Using AWS Artifact for compliance reports

In this recipe, we will learn to use AWS Artifact. AWS Artifact is a free, self-service portal for accessing AWS’s compliance reports. AWS Artifact can be used to access AWS’s security and compliance reports and select online agreements.

Getting ready

We need a working AWS account, and a user as described in the Technical requirements section.

How to do it...

We can use AWS Artifact as follows:

1. Go to the AWS Artifact service in the console.
2. Click on Reports in the left sidebar to see the available reports.

Figure 10.14 – Reports from AWS Artifact

3. Click Agreements in the left sidebar to see Account agreements and Organization agreements.

Figure 10.15 – Agreements

Tip

We can click on the Organization agreements tab from an organization’s master account to manage agreements for our master account and all member...