Amazon Inspector Enhances EC2 Agent-Based Scanning

Amazon Inspector has launched an improved agent-based EC2 scanning feature, the Inspector VM Scanner, which expands vulnerability detection coverage and reduces CPU utilization. This update benefits security teams by providing more comprehensive vulnerability findings across a wider range of software and applications on EC2 instances with minimal impact on production workloads. The new scanner replaces the previous engine, bringing agent-based scanning to parity with agentless coverage and is available at no additional cost.