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

Today, AWS Control Tower announces support for an additional 279 managed Config rules in Control Catalog for various use cases such as security, cost, durability, and operations. With this launch, you can now search, discover, enable and manage these additional rules directly from AWS Control Tower and govern more use cases for your multi-account environment. AWS Control Tower also supports seven new compliance frameworks in Control Catalog. In addition to existing frameworks, most controls are now mapped to 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, CIS-v7.1

To get started, go to the Control Catalog and search for controls with the implementation filter AWS Config to view all AWS Config rules in the Catalog. You can enable relevant rules directly using the AWS Control Tower console or the ListControls, GetControl and EnableControl APIs. We've also enhanced control relationship mapping, helping you understand how different controls work together. The updated ListControlMappings API now reveals important relationships between controls - showing which ones complement each other, are alternatives, or are mutually exclusive. For instance, you can now easily identify when a Config Rule (detection) and a Service Control Policy (prevention) can work together for comprehensive security coverage.

These new features are available in AWS Regions where AWS Control Tower is available, including AWS GovCloud (US). Reference the list of supported regions for each Config rule to see where it can be enabled. To learn more, visit the AWS Control Tower User Guide.