AWS Security Hub Extended Plan offers an enhanced layer of security and compliance management for your AWS environment. This premium service builds upon the existing Security Hub, providing more advanced features and increased limits to help you better protect your cloud resources.
With the Extended Plan, you can now monitor and manage security findings across multiple AWS accounts and even multiple AWS regions. This expanded scope allows you to gain a holistic view of your security posture, enabling you to make more informed decisions and mitigate risks more effectively.
Enhanced Visibility and Control
The Extended Plan introduces several features that provide you with greater visibility into your AWS security landscape. These include:
1. **Centralized Management**: You can now manage security findings across multiple AWS accounts from a single, centralized location. This streamlined approach helps you to better prioritize and address security issues across your entire organization.
Cross-Account Security Findings
With the Extended Plan, you can aggregate security findings from multiple AWS accounts into a single Security Hub. This allows you to gain a unified view of your security posture, regardless of the number of accounts you manage.
For example, you can set up Security Hub to collect findings from all your development, testing, and production accounts. This way, you can monitor and manage security risks across your entire AWS environment from a single console.
Multi-Region Support
The Extended Plan also allows you to monitor and manage security findings across multiple AWS regions. This is particularly useful for organizations that operate in multiple geographical locations and need to comply with regional data protection regulations.
For instance, you can set up Security Hub to collect findings from your AWS accounts in the US East (Ohio) and EU (Ireland) regions. This way, you can ensure that your security posture complies with both US and EU data protection standards.
Advanced Compliance and Auditing
The Extended Plan also introduces advanced compliance and auditing features to help you meet your regulatory and industry-specific compliance requirements.
1. **Compliance Checks**: The Extended Plan provides more detailed and frequent compliance checks, helping you to identify and remediate non-compliance issues more quickly.
Expanded Compliance Checks
The Extended Plan offers expanded compliance checks for AWS services, helping you to meet a wider range of regulatory and industry-specific compliance requirements.
For example, you can use the Extended Plan to check for compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
Customizable Compliance Reports
The Extended Plan allows you to customize your compliance reports to meet the specific needs of your organization. You can create reports that focus on specific AWS services, accounts, or regions, helping you to better understand and manage your compliance posture.
For instance, you can create a compliance report that focuses on your AWS Lambda functions in the US East (Ohio) region. This way, you can ensure that these critical resources are fully compliant with your organization's security policies.
With the AWS Security Hub Extended Plan, you can take your cloud security and compliance management to the next level. By providing you with enhanced visibility, control, and compliance features, the Extended Plan helps you to better protect your AWS environment and meet your organization's security and compliance goals.