AWS AmazonCloudWatch documentation change
Summary
Changed 'log anomaly detection' to 'log outlier detection' in CloudWatch Logs features list
Security assessment
Terminology change from 'anomaly detection' to 'outlier detection' appears to be a rebranding of existing functionality without indicating any security vulnerability or new security capability
Diff
diff --git a/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/WhatIsCloudWatch.md b/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/WhatIsCloudWatch.md index 3e2e508eb..efe3ba902 100644 --- a//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/WhatIsCloudWatch.md +++ b//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/WhatIsCloudWatch.md @@ -67 +67 @@ Many AWS services automatically send basic metrics to CloudWatch for free. [Serv -CloudWatch Logs offers a suite of powerful features for comprehensive log management and analysis. Logs ingested from AWS services and custom applications are stored in [log groups and streams](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/Working-with-log-groups-and-streams.html) for easy organization. Use [CloudWatch Logs Insights](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/AnalyzingLogData.html) to perform interactive, fast queries on your log data, with a choice of three query languages including SQL and PPL. Use [log anomaly detection](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/LogsAnomalyDetection) to find unusual patterns in log events in a log group, which can indicate issues. Create [metric filters](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/MonitoringLogData) to extract numerical values from logs and generate CloudWatch metrics, which you can use for alerting and dashboards. Set up [subscription filters](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/Subscriptions) to process and analyze logs in real-time or route them to other services like Amazon S3 or Firehose. +CloudWatch Logs offers a suite of powerful features for comprehensive log management and analysis. Logs ingested from AWS services and custom applications are stored in [log groups and streams](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/Working-with-log-groups-and-streams.html) for easy organization. Use [CloudWatch Logs Insights](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/AnalyzingLogData.html) to perform interactive, fast queries on your log data, with a choice of three query languages including SQL and PPL. Use [log outlier detection](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/LogsAnomalyDetection) to find unusual patterns in log events in a log group, which can indicate issues. Create [metric filters](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/MonitoringLogData) to extract numerical values from logs and generate CloudWatch metrics, which you can use for alerting and dashboards. Set up [subscription filters](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/Subscriptions) to process and analyze logs in real-time or route them to other services like Amazon S3 or Firehose.