Category: Security, Identity, & Compliance

Freedom OSS, one of our solutions integrators, specializes in helping enterprise customers and Federal agencies build and deploy secure, compliant applications on AWS. On Tuesday 16 November, AWS and Freedom OSS are joining forces in a half-day event in Chicago. Presenters include: Werner Vogels, Amazon Web Services CTO Max Yankelevich, Freedom OSS Chief Cloud Architect […]

One of the aspects that attracted me to come work at AWS was my sense that the cloud is becoming a logical place in which to build security solutions. Now, two of my favorite notions — deploying security into the cloud and accelerating the adoption of multi-factor authentication — have come together with DS3 CloudAS, […]

Good news for all those interested in security…we’ve released the fourth version of our Overview of Security Processes whitepaper. It contains ten pages of new and additional detailed information. Highlights of new content include: A description of the AWS control environment A list of our SAS-70 Type II Control Objectives Some discussion of risk management […]

Security is a top priority for Amazon Web Services. Providing a trustworthy infrastructure for you to develop and deploy applications is a responsibility we take very seriously. One important aspect of gaining your trust is being open and transparent about our security processes and continually working toward achieving industry-recognized certifications. Other important aspects include providing […]

Update 2 (27 Oct 2017): This post is no longer current. I would recommend that you start by reading the Network and Security documentation and read about Web Application Hosting in the AWS Cloud. You should also take a look at the Web Hosting Best Practices white paper. Update 1 (17 June 2010): I’ve changed the […]

Amazon Web Services is teaming with RightScale and HyperStratus to deliver a webinar on cloud security. In survey after survey, and just about everywhere I travel, potential cloud computing users mention security as their number one concern. This webinar presents a set of best practices to ensure security for applications running in the Amazon Web […]

In January I wrote about the availability of a conceptual whitepaper describing various scenarios for using Windows ADFS to federate with services running on Amazon EC2 and mentioned that a step-by-step guide was forthcoming. I’m very pleased to announce that the guide is now finished and available for download. To give you a flavor for […]

Good day, everyone. The Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) is hosting a webinar about cloud security on Tuesday 19 January 2010 at 12:30 PM EST/9:30 AM PST. I’m one of the panelists. Here’s a brief blurb and a list of the participants: Cloud webinar series: Cloud Security for Dummies Security and cloud computing have […]