An Introduction to AWS Security Hub.

  • Security Hub is a central security tool with an integrated dashboard used to manage several AWS accounts and automate security checks.
  • Aggregates alerts from various AWS services including:
    • Config
    • GuardDuty
    • Macie
    • Inspector
    • IAM Access Manager
  • AWS Config Service must be enabled for Security Hub to work.
  • EventBridge can be used to automate responses to alerts in the Security Hub.
  • Security Hub generates findings and can check against security standards (ex. CIS AWS Foundations, PCI DSS).
  • Findings are automatically deleted after 90 days.
  • Insights are a collection of related findings that identify a security area requiring attention.
  • Cross-Region Aggregation – aggregate findings from multiple regions.

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