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Overview
AWS Security Hub automates security checks against compliance standards and best practices, centralizing findings for efficient analysis. While processing a high volume of findings may require careful management, it significantly enhances security operations. Overall, it is a key tool for organizations seeking continuous and scalable cloud security management.
AWS Security Hub Specifications
- Cloud Security
- Vulnerability Management
- Security Audits And Reporting
- Security Information And Event Management (SIEM)
AWS Security Hub Features
Automated Correlation
The platform automatically analyzes how resources and findings are connected, adding important context such as potential impact and relationships between alerts. This helps teams understand which issues matter most and how different factors can combine to create higher overall risk.
Attack Path Analysis
AWS Security Hub helps visualize how vulnerabilities and misconfigurations could be chained together by an adversary to reach critical resources. By mapping these potential paths, it helps teams understand the blast radius of an attack and prioritize remediation more effectively.
Cross-Region Aggregation
This feature allows users to designate an aggregator region to centralize security findings from across all accounts for comprehensive visibility. Findings are continuously synced, which simplifies security operations by consolidating integrations with ticketing, incident management, and auto-remediation tools into one central location.
Data Standardization
AWS Security Hub uses the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF) to standardize data from integrated AWS services and partner solutions. This common format makes it easier to ingest, search, filter, and correlate security information across different sources.
Advanced Analytics And Insights
The platform allows users to group, filter, and create saved searches across their security findings, leveraging the standardized OCSF format to surface critical risks. It provides both pre-packaged and custom insights with visualizations, helping teams identify patterns and track the evolution of their security posture over time.
Pros And Cons of AWS Security Hub
Pros
Offers granular control across cloud resources
Enables precise permission and policy management
Provides automated compliance checks and continuous monitoring
Cons
Documentation can be too complex or fragmented
Limited scenario-based implementation examples
AWS Security Hub Reviews
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4.5
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Atharva P.
Enterprise, 500+ employees
“all your security data pulled into a single view”
Pros
Having AWS Security Hub pull everything into one place has been the biggest advantage for me. It provides a centralized view of security findings across multiple AWS accounts and regions, while continuously collecting alerts from AWS security services and third-party security tools. That makes it much simpler to keep an eye on compliance, prioritize risks and respond to issues from a single dashboard. I also really value the built-in support for standards like AWS Foundational Security Best Practices, CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark and PCI DSS because it helps teams continuously assess and track their cloud security posture over time.
Cons
One challenge is that the number of findings can be a lot to deal with at first especially in more mature AWS environments. Without proper tuning, clear suppression rules and defined remediation workflows, it can quickly turn into alert fatigue. There's also a bit of a learning curve when it comes to interpreting severity levels and deciding what should be prioritized so getting the full benefit from the tool does require some security knowledge.
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Ease of use
8
Value for money
8
Customer Support
8
Functionality
9
Anonymous
Mid Market, 500+ employees
“no more juggling between tools for visibility”
Pros
It gives a centralized view of security alerts and compliance across AWS accounts which makes monitoring much more manageable. It also pulls together findings from AWS services like GuardDuty, Inspector and partner tools so everything is available in one place instead of being scattered across different services.
Cons
The overall setup and management can feel complex at times. Multi-cloud support is also limited and the cost can be a concern depending on the scale of use.
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Ease of use
8
Value for money
8
Customer Support
8
Functionality
8
Anonymous
Enterprise, 500+ employees
“Compliance checks that get your assessments right from the start”
Pros
In my opinion this does an excellent job of automating compliance checks against industry standards.
Cons
We're very happy with AWS Security Hub.
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Value for money
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does AWS Security Hub offer an API?
Yes, AWS Security Hub offers an API.
What types of AWS Security Hub pricing plans are available?
Pricing is divided into three categories: Security Checks, Finding Ingestion Events, and Automation Rule Evaluations. Security checks start at $0.0010/check for the first 100,000 checks. Finding ingestion events are free for the first 10,000 events/month, with charges applying afterward. Automation rule evaluations are free for the first 1 million evaluations/month, with tiered pricing applied beyond that. Get a personalized AWS Security Hub price plan for your organization today!
What other apps does AWS Security Hub integrate with?
AWS Security Hub integrates with various platforms, including Caveonix, Claroty, Slack, CrowdStrike, Drata, Dynatrace, and Fortinet software.
What language does AWS Security Hub support?
AWS Security Hub supports multiple languages, including English, Turkish, Arabic, Indonesian, German, Italian, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Japanese.
Does AWS Security Hub have a mobile app?
No, AWS Security Hub does not have a standalone mobile app, but its features can be accessed through the AWS Console Mobile Application.
What level of support does AWS Security Hub offer?
AWS Security Hub offers support via phone and a ticketing system.
Who are the typical users of AWS Security Hub?
AWS Security Hub features support organizations across multiple industries and sectors, such as financial services, healthcare, technology and SaaS, e-commerce, government, and retail.