AWS Config Proactive Compliance VS Control Tower Proactive Controls

Question

Hi all,

I've a question regarding the new released features of **AWS Control Tower** and **AWS Config**.
What is the difference between **AWS Control Tower Proactive Controls** and **AWS Config Proactive Compliance** and why should I use one instead of the other ?

and if there is a way to use **AWS Config Proactive Compliance** with CloudFormation ?

Thanks

Answer

AWS Control Tower offers the easiest way to set up and govern a secure, **multi-account** AWS environment. Control Tower make use for AWS Config to detect(reactive) or prevent (proactive) policy violations. If the environment is **single AWS account**, we can just make use of AWS Config. We can make use of AWS CloudFormation Guard in your deployment pipelines to check for compliance proactively and ensure that a consistent set of policies are applied both before and after resources are provisioned. 
For more details, refers to blog at: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-aws-config-rules-now-support-proactive-compliance/

AWS Config Proactive Compliance VS Control Tower Proactive Controls

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