Category: AWS Artifact

In this post, we summarize what HHS has proposed, when it is likely to matter, and how to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to close the gaps now. We cover how AWS Backup maps to the three proposed backup and recovery obligations, and we introduce the HIPAA Assistant, an open source sample from AWS that reviews your infrastructure-as-code and application code for Security Rule gaps and cites each finding to the exact paragraph of the regulation.

This is Part 2 of our three-part series on how Amazon Web Services (AWS) aligns with Motion Picture Association (MPA) Content Security Best Practices v5.3.1 for media archives. In this second installment, we turn to the operational and detective controls that complete the security picture.

In this blog, we provide a practitioner-focused guide for enabling a new AWS Region in a financial services enterprise AWS environment. We walk through each workstream, from initial governance approval through networking, security, operations, and workload readiness, highlighting the considerations, dependencies, and common pitfalls that teams encounter.

Nigeria’s financial services industry is thriving. Digital payments are growing at pace, fintech innovation is reshaping customer expectations, and regulators are strengthening frameworks around data governance, operational resilience, and transparency. The Central Bank of Nigeria’s recent Circular PSS/DIR/PUB/CIR/001/004—addressing data localization, market structure, and beneficial-ownership disclosure—underscores the direction of travel: institutions must demonstrate robust control over […]

This blog announces the launch of the AWS guide to the ECB Guide on outsourcing cloud services to cloud service providers (the “AWS Guide”).

When it comes to long-term success, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies have a lot to consider. They need to maintain brand control, improve profit margins, and find new ways to engage customers, among other things. The good news is that the advent of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has created many opportunities for CPG businesses to […]

Introduction During Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) activity, Healthcare and Life Science (HCLS) customers face additional administrative challenges integrating the technical, legal, and business systems of the target and acquirer companies. For non-technical stakeholders (business administrators, financial and legal departments, private equity parties), it is important to understand the technical challenges of integrations that will impact […]

In this edition of the Financial Services Industry (FSI) Services Spotlight monthly blog series, we highlight five key considerations for customers who process and analyze streaming data on Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink: achieving compliance, data protection, isolation of compute environments, audits with APIs, and access control/security. Across each area, we will examine specific guidance, suggested […]

In this edition of the Financial Services Industry (FSI) Services Spotlight monthly blog series, we highlight five key considerations of AWS Private Certificate Authority (AWS Private CA): achieving compliance, data protection, isolation of compute environments, automating audits with APIs, and operational access and security respectively. Each of the five areas includes specific guidance, suggested reference architectures, and technical […]

Over the last decade, telecom operators and network vendors have transformed communications networks from vertically integrated hardware and software systems to software Network Functions (NF) capable of operating on Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) hardware. We now stand at the cusp of the next phase of their evolution to cloud-native functions capable of taking advantage of the […]