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Meeting diverse compliances with a single solution: AWS Config.

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Enterprise sized organizations regularly allocate multiple AWS accounts to their various teams. In such an environment it can be a big challenge to keep track of all the accounts and ensure they meet different compliances. AWS Config service is indispensable in helping organizations check, and assess configurations of all these diverse AWS resources. By enabling continuous monitoring & recording of the different configurations AWS Config facilitates evaluations, helping organizations confirm to accepted governance norms. Non-Compliance Problems Without continuous compliance, an organization can experience problems such as inability to scale, or conduct thorough assessments, exhaust compliance events, and receive sub-optimal feedback. Scaling Failure Rapid, real-time changes demand rapid scaling. This is one of the prime benefits of a cloud environment. Lack of compliance, or manual compliance approach sabotages ability to scale rapidly. Inaccurate Assessments Changes are another re...