Category: Business Intelligence

As you scale your use of Amazon Web Services (AWS), managing KMS keys becomes increasingly important. Whether you manage a handful of keys or thousands across multiple AWS accounts and AWS Regions, there’s often a need to audit key usage to help you meet compliance requirements, evaluate your risk posture, and optimize key management costs. […]

It’s only been a few weeks since Anthropic announced the Claude Mythos Preview model and launched Project Glasswing with AWS and other leading organizations. This has generated a lot of discussion about the future of cybersecurity and what the ever-increasing capabilities of foundation models mean to organizations. As AWS CISO Amy Herzog pointed out in […]

At AWS, we’ve spent decades developing processes and tools that enable us to defend millions of customers simultaneously, wherever they operate around the world. AI has been an extremely helpful addition to the automation our security and threat intelligence teams do every day, and we’re still early in this journey. Our AI-powered log analysis system […]

In Part 1, we explored the foundational strategy, including data classification frameworks and tagging approaches. In this post, we examine the technical implementation approach and key architectural patterns for building a governance framework. We explore governance controls across four implementation areas, building from foundational monitoring to advanced automation. Each area builds on the previous one, […]

Generative AI and machine learning workloads create massive amounts of data. Organizations need data governance to manage this growth and stay compliant. While data governance isn’t a new concept, recent studies highlight a concerning gap: a Gartner study of 300 IT executives revealed that only 60% of organizations have implemented a data governance strategy, with […]

As introduced in Part 1 of this series, implementing secure file sharing solutions in AWS requires a comprehensive understanding of your organization’s needs and constraints. Before selecting a specific solution, organizations must evaluate five fundamental areas: access patterns and scale, technical requirements, security and compliance, operational requirements, and business constraints. These areas cover everything from […]

Securely share sensitive data with time-limited, nonce-enhanced presigned URLs that prevent replay attacks, minimizing exposure risks through granular access controls and rigorous monitoring.

Many organizations continuously receive security-related findings that highlight resources that aren’t configured according to the organization’s security policies. The findings can come from threat detection services like Amazon GuardDuty, or from cloud security posture management (CSPM) services like AWS Security Hub, or other sources. An important question to ask is: How, and how soon, are […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers operating in a regulated industry, such as the financial services industry (FSI) or healthcare, are required to meet their regulatory and compliance obligations, such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) or Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). AWS offers regulated customers tools, guidance and third-party audit reports […]