re:Invent 2021: AWS Announces New Amazon Inspector

During Re:Invent 2021 AWS re-launched Amazon Inspector, the software used to discover and manage vulnerabilities on EC2 instances. Originally introduced in 2015, Amazon Inspector simplified the effort of implementing a detection mechanism for both operating systems and applications on EC2 instances and container images residing in Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR). It provides a detailed report including steps for remediation after performing each assessment. This week we were introduced to a new Amazon Inspector replacing what is now called Amazon Inspector Classic. There are significant differences between the two, mostly related to automation, integration with other AWS services, and near real-time performance. The Amazon Inspector is now available in 19 global regions.