AWS Security Hub
AWS Security Hub brings multiple security services together into a single place and format. With this service, you can quickly see your security and compliance state in one comprehensive view. Security Hub automatically aggregates security findings from AWS and partner services and organizes them into actionable, meaningful groupings called insights.
Core Functionality​
Centralized Security Findings: Aggregates, normalizes, and prioritizes security findings from various AWS services and third-party security solutions into a single dashboard.
Automated Security Checks: Continuously runs automated security checks based on AWS best practices and industry standards like CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark.
Compliance Monitoring: Provides a consolidated view of your compliance status against various regulatory frameworks and standards.
Automated Remediation: Integrates with Amazon EventBridge to trigger automated responses and remediation actions for specific security findings.
How It Works​
Security Hub collects security data from integrated AWS services and partner products in a standardized format. It then correlates and prioritizes these findings, providing a single pane of glass for security and compliance monitoring. You can use insights to identify trends and take action on the most critical issues.
Use Cases​
Security Posture Management​
Gain a comprehensive understanding of your overall security posture by viewing a consolidated dashboard of security findings from across your AWS environment.
Compliance and Auditing​
Monitor your compliance with industry standards and regulations, and generate reports to support audits and internal reviews.
Centralized Incident Response​
Manage and track security incidents from a single location, with the ability to investigate findings and trigger remediation workflows.
DevOps Security Integration​
Integrate security checks and findings into your DevOps pipeline to identify and address security issues early in the development lifecycle.
Connection to Other AWS Services​
Amazon GuardDuty: Security Hub receives and displays threat detection findings from GuardDuty for centralized monitoring.
Amazon Inspector: Vulnerability assessment findings from Inspector are aggregated in Security Hub for a complete view of application security.
Amazon Macie: Sensitive data discovery findings from Macie are sent to Security Hub to provide context on data security risks.
AWS Config: Security Hub uses AWS Config rules to perform automated security checks and monitor resource configurations for compliance.
Amazon EventBridge: Use EventBridge to create custom rules that trigger automated responses, such as sending notifications or running Lambda functions, when new findings are generated.
AWS Organizations: Centrally manage Security Hub across all accounts in your organization for consistent security and compliance monitoring.
Third-Party Integrations: Integrates with a wide range of partner security solutions for firewalls, endpoint protection, and vulnerability scanning.
Key Features​
Unified Dashboard: A single, comprehensive dashboard that provides a prioritized view of security and compliance findings.
Security Standards: Automated checks against security standards like CIS AWS Foundations, PCI DSS, and AWS Foundational Security Best Practices.
Actionable Insights: Correlates findings to identify high-priority security issues and trends that require attention.
Custom Actions: Create custom actions that send findings to ticketing systems, chat applications, or security incident management tools.
Benefits​
Improved Visibility: Gain a complete and up-to-date view of your security posture across all your AWS accounts and services.
Reduced Complexity: Simplify security management by consolidating findings from multiple sources into a single, standardized format.
Faster Response Times: Accelerate time to resolution (TTR) with automated remediation and centralized incident management.
Enhanced Compliance: Continuously monitor your compliance status and generate the evidence needed to support audits.
Easy to Deploy: Enable Security Hub with a few clicks and start receiving security findings from integrated services immediately.
AWS Security Hub provides the visibility and control needed to manage security and compliance at scale, enabling organizations to maintain a strong security posture while reducing the operational overhead of managing multiple security tools.