Category: Foundational (100)

Spanish version » The National Intelligence Center and National Cryptological Center (CNI-CCN)—attached to the Spanish Ministry of Defense—and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have signed a strategic collaboration agreement to jointly promote cybersecurity and innovation in the public sector through AWS Cloud technology. Under the umbrella of this alliance, the CNI-CCN will benefit from the help […]

April 3, 2023: This post had been edited to get Figure 3 updated. Amazon Macie is a fully managed data security service that uses machine learning and pattern matching to discover and help protect your sensitive data, such as personally identifiable information (PII), payment card data, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) credentials. Analyzing large volumes […]

We’ve launched a new AWS Security Blog homepage! While we currently have no plans to deprecate our existing list-view homepage, we have recently launched a new, security-centered homepage to provide readers with more blog info and easy access to the rest of AWS Security. Please bookmark the new page, and let us know what you […]

January 25, 2024: This post is no longer current. Please see this tutorial for the updated info. March 21, 2023: We modified the description of a permission set in the Introduction. March 8, 2023: We updated the post to reflect some name changes (G Suite is now Google Workspace; AWS Single Sign-On is now AWS […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is excited to announce that a new Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) report (2022 H2) is now available through AWS Artifact. An independent Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) certified IRAP assessor completed the IRAP assessment of AWS in December 2022. The new IRAP report includes an additional six AWS services, as well as the […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is delighted to confirm that our new AWS Melbourne Region has achieved Strategic Certification for the Australian Government’s Hosting Certification Framework (HCF). We know that maintaining security and resiliency to keep critical data and infrastructure safe is a top priority for the Australian Government and all our customers in Australia. The […]

February 28, 2023: We updated this blog to include AWS Wickr. Given the pace of Amazon Web Services (AWS) innovation, it can be challenging to stay up to date on the latest AWS service and feature launches. AWS provides services and tools to help you protect your data, accounts, and workloads from unauthorized access. AWS […]

We are excited to announce that Amazon Web Services (AWS) has completed its annual Collaborative Cloud Audit Group (CCAG) Cloud Community audit with European financial service institutions (FSIs). Security at AWS is the highest priority. As customers embrace the scalability and flexibility of AWS, we are helping them evolve security, identity, and compliance into key […]

We continue to expand the scope of our assurance programs at Amazon Web Services (AWS) and are pleased to announce that our Middle East (UAE) Region is now certified by the Dubai Electronic Security Centre (DESC) to operate as a Tier 1 cloud service provider (CSP). This alignment with DESC requirements demonstrates our continuous commitment […]

In the AWS Security Profile series, we interview Amazon Web Services (AWS) thought leaders who help keep our customers safe and secure. This interview features Jana Kay, Cloud Security Strategist. Jana shares her unique career journey, insights on the Security and Resiliency of the Cloud Tabletop Exercise (TTX) program, thoughts on the data protection and […]