Returns a list of the available standards in Security Hub.
For each standard, the results include the standard ARN, the name, and a description.
get/standards
Query parameters
NextTokenstring
<p>The token that is required for pagination. On your first call to the <code>DescribeStandards</code> operation, set the value of this parameter to <code>NULL</code>.</p> <p>For subsequent calls to the operation, to continue listing data, set the value of this parameter to the value returned from the previous response.</p>
MaxResultsinteger
The maximum number of standards to return.
Response
Success
Example response
{
"Standards": [
{
"Description": "The AWS Foundational Security Best Practices standard is a set of automated security checks that detect when AWS accounts and deployed resources do not align to security best practices. The standard is defined by AWS security experts. This curated set of controls helps improve your security posture in AWS, and cover AWS's most popular and foundational services.",
"EnabledByDefault": true,
"Name": "AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0",
"StandardsArn": "arn:aws:securityhub:us-west-1::standards/aws-foundational-security-best-practices/v/1.0.0"
},
{
"Description": "The Center for Internet Security (CIS) AWS Foundations Benchmark v1.2.0 is a set of security configuration best practices for AWS. This Security Hub standard automatically checks for your compliance readiness against a subset of CIS requirements.",
"EnabledByDefault": true,
"Name": "CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark v1.2.0",
"StandardsArn": "arn:aws:securityhub:us-west-1::ruleset/cis-aws-foundations-benchmark/v/1.2.0"
},
{
"Description": "The Center for Internet Security (CIS) AWS Foundations Benchmark v1.4.0 is a set of security configuration best practices for AWS. This Security Hub standard automatically checks for your compliance readiness against a subset of CIS requirements.",
"EnabledByDefault": false,
"Name": "CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark v1.4.0",
"StandardsArn": "arn:aws::securityhub:us-west-1::standards/cis-aws-foundations-benchmark/v/1.4.0"
},
{
"Description": "The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) v3.2.1 is an information security standard for entities that store, process, and/or transmit cardholder data. This Security Hub standard automatically checks for your compliance readiness against a subset of PCI DSS requirements.",
"EnabledByDefault": false,
"Name": "PCI DSS v3.2.1",
"StandardsArn": "arn:aws:securityhub:us-west-1::standards/pci-dss/v/3.2.1"
}
]
}