# Disabling a control across standards
We recommend disabling an AWS Security Hub CSPM control across standards to maintain alignment throughout your organization. If you disable a control in only specific standards, you continue to receive findings for the control if it is enabled in other standards.
## Cross-standard disablement in multiple accounts and Regions
To disable a security control across multiple AWS accounts and AWS Regions, you must use [central configuration](central-configuration-intro.md).
When you use central configuration, the delegated administrator can create Security Hub CSPM configuration policies that disable specified controls across enabled standards. You can then associate the configuration policy with specific accounts, OUs, or the root. A configuration policy takes effect in your home Region (also called an aggregation Region) and all linked Regions.
Configuration policies offer customization. For example, you can choose to disable all AWS CloudTrail controls in one OU, and you can choose to disable all IAM controls in another OU. The level of granularity depends on your intended goals for security coverage in your organization. For instructions on creating a configuration policy that disables specified controls across standards, see [Creating and associating configuration policies](create-associate-policy.md).
**Note**
The delegated administrator can create configuration policies to manage controls in all standards except the [Service-Managed Standard: AWS Control Tower](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/securityhub/latest/userguide/service-managed-standard-aws-control-tower.html). Controls for this standard should be configured in the AWS Control Tower service.
If you want some accounts to configure their own controls rather than the delegated administrator, the delegated administrator can designate those accounts as self-managed. Self-managed accounts must configure controls separately in each Region.
## Cross-standard disablement in a single account and Region
If you don't use central configuration or are a self-managed account, you can't use configuration policies to centrally disable controls in multiple accounts and Regions. However, you can disable a control in a single account and Region.
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#### [ Security Hub CSPM console ]
**To disable a control across standards in one account and Region**
1. Open the AWS Security Hub CSPM console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/securityhub/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/securityhub/).
1. Choose **Controls** from the navigation pane.
1. Choose the option next to a control.
1. Choose **Disable Control**. This option doesn't appear for a control that's already disabled.
1. Select a reason for disabling the control, and confirm by choosing **Disable**.
1. Repeat in each Region in which you want to disable the control.
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#### [ Security Hub CSPM API ]
**To disable a control across standards in one account and Region**
1. Invoke the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/securityhub/1.0/APIReference/API_ListStandardsControlAssociations.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/securityhub/1.0/APIReference/API_ListStandardsControlAssociations.html) API. Provide a security control ID.
**Example request:**
```
{
"SecurityControlId": "IAM.1"
}
```
1. Invoke the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/securityhub/1.0/APIReference/API_BatchUpdateStandardsControlAssociations.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/securityhub/1.0/APIReference/API_BatchUpdateStandardsControlAssociations.html) API. Provide the ARN of any standards that the control is enabled in. To obtain standard ARNs, run [https://docs.aws.amazon.com//securityhub/1.0/APIReference/API_DescribeStandards.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//securityhub/1.0/APIReference/API_DescribeStandards.html).
1. Set the `AssociationStatus` parameter equal to `DISABLED`. If you follow these steps for a control that's already disabled, the API returns an HTTP status code 200 response.
**Example request:**
```
{
"StandardsControlAssociationUpdates": [{"SecurityControlId": "IAM.1", "StandardsArn": "arn:aws:securityhub:::ruleset/cis-aws-foundations-benchmark/v/1.2.0", "AssociationStatus": "DISABLED", "UpdatedReason": "Not applicable to environment"}, {"SecurityControlId": "IAM.1", "StandardsArn": "arn:aws:securityhub:::standards/aws-foundational-security-best-practices/v/1.0.0", "AssociationStatus": "DISABLED", "UpdatedReason": "Not applicable to environment"}}]
}
```
1. Repeat in each Region in which you want to disable the control.
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#### [ AWS CLI ]
**To disable a control across standards in one account and Region**
1. Run the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/securityhub/list-standards-control-associations.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/securityhub/list-standards-control-associations.html) command. Provide a security control ID.
```
aws securityhub --region us-east-1 list-standards-control-associations --security-control-id CloudTrail.1
```
1. Run the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/securityhub/batch-update-standards-control-associations.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/securityhub/batch-update-standards-control-associations.html) command. Provide the ARN of any standards that the control is enabled in. To obtain standard ARNs, run the `describe-standards` command.
1. Set the `AssociationStatus` parameter equal to `DISABLED`. If you follow these steps for a control that's already disabled, the command returns an HTTP status code 200 response.
```
aws securityhub --region us-east-1 batch-update-standards-control-associations --standards-control-association-updates '[{"SecurityControlId": "CloudTrail.1", "StandardsArn": "arn:aws:securityhub:::ruleset/cis-aws-foundations-benchmark/v/1.2.0", "AssociationStatus": "DISABLED", "UpdatedReason": "Not applicable to environment"}, {"SecurityControlId": "CloudTrail.1", "StandardsArn": "arn:aws:securityhub:::standards/cis-aws-foundations-benchmark/v/1.4.0", "AssociationStatus": "DISABLED", "UpdatedReason": "Not applicable to environment"}]'
```
1. Repeat in each Region in which you want to disable the control.
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