Managing security governance and compliance

The dynamic nature of modern cybersecurity challenges calls for a governance model that is equally adaptable. This section focuses on AWS services that offer a holistic approach to security governance, combining automation, compliance monitoring, and best practices to fortify the cloud environment of various organizations, from different industries and sizes.

Security Hub—your AWS security dashboard

AWS Security Hub serves as a unified security and compliance center that simplifies the way you manage security alerts and automate compliance checks within your AWS environment. It aggregates and prioritizes findings from various AWS services and third-party tools, providing a centralized dashboard for a comprehensive view of your security posture.

Key features

Security Hub has the following key features:

• Aggregated security findings: Security Hub collects data from a wide array of AWS services such as GuardDuty, Inspector, CloudTrail Lake, and Security Lake, as well as from third-party solutions. This provides a unified view of your security alerts and compliance status.
• Automated compliance checks: The service continuously monitors your environment against industry standards and best practices, such as the CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark and PCI DSS.
• Custom insights: This feature allows you to create your own customized findings and insights using the Security Hub’s powerful query language, enabling tailored security monitoring. You can use custom insights to track specific types of threats or compliance metrics, offering a more focused view of your security landscape.
• Multi-region analytic pipeline: For organizations operating globally, Security Hub offers the ability to aggregate findings from multiple AWS regions into a single dashboard.
• Consolidated controls and findings: The controls view consolidates various security standards, making it easier to manage and act upon security findings. Controls and findings have specific severity ratings to help prioritize remediation efforts.
• Automation capabilities: Security Hub can automate routine tasks such as sending notifications, updating the security configuration of resources, and initiating predefined remediation actions such as isolating compromised instances, allowing security teams to focus on more complex issues.
• Enhanced visualizations: Integration with Detective enriches the investigation process by grouping related findings and offering advanced visualizations. You can also use QuickSight or other visualization tools to create customized interactive dashboards and reports.