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Viewing automation rules

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Viewing automation rules - AWS Security Hub

An automation rule can be used to automatically update findings in AWS Security Hub. For background information about how automation rules work, see Understanding automation rules in Security Hub.

Choose your preferred method, and follow the steps to view your existing automation rules and the details of each rule.

To view a history of how automation rules have changed your findings, see Reviewing finding details and finding history in Security Hub.

Console
To view automation rules (console)

  1. Using the credentials of the Security Hub administrator, open the AWS Security Hub console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/securityhub/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Automations.

  3. Choose a rule name. Alternatively, select a rule.

  4. Choose Actions and View.

API
To view automation rules (API)

  1. To view the automation rules for your account, run ListAutomationRules from the Security Hub administrator account. This API returns the rule ARNs and other metadata for your rules. No input parameters are required for this API, but you can optionally provide MaxResults to limit the number of results and NextToken as a pagination parameter. The initial value of NextToken should be NULL.

  2. For additional rule details, including the criteria and actions for a rule, run BatchGetAutomationRules from the Security Hub administrator account. Provide the ARNs of the automation rules that you want details for.

    The following example retrieves details for the specified automation rules. This example is formatted for Linux, macOS, or Unix, and it uses the backslash (\) line-continuation character to improve readability.

    $ aws securityhub batch-get-automation-rules \
--automation-rules-arns '["arn:aws:securityhub:us-east-1:123456789012:automation-rule/a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-EXAMPLE11111", "arn:aws:securityhub:us-east-1:123456789012:automation-rule/a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-EXAMPLE22222"]' \
--region us-east-1
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To view automation rules (console)

  1. Using the credentials of the Security Hub administrator, open the AWS Security Hub console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/securityhub/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Automations.

  3. Choose a rule name. Alternatively, select a rule.

  4. Choose Actions and View.

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