AWS Extends Reach of Security Hub to Include Third-Party Partners

AWS announced 'AWS Security Hub Extended', a new offering that integrates select third-party cloud security vendors (e.g., CrowdStrike, Okta, Splunk, Zscaler) directly into the AWS Security Hub ecosystem. The article highlights standardized findings via the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF), reduced sensor deployment, closer collaboration between security and IT operations (including automated patching), flexible pay-as-you-go billing through AWS as seller of record, and clarifies the service complements rather than replaces the AWS Marketplace.