Category: Announcements

According to a 2024 Verizon report, nearly 70% of data breaches occurred because a person was manipulated by social engineering or made some type of error. This highlights the importance of human-layer defenses in an organization’s security strategy. In addition to technology, tools, and processes, security requires awareness and action from everyone in an organization […]

We’re pleased to announce an enhanced version of the AWS Secrets Manager transform: AWS::SecretsManager-2024-09-16. This update is designed to simplify infrastructure management by reducing the need for manual security updates, bug fixes, and runtime upgrades. AWS Secrets Manager helps you manage, retrieve, and rotate database credentials, API keys, and other secrets throughout their lifecycles. Some AWS services […]

We’re excited to announce that AWS-LC FIPS 3.0 has been added to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) modules in process list. This latest validation of AWS-LC introduces support for Module Lattice-Based Key Encapsulation Mechanisms (ML-KEM), the new FIPS standardized post-quantum cryptographic algorithm. This is a significant step towards enhancing the […]

AWS Network Firewall is a managed service that provides a convenient way to deploy essential network protections for your virtual private clouds (VPCs). In this blog post, we discuss Geographic IP Filtering, a new feature of Network Firewall that you can use to filter traffic based on geographic location and meet compliance requirements. Customers with […]

AWS IAM Identity Center is streamlining its AWS CloudTrail events by including only essential fields that are necessary for workflows like audit and incident response. This change simplifies user identification in CloudTrail, addressing customer feedback. It also enhances correlation between IAM Identity Center users and external directory services, such as Okta Universal Directory or Microsoft […]

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we’ve built our services with secure by design principles from day one, including features that set a high bar for our customers’ default security posture. Strong authentication is a foundational component in overall account security, and the use of multi-factor authentication (MFA) is one of the simplest and most effective […]

AWS re:Invent 2024, which takes place December 2–6 in Las Vegas, will be packed with invaluable sessions for security professionals, cloud architects, and compliance leaders who are eager to learn about the latest security innovations. This year’s event puts best practices for zero trust, generative AI–driven security, identity and access management (IAM), DevSecOps, network and […]

Education is critical to effective security. As organizations migrate, modernize, and build with Amazon Web Services (AWS), engineering and development teams need specific skills and knowledge to embed security into workloads. Lack of support for these skills can increase the likelihood of security incidents. AWS has partnered with SANS Institute to create SEC480: AWS Secure Builder—a […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce that three new AWS services have been added to the scope of our Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and Payment Card Industry Three Domain Secure (PCI 3DS) certifications: Amazon DataZone Amazon DevOps Guru Amazon Managed Grafana You can see the full list of services […]

AWS re:Invent 2024, a learning conference hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS) for the global cloud computing community, will take place December 2–6, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada, across multiple venues. At re:Invent, you can join cloud enthusiasts from around the world to hear the latest cloud industry innovations, meet with AWS experts, and build […]