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Finding the available controls in AWS Audit Manager

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Finding the available controls in AWS Audit Manager - AWS Audit Manager
PrerequisitesProcedureNext stepsAdditional resources

You can find all available controls on the Control library page in the Audit Manager console.

You can also view all available controls using the Audit Manager API or the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI).

Prerequisites

Make sure your IAM identity has appropriate permissions to view controls in AWS Audit Manager. Two suggested policies that grant these permissions are AWSAuditManagerAdministratorAccess and Allow users management access to AWS Audit Manager.

Procedure

Audit Manager console
To view available controls on the Audit Manager console

  1. Open the AWS Audit Manager console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/auditmanager/home.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Control library.

  3. Choose a tab to browse the available controls.

    • Choose Common to see the common controls that are provided by AWS.

    • Choose Standard to see the standard controls that are provided by AWS.

    • Choose Custom to see the custom controls that you created.

AWS CLI
To find common controls in the (AWS CLI

Run the list-common-controls command to see a list of common controls.

aws controlcatalog list-common-controls

You can also use the optional common-control-filter attribute to return a list of common controls that have a specific objective.

In the following example, replace the placeholder text with your own information.

aws controlcatalog list-common-controls --common-control-filter OBJECTIVE-ARN
To find other types of controls in the AWS CLI

Run the list-controls command and specify the --control-type as Custom, Standard, or Core.

In the following example, replace the placeholder text with your own information.

aws auditmanager list-controls --control-type Type
Audit Manager API
To find common controls using the API

Use the ListCommonControls operation to see a list of available common controls. You can also use the optional commonControlFilter attribute to return a list of controls that have a specific objective.

To find other types of control using the API

Use the ListControls operation and specify the controlType as Custom, Standard, or Core.

For more information, choose any of the links in the previous procedure to read more in the AWS Audit Manager API Reference. This includes information about how to use these operations and parameters in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs.

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To view available controls on the Audit Manager console

  1. Open the AWS Audit Manager console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/auditmanager/home.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Control library.

  3. Choose a tab to browse the available controls.

    • Choose Common to see the common controls that are provided by AWS.

    • Choose Standard to see the standard controls that are provided by AWS.

    • Choose Custom to see the custom controls that you created.

Next steps

When you're ready to explore the details of a control, follow the steps in Reviewing a control in AWS Audit Manager. This page will guide you through the control details and explain the information that you see there.

From the control library page, you can also create a custom control, edit a custom control, or delete a custom control.

Additional resources

For solutions to control issues in Audit Manager see Troubleshooting control and control set issues.

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