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Achieving cloud compliance and security with AWS GovCloud (US): Join us for AWS Compliance Week
From November 4-8, Amazon Web Services (AWS) will host its first annual “AWS Compliance Week: Achieving Cloud Compliance and Security in the AWS Cloud” to help customers navigate and accelerate their cloud adoption plans for regulated workloads and sensitive data.
The five-part, week-long webinar series will highlight how AWS GovCloud (US) Regions are purpose-built to help customers realize cloud benefits when working with Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), defense data, export-controlled data, and criminal justice information (CJI). Webinars will show how to use AWS NIST Quick Starts to quickly build compliant cloud environments for test, build, and production workloads and how ATO on AWS brings together resources to help expedite the authorization process by reducing the time and cost associated with achieving compliance certifications.
Register to learn how to automate your cloud environment to help comply with data security regulations like:
- Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP)
- Department of Defense (DoD) Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (SRG)
- International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR)
- Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS)
AWS GovCloud (US) is an AWS Region designed to address the specific regulatory needs of United States government agencies, education entities, and other customers and partners. AWS GovCloud (US), available to U.S. government agencies and organizations, is a U.S. cloud with U.S. management and can help meet compliance mandates, safeguard sensitive data, improve cloud visibility, strengthen identity management, and protect accounts and workloads. Learn more about AWS Compliance Week and AWS GovCloud (US).