AWS Audit Manager will no longer be open to new customers starting April 30, 2026. If you would like to use Audit Manager, sign up prior to that date. Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal. For more information, see [AWS Audit Manager availability change](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/audit-manager/latest/userguide/audit-manager-availability-change.html). 

# Configuring your Audit Manager notifications
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You can configure Audit Manager to send notifications to the Amazon SNS topic of your choice. If you're subscribed to that SNS topic, you receive notifications directly whenever you sign in to Audit Manager. 

Follow the steps on this page to learn how to view and update your notification settings to suit your preferences. You can use either a standard SNS topic or a FIFO (first-in-first-out) SNS topic. Although Audit Manager supports sending notifications to FIFO topics, the order that messages are sent in isn't guaranteed.

## Prerequisites
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If you want to use an Amazon SNS topic that you don't own, you must configure your AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policy for this. More specifically, you must configure it to allow publishing from the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the topic. For an example policy that you can use, see [Example 1 (Permissions for the SNS topic)](security_iam_id-based-policy-examples.md#sns-topic-permissions).

## Procedure
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You can update this setting using the Audit Manager console, the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), or the Audit Manager API.

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#### [ Audit Manager console ]

**To update your notification settings on the Audit Manager console**

1. From the **Assessment** settings tab, go to the **Notifications** section.

1. To use an existing SNS topic, select the topic name from the dropdown menu.

1. To create a new SNS topic, choose **Create new topic**.

1. When you’re done, choose **Save**.

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#### [ AWS CLI ]

**To update your notification settings in the AWS CLI**  
Run the [update-settings](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/auditmanager/update-settings.html) command and use the `--sns-topic` parameter to specify an SNS topic.

In the following example, replace the *placeholder text* with your own information:

```
aws auditmanager update-settings --sns-topic arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:111122223333:my-assessment-topic
```

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#### [ Audit Manager API ]

**To update your notification settings using the API**  
Call the [UpdateSettings](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/audit-manager/latest/APIReference/API_UpdateSettings.html) operation and use the [snsTopic](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/audit-manager/latest/APIReference/API_UpdateSettings.html#auditmanager-UpdateSettings-request-snsTopic) parameter to specify an SNS topic.

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## Additional resources
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+ For instructions on how to create an Amazon SNS topic, see [Creating an Amazon SNS topic](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sns/latest/dg/sns-create-topic.html) in the *Amazon SNS User Guide*. 
+ For an example policy that you can use to allow Audit Manager to send notifications to Amazon SNS topics , see [Example 1 (Permissions for the SNS topic)](security_iam_id-based-policy-examples.md#sns-topic-permissions)
+ To learn more about the list of actions that invoke notifications in Audit Manager, see [Notifications in AWS Audit Manager](notifications.md).
+ For solutions to notification issues in Audit Manager, see [Troubleshooting notification issues](notification-issues.md).