• The Amazon Systems Manager CloudWatch Dashboard will no longer be available after April 30, 2026. Customers can continue to use Amazon CloudWatch console to view, create, and manage their Amazon CloudWatch dashboards, just as they do today. For more information, see [Amazon CloudWatch Dashboard documentation](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Dashboards.html). 

# Compliance validation for Amazon Systems Manager
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This topic addresses Amazon Systems Manager compliance with third-party assurance programs. For information about viewing compliance data for your managed nodes, see [Amazon Systems Manager Compliance](systems-manager-compliance.md).

Third-party auditors assess the security and compliance of Systems Manager as part of multiple Amazon compliance programs. These include SOC, PCI, FedRAMP, HIPAA, and others.

For a list of Amazon Web Services services in scope of specific compliance programs, see [Amazon Web Services services in Scope by Compliance Program](https://www.amazonaws.cn/compliance/services-in-scope/). For general information, see [Amazon Compliance Programs](https://www.amazonaws.cn/compliance/programs/).

You can download third-party audit reports using Amazon Artifact. For more information, see [Downloading Reports in Amazon Artifact](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/artifact/latest/ug/downloading-documents.html).

Your compliance responsibility when using Systems Manager 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://www.amazonaws.cn/quickstart/?awsf.quickstart-homepage-filter=categories%23security-identity-compliance)[Security and Compliance Quick Start Guides](https://www.amazonaws.cn/quickstart/?awsf.quickstart-homepage-filter=categories%23security-identity-compliance) – These deployment guides discuss architectural considerations and provide steps for deploying security- and compliance-focused baseline environments on Amazon.
+ [Architecting for HIPAA Security and Compliance Whitepaper](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/architecting-hipaa-security-and-compliance-on-aws/introduction.html) – This whitepaper describes how companies can use Amazon to create HIPAA-compliant applications.
+ [Amazon Compliance Resources](https://www.amazonaws.cn/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.