AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar
Security Foundations

AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar SEC01-BP05: Reduce security management scope

Reduce the surface the team must secure itself by preferring AWS managed services that shift provisioning, patching and backup of underlying components to the provider, and weigh that management overhead when selecting services.

Maintained by Gerard BlokdykVerified against the published standard Control text last updated

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This control maps to 20 controls across 14 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 3 controls

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • SA-8 Security and Privacy Engineering Principles
  • SA-9 External System Services

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • SA-8 Security and Privacy Engineering Principles
  • SA-9 External System Services
  • ANSSI-HYG-03 Control the Risks of Outsourced Information System Management
  • AM-2 Use only approved services

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-12.1 Ensure Network Infrastructure is Up-to-Date

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.23 Information security for use of cloud services

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.23 Information security for use of cloud services

NIST SP 800-218 · 1 control

PCI DSS 4.0 · 1 control

  • 12.8.5 12.8.5 Responsibility allocation between entity and TPSPs

UK Cyber Essentials · 1 control

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