`no data available` in IoT device defender metrics

Question

I can't see any defender metrics on the device's "info" page (AWS IoT -> Manage -> Things -> my_thing_name -> defender metrics tab)?
I only see the message "no data available".

I have installed defender agent to my things, which sends custom metrics from the device to iot defender.

Both cloud side metrics and device custom metrics shows "no data available" msg on all iot devices.

I don’t have any security profile etc. created, because I tought that at least these cloud side metrics should be visible without any needs to configuration.

Have I misunderstood something? and what i shoud do to enable those metrics to be availabe per device

From device side, i cant see any errors. I send metrics to right topic and i get response from MQTT broker with message "{"thingName":"my_thing_name","reportId":1674798651,"status":"ACCEPTED","timestamp":1674798652251}'

Answer

Hi. You need to define the Security Profile. It defines what metrics are collected and retained for a particular Thing group or groups.

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/latest/developerguide/detect-concepts.html

> You can use the AWS IoT console or API commands to create a Security Profile and associate it with a group of devices. AWS IoT Device Defender Detect starts recording security-related data and uses the behaviors defined in the Security Profile to detect anomalies in the behavior of the devices.

`no data available` in IoT device defender metrics

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