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AWS re:Invent 2023 - [LAUNCH] Customize and contextualize security with AWS Security Hub (SEC242)

Summary

Speakers: Dora Karali (leads product management for Security Hub, Security Lake, and Detective), Gal Ordo (part of Security Hub product management team), and Shachar Hirschberg (Senior Product Manager at Security Hub).
Security Hub Overview: Launched in 2019, Security Hub is a fully managed cloud security posture management service that performs security best practice checks and aggregates security findings from AWS and third-party services.
New Features:
- Central Configuration: Allows for easy application of security settings across an organization's regions and accounts.
- Control Parameters: Customization of Security Hub controls to meet specific organizational policies.
- Finding Enrichment: Automatically enriches findings with resource tags, account names, and application details.
- Dashboard Enhancements: New widgets and filters to focus on specific security concerns and track progress.
Demos: Demonstrated how to use central configuration and control parameters to customize Security Hub settings and how to use the enriched findings and enhanced dashboard for better security response and remediation.
Next Steps: Encouraged to try Security Hub for free for 30 days, attend activation days for hands-on guidance, subscribe to Security Hub announcements, and attend AWS Reinforce in Philadelphia.

Customization and Scalability: The central configuration feature addresses the need for scalable security management across growing AWS environments, preventing configuration drift and ensuring consistent security settings.
Operational Efficiency: Control parameters allow security teams to tailor Security Hub checks to their organization's specific security policies, enhancing the relevance and effectiveness of security findings.
Contextualization of Findings: The finding enrichment capability provides additional context to security findings, enabling security teams to prioritize and respond more effectively to security incidents.
Enhanced Visibility: The dashboard enhancements, including new widgets and filters, offer improved visibility into an organization's security posture, allowing for more targeted actions and monitoring of security improvements.
Integration and Automation: Security Hub's integration with other AWS services and third-party tools, along with automation capabilities, streamline the process of managing security findings and taking remediation actions.
Continuous Improvement: The ongoing addition of new controls and standards, as well as the ability to automatically apply new controls, demonstrates AWS's commitment to continuously improving Security Hub's capabilities in line with evolving security needs.