AWS Config conformance packs now available in additional AWS Regions

AWS Config conformance packs and organization-level management capabilities for conformance packs are now available in additional AWS Regions. Conformance packs allow you to bundle AWS Config rules into a single package, simplifying deployment at scale. You can deploy and manage these conformance packs throughout your AWS environment.

Conformance packs provide a general-purpose compliance framework designed to enable you to create security, operational, or cost-optimization governance checks using managed or custom AWS Config rules. This allows you to monitor compliance scores based on your own groupings. With this launch, you can also manage the AWS Config conformance packs and individual AWS Config rules at the organization level which simplifies the compliance management across your AWS Organization.

With this expansion, AWS Config Conformance Packs are now also available in the following AWS Regions: Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Asia Pacific (New Zealand), Asia Pacific (Thailand), Asia Pacific (Taipei) and Mexico (Central).

To get started, you can either use the provided sample conformance pack templates or craft a custom YAML file from scratch based on a custom conformance pack. Conformance pack deployment can be done through the AWS Config console, AWS CLI, or via AWS CloudFormation. You will be charged per conformance pack evaluation in your AWS account per AWS Region. Visit the AWS Config pricing page for more details. To learn more about AWS Config conformance packs, see our documentation.