Introduction: AWS Control Tower Controls Reference Guide - AWS Control Tower

Introduction: AWS Control Tower Controls Reference Guide

The AWS Control Tower Controls Reference Guide accompanies the AWS Control Tower User Guide. It gives information about the controls that are specific to the AWS Control Tower environment.

The Controls Reference Guide contains

  • A detailed page about each control that can be enabled through AWS Control Tower.

  • Extensive reference tables showing the regional availability and the metadata for the controls.

  • It explains how to view and enable controls from the AWS Control Tower console and with AWS Control Tower APIs.

  • It includes examples of using the AWS CLI and AWS CloudFormation to work with controls.

  • The Controls and compliance section explains how AWS Control Tower defines compliance and how an administrator can review compliance within the AWS Control Tower environment.

For more information about the AWS Control Tower application programming interface (API), see The AWS Control Tower API Reference.

For information about availability of specific controls across AWS Regions, see Control limitations, and AWS Region availability for AWS Control Tower controls.