# Amazon IoT Device Defender **Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/amazon-iot-device-defender/ **Website:** https://aws.amazon.com/iot-device-defender/ **APIs profiled:** 69 AWS IoT Device Defender is a security service that lets you continuously audit your IoT configurations to detect deviations from security best practices. It also lets you detect abnormal device behavior through ML-based anomaly detection and take actions to mitigate security risks. ## Kin Score — 49.7 / 100 (developing) Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 49.7). | Facet | Score | |---|---| | Discoverability | 59.3 | | Contract Quality | 68.5 | | Governance | 25.0 | | Contract Governance | 25.0 | | Operational Transparency | 26.3 | | Developer Ergonomics | 50.0 | | Commercial Clarity | 51.3 | | Access Clarity | 51.3 | ## Agent readiness — 40.9 (agent-ready) | Dimension | Value | |---|---| | Spec Presence | yes | | Agentic Access | derived | | Reversibility Documented | documented | | MCP Server | no | | Auth Clarity | yes | | Idempotency | no | | Error Semantics | verified | | OpenAPI Examples | partial | | Rate Limit Signal | documented | | Event Surface Described | no | | Agent Skills | no | | Well Known Catalog | no | | Consent Identity | no | | Agent Card | no | | Dry Run Mode | no | ## Access Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high). ## APIs (69) - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Accept Certificate Transfer API** — The Accept Certificate Transfer API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for accept certificate transfer. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Active Violations API** — The Active Violations API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for active violations. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Attached Policies API** — The Attached Policies API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for attached policies. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Audit API** — The Audit API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 19 operation(s) for audit. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Authorizer API** — The Authorizer API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 2 operation(s) for authorizer. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Authorizers API** — The Authorizers API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for authorizers. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Behavior Model Training API** — The Behavior Model Training API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for behavior model training. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Billing Groups API** — The Billing Groups API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 5 operation(s) for billing groups. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Cacertificate API** — The Cacertificate API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 2 operation(s) for cacertificate. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Cacertificates API** — The Cacertificates API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for cacertificates. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Cancel Certificate Transfer API** — The Cancel Certificate Transfer API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for cancel certificate transfer. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Certificate API** — The Certificate API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 2 operation(s) for certificate. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Certificates API** — The Certificates API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 3 operation(s) for certificates. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Certificates By Ca API** — The Certificates By Ca API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for certificates by ca. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Certificates Out Going API** — The Certificates Out Going API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for certificates out going. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Confirmdestination API** — The Confirmdestination API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for confirmdestination. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Custom Metric API** — The Custom Metric API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for custom metric. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Custom Metrics API** — The Custom Metrics API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for custom metrics. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Default Authorizer API** — The Default Authorizer API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for default authorizer. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Destinations API** — The Destinations API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 2 operation(s) for destinations. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Detect API** — The Detect API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 4 operation(s) for detect. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Dimensions API** — The Dimensions API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 2 operation(s) for dimensions. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender DomainConfigurations API** — The DomainConfigurations API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 2 operation(s) for domainconfigurations. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Dynamic Thing Groups API** — The Dynamic Thing Groups API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for dynamic thing groups. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Effective Policies API** — The Effective Policies API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for effective policies. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Endpoint API** — The Endpoint API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for endpoint. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Event Configurations API** — The Event Configurations API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for event configurations. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Fleet Metric API** — The Fleet Metric API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for fleet metric. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Fleet Metrics API** — The Fleet Metrics API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for fleet metrics. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Indexing API** — The Indexing API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for indexing. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Indices API** — The Indices API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 7 operation(s) for indices. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Job Templates API** — The Job Templates API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 2 operation(s) for job templates. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Jobs API** — The Jobs API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 6 operation(s) for jobs. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Keys And Certificate API** — The Keys And Certificate API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for keys and certificate. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender LoggingOptions API** — The LoggingOptions API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for loggingoptions. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Managed Job Templates API** — The Managed Job Templates API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 2 operation(s) for managed job templates. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Metric Values#thingName&metricName&startTime&endTime API** — The Metric Values#thingName&metricName&startTime&endTime API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for metric values#thingname&metricname&starttime&endtime. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Mitigationactions API** — The Mitigationactions API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 2 operation(s) for mitigationactions. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender OtaUpdates API** — The OtaUpdates API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 2 operation(s) for otaupdates. - **Amazon IoT Device Defender Policies API** — The Policies API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 4 operation(s) for policies. - …and 29 more, listed in full on the page. ## Agentic access (1) - **Amazon Iot Device Defender Agentic Access** — 238 operations · 141 acting · 2 human-in-the-loop ## Security (4) - **Amazon Iot Device Defender Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme - **Amazon Iot Device Defender Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC - **Amazon Iot Device Defender Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published - **Amazon Iot Device Defender Trust Center** — PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140 ## Plans (1) - **Amazon Iot Device Defender Plans Pricing** ## Use cases (3) - **IoT Compliance** — Ensure IoT deployments meet security compliance requirements. - **Threat Detection** — Detect compromised devices exhibiting abnormal communication patterns. - **Security Auditing** — Audit IoT policies and certificates against security best practices. ## Tags Compliance, IoT, Security, Vulnerability Management --- Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/amazon-iot-device-defender/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.