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A sneak peek at the identity and access management sessions for AWS re:Inforce 2022
September 12, 2022: This blog post has been updated to reflect the new name of AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) – AWS IAM Identity Center. Read more about the name change here. Register now with discount code SALFNj7FaRe to get $150 off your full conference pass to AWS re:Inforce. For a limited time only and while […]
Introducing a new AWS whitepaper: Does data localization cause more problems than it solves?
Spanish version Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently released a new whitepaper, Does data localization cause more problems than it solves?, as part of the AWS Innovating Securely briefing series. The whitepaper draws on research from Emily Wu’s paper Sovereignty and Data Localization, published by Harvard University’s Belfer Center, and describes how countries can realize similar […]
AWS HITRUST Shared Responsibility Matrix version 1.2 now available
The latest version of the AWS HITRUST Shared Responsibility Matrix is now available to download. Version 1.2 is based on HITRUST MyCSF version 9.4[r2] and was released by HITRUST on April 20, 2022. AWS worked with HITRUST to update the Shared Responsibility Matrix and to add new controls based on MyCSF v9.4[r2]. You don’t have […]
AWS achieves ISO 22301:2019 certification
We’re excited to announce that Amazon Web Services (AWS) has successfully achieved ISO 22301:2019 certification without audit findings. ISO 22301:2019 is a rigorous third-party independent assessment of the international standard for Business Continuity Management (BCM). Published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), ISO 22301:2019 is designed to help organizations prevent, prepare for, respond to, […]
A sneak peek at the data protection and privacy sessions for AWS re:Inforce 2022
June 15, 2022: This post had been updated with reference to a blog post of Identity and access management added. Register now with discount code SALUZwmdkJJ to get $150 off your full conference pass to AWS re:Inforce. For a limited time only and while supplies last. Today we want to tell you about some of […]
AWS CSA Consensus Assessment Initiative Questionnaire version 4 now available
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has published an updated version of the AWS Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Consensus Assessment Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ). The questionnaire has been completed using the current CSA CAIQ standard, v4.0.2 (06.07.2021 update), and is now available for download. The CSA is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to “defining and raising awareness of best […]
AWS Security Profile: CJ Moses, CISO of AWS
In the AWS Security Profile series, I interview the people who work in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security and help keep our customers safe and secure. This interview is with CJ Moses—previously the AWS Deputy Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), he began his role as CISO of AWS in February of 2022. How did you […]
Join me in Boston this July for AWS re:Inforce 2022
I’d like to personally invite you to attend the Amazon Web Services (AWS) security conference, AWS re:Inforce 2022, in Boston, MA on July 26–27. This event offers interactive educational content to address your security, compliance, privacy, and identity management needs. Join security experts, customers, leaders, and partners from around the world who are committed to […]
Spring 2022 SOC 2 Type I Privacy report now available
Your privacy considerations are at the core of our compliance work at Amazon Web Services (AWS), and we are focused on the protection of your content while using AWS services. Our Spring 2022 SOC 2 Type I Privacy report is now available, which provides customers with a third-party attestation of our system and the suitability […]
Spring 2022 SOC reports now available with 150 services in scope
At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we’re committed to providing our customers with continued assurance over the security, availability and confidentiality of the AWS control environment. We’re proud to deliver the Spring 2022 System and Organizational (SOC) 1, 2 and 3 reports, which cover October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022, to support our AWS customers’ […]







