Connect APVISO with AWS Security Hub

How APVISO Will Integrate with AWS Security Hub

The planned APVISO AWS Security Hub integration will position APVISO findings alongside your entire AWS security stack. By importing pentest results in AWS Security Finding Format (ASFF), your security team manages APVISO vulnerabilities with the same tools and workflows they use for GuardDuty detections, Inspector assessments, and Macie sensitive data discoveries.

AWS Security Finding Format (ASFF)

Security Hub normalizes findings from dozens of AWS and third-party tools into ASFF, a standardized JSON format. APVISO will map each vulnerability to an ASFF finding with:

• AwsAccountId: The AWS account hosting the vulnerable resource
• ProductArn: APVISO's registered product ARN in Security Hub
• GeneratorId: The APVISO finding ID for traceability
• Severity: Normalized to Security Hub's 0-100 scale with a label (CRITICAL, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW)
• Types: The vulnerability classification using Security Hub's finding type taxonomy (e.g., Software and Configuration Checks/Vulnerabilities/CVE)
• Resources: The AWS resource ARN if the target is mapped to an AWS resource
• Remediation: A URL pointing to the full finding in APVISO with remediation guidance

This ASFF mapping means APVISO findings are fully searchable, filterable, and actionable within Security Hub — no special handling required.

Compliance Framework Mapping

Security Hub includes compliance standards like CIS AWS Foundations, PCI DSS, and NIST 800-53. APVISO findings will be mapped to relevant compliance controls where applicable. For example, an SQL injection finding maps to PCI DSS Requirement 6.5.1 (Injection Flaws), and a weak TLS configuration maps to NIST SC-8 (Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity).

This mapping provides compliance teams with automated evidence that penetration testing is being performed and that findings are tracked against specific controls. Security Hub's compliance dashboard shows the percentage of controls that are passing, giving an immediate view of whether APVISO findings are impacting compliance posture.

Automated Response with EventBridge

One of the most powerful patterns in the AWS security ecosystem is automated response via EventBridge. When APVISO imports a Critical finding into Security Hub, EventBridge can trigger downstream actions:

• WAF Rule Update: A Lambda function adds a rate-limiting rule or blocks the affected endpoint pattern at the AWS WAF level while the vulnerability is being fixed
• SNS Notification: Send the finding to an SNS topic that fans out to multiple subscribers — email distribution lists, ticketing systems, or custom processors
• Step Functions Workflow: Initiate a multi-step remediation workflow that creates a Jira ticket, notifies the on-call engineer via PagerDuty, and schedules a retest
• Security Hub Custom Action: Create manual response options that analysts can trigger from the Security Hub console

This automated response capability means organizations can enforce consistent, rapid responses to critical vulnerabilities without relying on manual intervention.

Multi-Account and Multi-Region Architecture

Organizations using AWS Organizations with a delegated Security Hub administrator can aggregate APVISO findings from scans across multiple accounts and regions into a central administrator account. This is particularly valuable for large enterprises where different teams manage different AWS accounts but security leadership needs a consolidated view.

APVISO's target-to-resource mapping lets you associate each scanned domain with the AWS account and region where it is hosted. Findings are imported into the correct regional Security Hub, then aggregated to the administrator account for centralized management.

Finding Lifecycle Management

APVISO manages the full lifecycle of findings in Security Hub. When a vulnerability is first discovered, a new finding is created with a NEW workflow status. If a retest confirms the vulnerability still exists, the finding is updated with the latest scan timestamp. When a retest confirms the fix, APVISO updates the finding's workflow status to RESOLVED and sets the record state to ARCHIVED.

This lifecycle management keeps Security Hub's finding list clean and current. Analysts see only active vulnerabilities, while resolved findings are preserved for audit and trend analysis. Security Hub's insights can track metrics like average finding age and resolution rate over time.

Integration with Existing AWS Security Workflows

For organizations that have already built workflows around Security Hub — custom integrations, automated remediation, compliance reporting — APVISO findings plug in seamlessly. There is no need to build separate pipelines for pentest results. The same dashboards, alerts, and automations that handle GuardDuty and Inspector findings will automatically include APVISO vulnerabilities, providing a truly unified security posture view.