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AWS Control Tower releases 2 new descriptive control APIs

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This article discusses two new descriptive control APIs released by AWS Control Tower, which enable programmatic access to descriptions of managed controls and automation of their deployment.

Specifically, the article covers:

  • ListControls API to get a paginated list of available controls
  • GetControl API to get details of an enabled control like target identifier, summary, regions, and drift status
  • How these APIs allow extending AWS Control Tower governance to regions where some controls are not available
  • How customers can now enable a control in additional regions, even if not supported in all governed regions
  • Brief introduction to AWS Control Tower and its benefits for setting up and governing multi-account AWS environments


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