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AWS controltower: Rename CloudWatch Events to EventBridge in monitoring overview

Service: controltower · 2026-09-27 · Documentation low

File: controltower/latest/userguide/monitoring-overview.md

Summary

Updated the monitoring overview to refer to Amazon EventBridge instead of Amazon CloudWatch Events.

Security assessment

Service rebranding terminology change only; no security content added or altered.

Evidence

+  * _Amazon EventBridge_ delivers a near real-time stream of system events that describe changes in AWS resources. EventBridge enables automated event-driven computing, as you can write rules that watch for certain events and trigger automated actions in other AWS services when these events happen. For more information, see the [Amazon CloudWatch Events User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/events/).

Diff

diff --git a/controltower/latest/userguide/monitoring-overview.md b/controltower/latest/userguide/monitoring-overview.md
index 6963b4552..e12be335e 100644
--- a//controltower/latest/userguide/monitoring-overview.md
+++ b//controltower/latest/userguide/monitoring-overview.md
@@ -13 +13 @@ Monitoring is an important part of maintaining the reliability, availability, an
-  * _Amazon CloudWatch Events_ delivers a near real-time stream of system events that describe changes in AWS resources. CloudWatch Events enables automated event-driven computing, as you can write rules that watch for certain events and trigger automated actions in other AWS services when these events happen. For more information, see the [Amazon CloudWatch Events User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/events/).
+  * _Amazon EventBridge_ delivers a near real-time stream of system events that describe changes in AWS resources. EventBridge enables automated event-driven computing, as you can write rules that watch for certain events and trigger automated actions in other AWS services when these events happen. For more information, see the [Amazon CloudWatch Events User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/events/).