Amazon MWAA supports FIPS 140-2 compliant endpoints in US and Canada Regions

Posted on: May 22, 2024

Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) now offers Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 validated endpoints to help you protect sensitive information. These endpoints terminate Transport Layer Security (TLS) sessions using a FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic software module, making it easier for you to use Amazon MWAA for regulated workloads.

Amazon MWAA is a managed orchestration service for Apache Airflow that makes it easier to set up and operate end-to-end data pipelines in the cloud. FIPS compliant endpoints on Amazon MWAA helps companies contracting with the US and Canadian federal governments meet the FIPS security requirement to encrypt sensitive data in supported Regions.

FIPS 140-2 compliant endpoints for Amazon MWAA are available in US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), US West (N. California), and Canada (Central) Regions. To learn more about Amazon MWAA visit the Amazon MWAA documentation.

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