What are the different types of CloudTrail events?

What are the different types of CloudTrail events?

CloudTrail records three main types of events: management events, data events, and insight events. Management events provide information about management operations performed on resources in your AWS account. Data events provide insights into the resource operations performed on specific resources, like S3 object-level API calls. Insight events help you identify unusual activity in your account.

Can you explain management events in more detail?

Sure! Management events include operations such as creating, deleting, or modifying AWS resources. They are logged by default and provide a comprehensive view of the actions taken on your AWS account.

What about data events? How are they different?

Data events are more granular and focus on specific resource operations, like S3 bucket access or Lambda function invocations. Unlike management events, data events are not logged by default and need to be explicitly configured.

What are insight events and how do they help?

Insight events help you detect unusual patterns in your AWS account activity. They analyze management and data events to identify anomalies, which can be crucial for security and compliance.