Ensure ACM certificates are in use
Unused ACM certificates should be identified and removed.
Security Impact
Unused certificates may represent abandoned services or orphaned resources.
How to Remediate
Review certificate associations. Delete certificates not attached to any resources.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
How TigerGate Helps
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- Continuous Scanning
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- Instant Alerts
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- One-Click Remediation
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- Compliance Evidence
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- Drift Detection
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Check Details
- Check ID
- aws-acm-4
- Service
- AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)
- Category
- Governance
- Severity
- LOW
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