guardduty

noun
UK /ˈɡɑːdˌdjuːti/
US /ˈɡɑːrdˌduːti/

A guard duty is a job where someone watches over a place to keep it safe.

The soldier was on guard duty at the gate all night.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A period of time when a person is assigned to protect or watch something.

He took the first guard duty so his friend could rest.

3. The responsibility of keeping watch over a person or place.

She was given guard duty over the sleeping children.

4. In computing, a service that monitors and protects a system from threats.

The cloud tool called GuardDuty alerts you about suspicious activity.