Amazon CloudWatch introduces unified data management and analytics for operations, security, and compliance

This article announces major enhancements to Amazon CloudWatch for unified log data management and analytics across operations, security, and compliance.

• Automatic data normalization with OCSF and OpenTelemetry format support
• Apache Iceberg-compatible S3 Tables access for cross-tool analytics
• Streamlined ingestion from AWS services and third-party sources
• Consolidated log management eliminates data duplication and reduces costs
• New Logs Management View for data discovery by sources and types
• CloudWatch Pipelines for data transformation with up to 19 processors
• Facets interface for interactive log exploration and filtering
• Query correlation across VPC Flow Logs, CloudTrail, and other data sources
• Natural language and SQL query support through single interface
• Available in all AWS Regions except GovCloud and China

CloudWatch now provides a unified platform for managing and analyzing logs across operational, security, and business use cases with reduced complexity and costs.