Streamline security response at scale with AWS Security Hub automation

This article explains how to use AWS Security Hub automation to streamline security response across multiple AWS accounts and regions at scale.

• Security Hub automation filters, prioritizes, and routes findings to appropriate teams automatically
• Automation rules evaluate new findings against defined criteria for consistent response procedures
• Use cases include automated remediation, workflow integration, finding enrichment, and compliance reporting
• Route findings based on severity, resource ownership, or compliance requirements to ticketing systems
• Enrich findings with business context to upgrade severity and trigger appropriate responses
• Integrate with EventBridge to trigger Lambda functions or SNS notifications for external actions
• Maximum 100 automation rules per administrator account; rules apply across configured regions
• Best practices include centralized management, specific criteria definition, and regular rule review

Security Hub automation enables organizations to reduce manual effort, improve response times, and maintain consistent security workflows across their cloud environment.