AWS Public Sector Blog
Author: David Santore
David is a solutions architect on the U.S. Federal Partners team at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he supports organizations working with the U.S. Federal Government and Department of Defense (DoD). He enjoys spending his free time with his wife and kids, dad-joking, and working on projects in the garage.
Add network agility and security with AWS Direct Connect MACsec encryption and AWS Support
Customers with sensitive hybrid workloads can take advantage of an additional security feature available in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect dedicated connections: MACsec encryption (IEEE 802.1AE). In this post, we explore how Direct Connect can handle architectural changes, such as adding or isolating different networks. We also cover adding an additional account boundary for security purposes, and how customers can move their Direct Connect connection to that new account.