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Introducing the AWS Network Firewall CloudWatch Dashboard

Amazon CloudWatch dashboards are customizable pages in the CloudWatch console that you can use to monitor your resources in a single view. This post focuses on deploying a CloudWatch dashboard that you can use to create a customizable monitoring solution for your AWS Network Firewall firewall. It’s designed to provide deeper insights into your firewall’s […]

Securing the future: building a culture of security

According to a 2024 Verizon report, nearly 70% of data breaches occurred because a person was manipulated by social engineering or made some type of error. This highlights the importance of human-layer defenses in an organization’s security strategy. In addition to technology, tools, and processes, security requires awareness and action from everyone in an organization […]

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Introducing an enhanced version of the AWS Secrets Manager transform: AWS::SecretsManager-2024-09-16

We’re pleased to announce an enhanced version of the AWS Secrets Manager transform: AWS::SecretsManager-2024-09-16. This update is designed to simplify infrastructure management by reducing the need for manual security updates, bug fixes, and runtime upgrades. AWS Secrets Manager helps you manage, retrieve, and rotate database credentials, API keys, and other secrets throughout their lifecycles. Some AWS services […]

AWS-LC FIPS 3.0: First cryptographic library to include ML-KEM in FIPS 140-3 validation

We’re excited to announce that AWS-LC FIPS 3.0 has been added to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) modules in process list. This latest validation of AWS-LC introduces support for Module Lattice-Based Key Encapsulation Mechanisms (ML-KEM), the new FIPS standardized post-quantum cryptographic algorithm. This is a significant step towards enhancing the […]

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AWS Network Firewall Geographic IP Filtering launch

AWS Network Firewall is a managed service that provides a convenient way to deploy essential network protections for your virtual private clouds (VPCs). In this blog post, we discuss Geographic IP Filtering, a new feature of Network Firewall that you can use to filter traffic based on geographic location and meet compliance requirements. Customers with […]

AWS post-quantum cryptography migration plan

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is migrating to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). Like other security and compliance features in AWS, we will deliver PQC as part of our shared responsibility model. This means that some PQC features will be transparently enabled for all customers while others will be options that customers can choose to implement to help meet their […]

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Preparing for take-off: Regulatory perspectives on generative AI adoption within Australian financial services

The Australian financial services regulator, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), has provided its most substantial guidance on generative AI to date in Member Therese McCarthy Hockey’s remarks to the AFIA Risk Summit 2024. The guidance gives a green light for banks, insurance companies, and superannuation funds to accelerate their adoption of this transformative technology, […]

Exploring the benefits of artificial intelligence while maintaining digital sovereignty

Around the world, organizations are evaluating and embracing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to drive innovation and efficiency. From accelerating research and enhancing customer experiences to optimizing business processes, improving patient outcomes, and enriching public services, the transformative potential of AI is being realized across sectors. Although using emerging technologies helps drive positive […]

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Federated access to Amazon Athena using AWS IAM Identity Center

Managing Amazon Athena through identity federation allows you to manage authentication and authorization procedures centrally. Athena is a serverless, interactive analytics service that provides a simplified and flexible way to analyze petabytes of data. In this blog post, we show you how you can use the Athena JDBC driver (which includes a browser Security Assertion […]

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Secure root user access for member accounts in AWS Organizations

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) now supports centralized management of root access for member accounts in AWS Organizations. With this capability, you can remove unnecessary root user credentials for your member accounts and automate some routine tasks that previously required root user credentials, such as restoring access to Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) […]