A city risk office wants to continuously collect and organize evidence mapped to common audit frameworks instead of chasing screenshots before every annual review. Which AWS service is designed for that continuous audit-evidence workflow?

AWS Audit Manager helps continuously collect evidence and map it to common audit frameworks, matching a city risk office that wants organized exhibits year-round instead of chasing screenshots before every annual review. Audit Manager is the binder-builder for framework-aligned evidence workflows across in-scope AWS accounts. Amazon CloudFront caches and delivers content at the edge; it does not generate framework-mapped audit evidence from edge caches as its purpose. AWS Direct Connect provides private connectivity options; it is not a prerequisite that must exist before any audit evidence can be collected. Amazon Elastic Block Store provides block volumes; it does not automatically map volume snapshots to SOC reports as an evidence product. Distractors fail by confusing CDN, networking, and block storage with continuous audit-evidence collection. Exam caveat: Audit Manager assists collection and organization; it does not eliminate customer responsibility for control design, nor does it replace Artifact when you need AWS's own compliance attestation packages. Operational check: choose frameworks relevant to municipal audits, scope assessments to in-use accounts and services, assign evidence owners, review automated evidence for gaps each quarter, and supplement with manual artifacts for process controls outside AWS telemetry.