Athena vs Macie

Question 1

What is Athena?

Answer 1

It’s an interactive service that allows us to query S3 objects with standard SQL

Question 2

How do Athena’s costs work?

Answer 2

Pay per query/per TB scanned

Question 3

What are the benefits of Athena?

Answer 3

Works directly with S3, don’t need to set up complex ETL (Extract/Transform/Load) processes

Question 4

In what storage services can I use Athena?

Answer 4

S3
ELB Logs
S3 access logs

Question 5

What is Athena useful for?

Answer 5

Generate business reports on data stored in S3
Annalyse AWS cost and Usage Reports
Run Queries on click-stream data

Question 6

What’s PII (Personally Identifiable Information)

Answer 6

It’s the Personal data used to establish an individual’s identity. This data could be exploited by criminals used in identity theft and financial fraud. ex: passport number, driver’s license, credit card, etc.

Question 7

WHat is Macie?

Answer 7

It’s a service that uses Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing to discover, clarify and protect sensitive data stored in S3.

Question 8

What’s the benefits of Macie?

Answer 8

Can analyze CloudTrail logs, it’s great for PCI-DSS and preventing ID theft