After you have created an Amazon S3 storage, you can scan it for malicious files.
Use the appliance to create, configure, and run scans on Amazon S3 storages. You can configure filters to scans and scan results to optimize scanning.
Note
Amazon S3 supports only a listen scan.
The File Protect appliance creates a queue using the Amazon SQS (Simple Queue System) when a scan is configured on a particular bucket. The bucket sends notifications to the SQS queue when a file is created or modified. The appliance checks the queues periodically. It downloads files for listen scans based on changes made. If a file is found to be malicious, it will be quarantined.
You can verify the status of the connection to an Amazon S3 storage on the Status column found on the Storage menu of the Web UI.
Note
If there are no Amazon S3 storages available on the Storage menu, you can add a storage to verify your connection. Refer to Adding an Amazon S3 storage.
See Filters, results folders, and types, Scan results, and Quarantines for more information.
You can perform Amazon S3 storage scans using the Web UI or the CLI.
Prerequisites
Administrator access to the File Protect appliance.
An Amazon S3 storage has been created and configured.