In AWS, what is used to assess the security compliance of an AWS account?

AWS Audit Manager is specifically designed to help organizations assess security compliance across their AWS accounts. It provides tools to automate the assessment of compliance standards by continuously collecting evidence and generating reports based on various frameworks such as GDPR, ISO 27001, and others. Audit Manager simplifies the compliance process by facilitating the organization and management of evidence needed for audits, making it easier for organizations to demonstrate their security posture to auditors or regulatory bodies.

In contrast, other services have different primary functions. For instance, AWS Inspector focuses on vulnerability assessments within applications, AWS Config monitors and records configurations of AWS resources, and AWS GuardDuty is centered around threat detection and continuous monitoring for malicious activity or unauthorized behavior in an AWS account. These services contribute to security in various ways but do not specifically target compliance assessment like AWS Audit Manager does.