Category: Foundational (100)

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce its successful completion of the NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit (NHS DSPT) assessment audit and achieving a status of Standards Exceeded. The NHS DSPT is an assessment that allows organizations to measure their performance against the National Data Guardian’s 10 data security standards. All organizations that […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce the successful completion of our annual audit to renew our Payment Card Industry Three Domain Secure (PCI 3DS) certification. As part of this renewal, we have expanded the scope to include three additional AWS services and three additional AWS Regions: Newly added AWS services: Amazon Verified Permissions […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is excited to announce that 177 AWS services have achieved HITRUST certification for the 2025 assessment cycle, including the following five services which were certified for the first time: Amazon Verified Permissions AWS B2B Data Interchange AWS Payment Cryptography AWS Resource Explorer AWS Security Incident Response The full list of AWS […]

The AWS Security Reference Architecture (AWS SRA) provides prescriptive guidance for deploying AWS security services in a multi-account environment. However, validating that your implementation aligns with these best practices can be challenging and time-consuming. Today, we’re announcing the open source release of SRA Verify, a security assessment tool that helps you assess your organization’s alignment […]

French | German At Amazon Web Services (AWS), customer privacy and security are our top priority. We provide our customers with industry-leading privacy and security when they use the AWS Cloud anywhere in the world. In recent months, we’ve noticed an increase in inquiries about how we manage government requests for data. While many of […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has completed its annual Collaborative Cloud Audit Group (CCAG) audit engagement with leading European financial institutions. At AWS, security remains our highest priority. As customers continue to embrace the scalability and flexibility of the cloud, we support them in evolving security, identity, and compliance into core business enablers. The AWS Compliance […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce that the Spring 2025 System and Organization Controls (SOC) 1, 2, and 3 reports are now available. The reports cover 184 services over the 12-month period from April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025, giving customers a full year of assurance. The reports demonstrate our continuous commitment to […]

August 4, 2025: We updated this post to include EU resident citizenship requirements for AWS European Sovereign Cloud employees operating the cloud. Last month, we announced new sovereign controls and governance structure for the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. The AWS European Sovereign Cloud is a new, independent cloud for Europe, designed to help customers meet […]

August 6, 2025: This post was updated to add the three newly added Regions, as well as the three new services. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce that three additional AWS services and three additional AWS Regions have been added to the scope of our Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) […]

We’re excited to announce that AWS has completed the CyberVadis assessment of its security posture with the highest score (Mature) in all assessed areas. This demonstrates our continued commitment to meet the heightened expectations for cloud service providers. Customers can now use the 2025 AWS CyberVadis report and scorecard to reduce their supplier due-diligence burden. With […]