CloudFormation Hooks Adds Managed Controls and Hook Activity Summary
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AWS CloudFormation Hooks has introduced two new features to enhance infrastructure governance and compliance:
- Managed Proactive Controls that allow customers to validate resource configurations against AWS best practices
- Controls can be selected from the AWS Control Tower Controls Catalog
- Option to run controls in warn mode for testing without blocking deployments
- New Hooks Invocation Summary page in CloudFormation console
- Provides historical record of Hook activities, including execution details and outcomes
These updates simplify compliance reporting, reduce setup time, and help teams enforce consistent policies across infrastructure environments with minimal manual intervention.
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