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Changelog

Every update, improvement, and new feature shipped to Vigilare — in reverse chronological order.

NewImprovedFixedSecurity— entry types
1.6.0May 22, 2026

Account suspension prevention guide + blog

  • NewPublished comprehensive AWS account suspension prevention guide with technical remediation steps.
  • NewIAM security monitoring deep-dive: root login detection, MFA gap analysis, and policy drift alerting.
  • NewBilling anomaly detection architecture guide covering native AWS tools and their limitations.
  • ImprovedRisk score now factors in the age of unresolved findings — older open findings increase the score degradation rate.
  • ImprovedAlert emails include a direct deep-link to the affected resource in the AWS Console.
1.5.0May 16, 2026

Multi-account monitoring & unified dashboard

  • NewMulti-account dashboard: view risk scores, active alerts, and last-scan timestamps for all connected accounts at a glance.
  • NewCross-account alert consolidation — related findings across accounts are grouped into a single incident.
  • NewAgency plan: white-label branding support — custom logo and colour scheme in dashboard and email alerts.
  • ImprovedOnboarding Terraform module updated to v1.1 — supports AWS Organizations StackSet deployment for bulk account enrollment.
  • FixedFixed a race condition where simultaneous GuardDuty findings could produce duplicate alert notifications.
1.4.0May 13, 2026

AWS security monitoring tools comparison + Security Hub integration

  • NewSecurity Hub findings integration: Vigilare now ingests ASFF-format findings from Security Hub alongside GuardDuty.
  • NewAWS Inspector vulnerability findings surfaced in the risk score under a new 'Vulnerability' dimension.
  • ImprovedCloudTrail anomaly detection expanded — now alerts on CreateAccessKey, DeleteTrail, and ConsoleLogin from unrecognised IPs.
  • ImprovedPagerDuty alerts include severity, affected account ID, and remediation URL in the alert body.
  • FixedService Quota utilisation metric was occasionally reporting stale values — now refreshed on every scan cycle.
1.3.0May 5, 2026

IAM best practices engine

  • NewIAM posture checks expanded: detects users with AdministratorAccess, inactive access keys older than 90 days, and roles with wildcard Resource policies.
  • NewCredential report analysis — Vigilare now parses the IAM credential report on every scan to catch MFA gaps and password-only users.
  • NewLeast-privilege drift alerts: flags any IAM policy change that widens permissions since the previous scan.
  • ImprovedRoot account login alerting now fires within 30 seconds via EventBridge — down from up to 5 minutes.
  • SecurityCross-account IAM role now explicitly denies sts:AssumeRole for any principal outside the Vigilare control plane account.
1.2.0April 28, 2026

Billing anomaly detection & SES reputation

  • NewBilling anomaly detection v2: per-service baselines computed from a rolling 30-day window with configurable sensitivity thresholds.
  • NewSES reputation monitoring: alerts when bounce rate exceeds 5% or complaint rate exceeds 0.08% — before AWS enforces sending restrictions.
  • NewBudget action integration: optionally apply a restrictive IAM policy automatically when spend exceeds a critical threshold.
  • ImprovedCost Explorer API polling interval reduced to 15 minutes on Agency and Enterprise plans.
  • FixedBilling alerts were not firing for accounts using linked payer accounts in AWS Organizations — now resolved.
1.1.0April 14, 2026

Slack & PagerDuty alerts, risk scoring engine

  • NewSlack webhook integration — alerts delivered as rich message blocks with severity badge, affected service, and one-click remediation link.
  • NewPagerDuty integration — incidents created and auto-resolved when findings are cleared.
  • NewRisk scoring engine: each finding is weighted by severity and service criticality, rolled up into a 0–100 account health score updated after every scan.
  • NewAccount Health Dashboard integration — AWS abuse notifications and scheduled maintenance events surfaced in the findings feed.
  • ImprovedDashboard redesigned with per-service breakdown panels and a findings timeline view.
1.0.0April 1, 2026

General availability

  • NewVigilare is publicly available. Monitor AWS Billing, IAM, GuardDuty, SES, CloudTrail, and Service Quotas from a single dashboard.
  • NewOpen-source Terraform onboarding module published — connect an AWS account in under 5 minutes with a read-only cross-account IAM role.
  • NewEmail alerts with severity rating and step-by-step remediation guide included in every notification.
  • NewSolo, Team, Agency, and Enterprise plans available — all with a 14-day free trial and no credit card required.
  • New60-minute scan cadence on Solo; 15-minute on Team; 5-minute on Agency and Enterprise.

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