AWS Control Tower now supports seven new compliance frameworks and 279 additional AWS Config rules

AWS Control Tower Updates

AWS Control Tower now supports an additional 279 managed Config rules in Control Catalog for security, cost, durability, and operations. You can search, discover, enable, and manage these rules directly from AWS Control Tower to govern more use cases for your multi-account environment.

AWS Control Tower also supports seven new compliance frameworks in Control Catalog, including ACSC-Essential-Eight-Nov-2022, ACSC-ISM-02-Mar-2023, AWS-WAF-v10, CCCS-Medium-Cloud-Control-May-2019, CIS-AWS-Benchmark-v1.2, CIS-AWS-Benchmark-v1.3, and CIS-v7.1.

What to do

• Go to the Control Catalog and search for controls with the implementation filter AWS Config to view all AWS Config rules.
• Enable relevant rules directly using the AWS Control Tower console or the ListControls, GetControl, and EnableControl APIs.
• Use the updated ListControlMappings API to understand relationships between controls, such as complementary, alternative, or mutually exclusive rules.

These new features are available in AWS Regions where AWS Control Tower is available, including AWS GovCloud (US). For more information, visit the AWS Control Tower User Guide.

Source: AWS release notes

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