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 GuardDuty foundational data sources in the Amazon GuardDuty User Guide.

A signal type can be one of the following values. 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 Amazon Simple Storage Service (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 the steps to enable it, see S3 Protection in the Amazon GuardDuty User Guide.