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AWS Audit Manager

AWS Audit Manager

AWS Audit Manager is a service designed to continually audit your AWS usage, significantly simplifying the process of risk and compliance assessment. It helps you effectively collect evidence, manage audit data, and prepare for audits with greater efficiency and less manual effort.

Core Benefits​

Audit Manager offers several key advantages for organizations facing compliance and auditing challenges:

  • Automated Evidence Collection: It saves time by automatically collecting evidence from your AWS accounts and services, removing the need for manual gathering.
  • Streamlined Collaboration: Facilitates easier collaboration across teams by providing a centralized repository for audit-related data and workflows.
  • Audit Integrity: Helps ensure the integrity of your audits through features like read-only permissions for evidence, preventing tampering.

Use Cases​

  • Automate Evidence Collection: Automatically gathers data from various AWS services to support compliance checks against established frameworks.
  • Continual Compliance Assessment: Provides an ongoing view of your compliance posture, allowing you to continually assess adherence to regulatory standards.
  • Internal Risk Assessments: Deploy and conduct internal risk assessments by defining custom controls and frameworks that align with your organization's specific policies.

Key Features​

While the provided text doesn't break down into explicit "Key Features" sections like other services (e.g., CloudTrail events, logs, insights), the essence of Audit Manager revolves around its core functionality:

  • Pre-built Frameworks and Controls: Audit Manager comes with pre-built frameworks that map to common industry standards and regulations (e.g., CIS, HIPAA, PCI DSS). This allows you to quickly set up and run assessments against these standards.