# Compliance validation for Amazon Account Management
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Third-party auditors assess the security and compliance of Amazon services that can run in your Amazon Web Services account as part of multiple Amazon compliance programs. These include SOC, PCI, FedRAMP, HIPAA, and others.

For a list of Amazon services in scope of specific compliance programs, see [Amazon Web Services services in scope by compliance program](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/services-in-scope/). For general information, see [Amazon Compliance Programs](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/programs/).

You can download third-party audit reports using Amazon Artifact. For more information, see [Downloading Reports in Amazon Artifact](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/artifact/latest/ug/downloading-documents.html) in the *Amazon Artifact User Guide*.

Your compliance responsibility when using services in your Amazon Web Services account is determined by the sensitivity of your data, your company's compliance objectives, and applicable laws and regulations. Amazon provides the following resources to help with compliance:
+ [Security and Compliance Quick Start Guides](https://aws.amazon.com/quickstart/?awsf.quickstart-homepage-filter=categories%23security-identity-compliance) – These deployment guides discuss architectural considerations and provide steps for deploying baseline environments on Amazon that are security and compliance focused.
+ [Amazon Compliance Resources](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/resources/) – This collection of workbooks and guides might apply to your industry and location.
+ [Evaluating Resources with Rules](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/config/latest/developerguide/evaluate-config.html) in the *Amazon Config Developer Guide* – The Amazon Config service assesses how well your resource configurations comply with internal practices, industry guidelines, and regulations.
+ [Amazon Security Hub CSPM](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/securityhub/latest/userguide/what-is-securityhub.html) – This Amazon Web Services service provides a comprehensive view of your security state within Amazon that helps you check your compliance with security industry standards and best practices.