AWS Security Blog
Category: Foundational (100)
AWS re:Inforce 2022: Key announcements and session highlights
September 13, 2022: This post had been updated with information about AWS Skill Builder added. AWS re:Inforce returned to Boston, MA, in July after 2 years, and we were so glad to be back in person with customers. The conference featured over 250 sessions and hands-on labs, 100 AWS partner sponsors, and over 6,000 attendees […]
AWS CyberVadis report now available for due diligence on third-party suppliers
At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we’re continuously expanding our compliance programs to provide you with more tools and resources to perform effective due diligence on AWS. We’re excited to announce the availability of the AWS CyberVadis report to help you reduce the burden of performing due diligence on your third-party suppliers. With the increase in […]
Scale your workforce access management with AWS IAM Identity Center (previously known as AWS SSO)
AWS Single Sign-On (AWS SSO) is now AWS IAM Identity Center. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is changing the name to highlight the service’s foundation in AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), to better reflect its full set of capabilities, and to reinforce its recommended role as the central place to manage access across AWS accounts […]
AWS re:Inforce 2022: Network & Infrastructure Security track preview
Register now with discount code SALvWQHU2Km to get $150 off your full conference pass to AWS re:Inforce. For a limited time only and while supplies last. Today we’re going to highlight just some of the network and infrastructure security focused sessions planned for AWS re:Inforce. AWS re:Inforce 2022 will take place in-person in Boston, MA […]
Eligible customers can now order a free MFA security key
One of the best ways for individuals and businesses to protect themselves online is through multi-factor authentication (MFA). MFA offers an additional layer of protection to help prevent unauthorized individuals from gaining access to systems or data. In fall 2021, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security began offering a free MFA security key to AWS account […]
2022 H1 IRAP report is now available on AWS Artifact
We’re excited to announce that a new Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) report is now available on AWS Artifact. Amazon Web Services (AWS) successfully completed an IRAP assessment in May 2022 by an independent ASD (Australian Signals Directorate) certified IRAP assessor. The new IRAP report includes an additional nine AWS services that are now […]
AWS achieves the first OSCAL format system security plan submission to FedRAMP
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the first cloud service provider to produce an Open Security Control Assessment Language (OSCAL)–formatted system security plan (SSP) for the FedRAMP Project Management Office (PMO). OSCAL is the first step in the AWS effort to automate security documentation to simplify our customers’ journey through cloud adoption and accelerate the authorization […]
TLS 1.2 to become the minimum TLS protocol level for all AWS API endpoints
February 27, 2024: AWS has completed our global updates to deprecate support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 versions on our AWS service API endpoints across each of our AWS Regions and Availability Zones. January 17, 2024: Over 96% of AWS service API endpoints have ended support for TLS versions 1.0 and 1.1. Over the […]
AWS HITRUST Inheritance: What customers should know
As an Amazon Web Services (AWS) customer, you don’t have to assess the controls that you inherit from the AWS HITRUST Validated Assessment Questionnaire, because AWS already has completed HITRUST assessment using version 9.4 in 2021. You can deploy your environments onto AWS and inherit our HITRUST CSF certification, provided that you use only in-scope […]
AWS and the UK rules on operational resilience and outsourcing
Financial institutions across the globe use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to transform the way they do business. Regulations continue to evolve in this space, and we’re working hard to help customers proactively respond to new rules and guidelines. In many cases, the AWS Cloud makes it simpler than ever before to assist customers with their compliance […]









