palaniappan p5 min
Continuous Compliance Automation on AWS (2026): Config Conformance Packs, SSM Auto-Remediation, and Audit Manager — Past Security Hub
Security Hub detects control failures. It is not the compliance pipeline — and treating it as one is why teams still scramble for evidence at audit time. The four jobs are distinct: AWS Config detects drift, conformance packs deploy rules org-wide as immutable bundles, SSM Automation remediates the safe class, and evidence accrues via conformance-pack exports plus Security Hub control status (Audit Manager only if you onboarded before it closed to new customers on 30 April 2026). Here is the tool-per-job matrix, a conformance pack with auto-remediation, and the auto-remediation gotcha to design around.