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Signal - Amazon GuardDuty

Signal

Contains information about the signals involved in the attack sequence.

Contents

count

The number of times this signal was observed.

Type: Integer

Required: Yes

createdAt

The timestamp when the first finding or activity related to this signal was observed.

Type: Timestamp

Required: Yes

firstSeenAt

The timestamp when the first finding or activity related to this signal was observed.

Type: Timestamp

Required: Yes

lastSeenAt

The timestamp when the last finding or activity related to this signal was observed.

Type: Timestamp

Required: Yes

name

The name of the signal. For example, when signal type is FINDING, the signal name is the name of the finding.

Type: String

Required: Yes

type

The type of the signal used to identify an attack sequence.

Signals can be GuardDuty findings or activities observed in data sources that GuardDuty monitors. For more information, see Foundational data sources in the Amazon GuardDuty User Guide.

A signal type can be one of the valid values listed in this API. Here are the related descriptions:

  • FINDING - Individually generated GuardDuty finding.

  • CLOUD_TRAIL - Activity observed from CloudTrail logs

  • S3_DATA_EVENTS - Activity observed from CloudTrail data events for S3. Activities associated with this type will show up only when you have enabled GuardDuty S3 Protection feature in your account. For more information about S3 Protection and steps to enable it, see S3 Protection in the Amazon GuardDuty User Guide.

Type: String

Valid Values: FINDING | CLOUD_TRAIL | S3_DATA_EVENTS

Required: Yes

uid

The unique identifier of the signal.

Type: String

Required: Yes

updatedAt

The timestamp when this signal was last observed.

Type: Timestamp

Required: Yes

actorIds

Information about the IDs of the threat actors involved in the signal.

Type: Array of strings

Array Members: Maximum number of 400 items.

Required: No

description

The description of the signal.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 2000.

Required: No

endpointIds

Information about the endpoint IDs associated with this signal.

Type: Array of strings

Array Members: Maximum number of 400 items.

Required: No

resourceUids

Information about the unique identifiers of the resources involved in the signal.

Type: Array of strings

Array Members: Maximum number of 400 items.

Required: No

severity

The severity associated with the signal. For more information about severity, see Findings severity levels in the Amazon GuardDuty User Guide.

Type: Double

Required: No

signalIndicators

Contains information about the indicators associated with the signals.

Type: Array of Indicator objects

Array Members: Maximum number of 400 items.

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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