What type of assessments does Amazon Inspector perform?

Amazon Inspector is designed specifically for security and compliance assessments of applications running on AWS. It automates the security assessment process by providing continuous security analysis and identifying potential vulnerabilities or deviations from security best practices. The service is focused on validating the security posture of your applications and making sure they adhere to compliance standards.

By performing security assessments, Amazon Inspector evaluates the components of your AWS environment. This includes scanning for known vulnerabilities in your applications, checking for network configurations, and assessing how well your resources are secured against common threats, all of which fall under the broader category of security assessments. Compliance assessments are also a critical function, as they help ensure that your applications meet industry standards and regulatory requirements.

In contrast, performance and stability assessments relate to how well an application runs and its ability to maintain consistent performance under load, which is not the primary function of Amazon Inspector. Cost-efficiency assessments focus on optimizing resource usage and minimizing costs, while network latency assessments concern the speed at which data travels across networks. These areas, while important in their own right, are not within the scope of what Amazon Inspector is designed to evaluate.