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AWS securityhub medium security documentation change

Service: securityhub · 2025-11-22 · Security-related medium

File: securityhub/latest/userguide/exposure-findings-generate.md

Summary

Changed exposure findings generation from every 6 hours to near real-time processing.

Security assessment

The change documents improved security monitoring capabilities. Near real-time exposure detection reduces vulnerability exposure windows, directly enhancing security posture by enabling faster response to threats.

Diff

diff --git a/securityhub/latest/userguide/exposure-findings-generate.md b/securityhub/latest/userguide/exposure-findings-generate.md
index 25b83cf65..652f41c15 100644
--- a//securityhub/latest/userguide/exposure-findings-generate.md
+++ b//securityhub/latest/userguide/exposure-findings-generate.md
@@ -11 +11 @@ AWS Security Hub is in preview release and is subject to change.
-AWS Security Hub generates exposure findings every 6 hours. During each 6-hour period, Security Hub considers the available exposure traits for a resource. It produces at most one exposure finding per resource ID. The uniqueness of a finding is determined by finding ID, AWS Region, exposure type, and account. This means you can have two resources with the same ID. However, the resources might have different types of exposures. This exposure finding aggregates all of the applicable exposure traits that apply to the resource. 
+Security Hub generates exposure findings in near real-time. As new security findings are ingested and existing findings are updated, Security Hub generates or updates exposure findings in near real time. Security Hub generates one exposure finding per resource ID.