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AWS prescriptive-guidance documentation change

Service: prescriptive-guidance · 2025-12-10 · Documentation low

File: prescriptive-guidance/latest/cloud-center-of-excellence/apg-gloss.md

Summary

Enhanced guardrails definition to include 'AWS Security Hub CSPM' for detective capabilities.

Security assessment

Update documents CSPM as a security tool but lacks references to patched issues or incidents. It refines security feature descriptions without evidence of threat mitigation.

Diff

diff --git a/prescriptive-guidance/latest/cloud-center-of-excellence/apg-gloss.md b/prescriptive-guidance/latest/cloud-center-of-excellence/apg-gloss.md
index bf1a8fa8d..2cd1aa259 100644
--- a//prescriptive-guidance/latest/cloud-center-of-excellence/apg-gloss.md
+++ b//prescriptive-guidance/latest/cloud-center-of-excellence/apg-gloss.md
@@ -696 +696 @@ guardrail
-A high-level rule that helps govern resources, policies, and compliance across organizational units (OUs). _Preventive guardrails_ enforce policies to ensure alignment to compliance standards. They are implemented by using service control policies and IAM permissions boundaries. _Detective guardrails_ detect policy violations and compliance issues, and generate alerts for remediation. They are implemented by using AWS Config, AWS Security Hub, Amazon GuardDuty, AWS Trusted Advisor, Amazon Inspector, and custom AWS Lambda checks.
+A high-level rule that helps govern resources, policies, and compliance across organizational units (OUs). _Preventive guardrails_ enforce policies to ensure alignment to compliance standards. They are implemented by using service control policies and IAM permissions boundaries. _Detective guardrails_ detect policy violations and compliance issues, and generate alerts for remediation. They are implemented by using AWS Config, AWS Security Hub CSPM, Amazon GuardDuty, AWS Trusted Advisor, Amazon Inspector, and custom AWS Lambda checks.