda requires custom detection logic.
AWS documentation explicitly identifiesGuardDuty with AWS Organizations integrationas the recommended solution for centralized, automated threat detection across multi-account environments with minimal operational effort.
AWS Certified Security – Specialty Official Study Guide
Amazon GuardDuty User Guide
GuardDuty Organization Administration Documentation
