AWS Security Blog
Category: Industries
Automatically replicate your card payment keys across AWS Regions
In this blog post, I dive into a cross-Region replication (CRR) solution for card payment keys, with a specific focus on the powerful capabilities of AWS Payment Cryptography, showing how your card payment keys can be securely transported and stored. In today’s digital landscape, where online transactions have become an integral part of our daily […]
Encryption in transit over external networks: AWS guidance for NYDFS and beyond
On November 1, 2023, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued its Second Amendment (the Amendment) to its Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies adopted in 2017, published within Section 500 of 23 NYCRR 500 (the Cybersecurity Requirements; the Cybersecurity Requirements as amended by the Amendment, the Amended Cybersecurity Requirements). In the introduction […]
AWS User Guide to Financial Services Regulations and Guidelines in Switzerland and FINMA workbooks publications
AWS is pleased to announce the publication of the AWS User Guide to Financial Services Regulations and Guidelines in Switzerland whitepaper and workbooks. This guide refers to certain rules applicable to financial institutions in Switzerland, including banks, insurance companies, stock exchanges, securities dealers, portfolio managers, trustees and other financial entities which are overseen (directly or […]
Comprehensive Cyber Security Framework for Primary (Urban) Cooperative Banks (UCBs)
We are pleased to announce a new Amazon Web Services (AWS) workbook designed to help India Primary (UCBs) customers align with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidance in Comprehensive Cyber Security Framework for Primary (Urban) Cooperative Banks (UCBs) – A Graded Approach. In addition to RBI’s basic cyber security framework for Primary (Urban) Cooperative […]
2021 FINMA ISAE 3000 Type 2 attestation report for Switzerland now available on AWS Artifact
AWS is pleased to announce the issuance of a second Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) ISAE 3000 Type 2 attestation report. The latest report covers the period from October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021, with a total of 141 AWS services and 23 global AWS Regions included in the scope. A full list of certified services […]
AWS publishes FINMA ISAE 3000 Type 2 attestation report for the Swiss financial industry
May 4, 2021: We’ve added links to download this post translated into French or German. March 23, 2021: We’ve updated this post to note that the report covers 22 global AWS Regions. Gaining and maintaining customer trust is an ongoing commitment at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Our customers’ industry security requirements drive the scope and […]
AWS extends its TISAX scope to cover the London and Paris Regions
We’re excited to announce the completion of Trusted Information Security Assessment Exchange (TISAX) certification on December 08, 2020 for the London and Paris regions. These regions were assessed at the HIGH protection level (AL 2) for the control domains Information Handling and Data Protection, according to article 28 (“Processor”) of the European General Data Protection […]
TISAX scope broadened
The Trusted Information Security Assessment Exchange (TISAX) provides automotive industry organizations the assurance needed to build secure applications and services on the cloud. In late June, AWS achieved the assessment objectives required for data with a very high need for protection according to TISAX criteria. We’re happy to announce this broadened scope of our TISAX […]
How financial institutions can approve AWS services for highly confidential data
November 19, 2021: We made minor updates to this post, such as updating the number of services in scope for SOC compliance from 124 to 141. January 18, 2021: We made minor updates to this post, such as updating the number of services in scope for SOC compliance from 122 to 124. July 21, 2020: […]
Tips for building a cloud security operating model in the financial services industry
My team helps financial services customers understand how AWS services operate so that you can incorporate AWS into your existing processes and security operations centers (SOCs). As soon as you create your first AWS account for your organization, you’re live in the cloud. So, from day one, you should be equipped with certain information: you […]