AWS Security Hub launches 7 new security controls

Posted on: Nov 6, 2024

AWS Security Hub has released 7 new security controls, increasing the total number of controls offered to 437. Security Hub released new controls for Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) topic and AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) keys checking for public access. Security Hub now supports additional controls for encryption checks for key AWS services such as AWS AppSync and Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS). For the full list of recently released controls and the AWS Regions in which they are available, visit the Security Hub user guide.

To use the new controls, turn on the standard they belong to. Security Hub will then start evaluating your security posture and monitoring your resources for the relevant security controls. You can use central configuration to do so across all your organization accounts and linked Regions with a single action. If you are already using the relevant standards and have Security Hub configured to automatically enable new controls, these new controls will run without taking any additional action.

To get started, consult the following list of resources: