implementing-aws-security-hub

name	implementing-aws-security-hub
description	Use when this skill covers deploying AWS Security Hub as a centralized cloud security posture management platform that aggregates findings from GuardDuty, Inspector, Macie, and third-party tools. It details enabling security standards like CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark, configuring automated remediation, and building executive dashboards for compliance tracking across multi-account AWS organizations.
domain	cybersecurity
tags	["aws-security-hub","cspm","compliance-automation","security-standards","finding-aggregation"]
subdomain	cloud-security
version	1.0.0
author	oyi77
license	Apache-2.0
nist_csf	["PR.IR-01","ID.AM-08","GV.SC-06","DE.CM-01"]

Implementing Aws Security Hub

Overview

Cybersecurity skill for implementing aws security hub. Follows industry best practices and security standards.

When to Use

Trigger phrases:

• "implementing aws security hub"

• "This skill covers deploying AWS Security Hub as a centralized cloud security pos"

• When establishing a centralized security findings dashboard across multiple AWS accounts

• When enabling automated compliance checks against CIS, PCI-DSS, NIST, or AWS Foundational Security Best Practices

• When integrating findings from GuardDuty, Inspector, Macie, and third-party security tools

• When building automated remediation workflows for recurring security misconfigurations

• When preparing compliance evidence for auditors requiring continuous posture monitoring

Do not use for real-time threat detection (see detecting-cloud-threats-with-guardduty), for Azure compliance monitoring (see securing-azure-with-microsoft-defender), or for deep vulnerability scanning of container images (see securing-container-registry).

When NOT to Use

• When you lack proper authorization for testing
• For production systems without change management
• When the task requires legal or compliance expertise beyond technical scope

Prerequisites

• AWS Organization with a designated security administrator account
• AWS Config enabled in all target accounts and regions
• GuardDuty, Inspector, and Macie activated for finding integration
• IAM permissions for securityhub:* and config:* in the administrator account

Workflow

# Example: IOC detection
import re

IOC_PATTERNS = {
    "ip": r"\b(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}\b",
    "domain": r"\b[a-z0-9-]+\.[a-z]{2,}\b",
    "hash_md5": r"\b[a-f0-9]{32}\b",
    "hash_sha256": r"\b[a-f0-9]{64}\b",
}

def extract_iocs(text: str) -> :
     {k: re.findall(v, text)  k, v  IOC_PATTERNS.items()}