AWS Security Blog
Category: Thought Leadership
Generative AI adoption and compliance: Simplifying the path forward with AWS Audit Manager
As organizations increasingly use generative AI to streamline processes, enhance efficiency, and gain a competitive edge in today’s fast-paced business environment, they seek mechanisms for measuring and monitoring their use of AI services. To help you navigate the process of adopting generative AI technologies and proactively measure your generative AI implementation, AWS developed the AWS […]
Securing the future: building a culture of security
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 […]
AWS post-quantum cryptography migration plan
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is migrating to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). Like other security and compliance features in AWS, we will deliver PQC as part of our shared responsibility model. This means that some PQC features will be transparently enabled for all customers while others will be options that customers can choose to implement to help meet their […]
Preparing for take-off: Regulatory perspectives on generative AI adoption within Australian financial services
The Australian financial services regulator, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), has provided its most substantial guidance on generative AI to date in Member Therese McCarthy Hockey’s remarks to the AFIA Risk Summit 2024. The guidance gives a green light for banks, insurance companies, and superannuation funds to accelerate their adoption of this transformative technology, […]
Exploring the benefits of artificial intelligence while maintaining digital sovereignty
English | German | French Around the world, organizations are evaluating and embracing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to drive innovation and efficiency. From accelerating research and enhancing customer experiences to optimizing business processes, improving patient outcomes, and enriching public services, the transformative potential of AI is being realized across sectors. Although using […]
How to build a Security Guardians program to distribute security ownership
Welcome to the second post in our series on Security Guardians, a mechanism to distribute security ownership at Amazon Web Services (AWS) that trains, develops, and empowers builder teams to make security decisions about the software that they create. In the previous post, you learned the importance of building a culture of security ownership to […]
An unexpected discovery: Automated reasoning often makes systems more efficient and easier to maintain
During a recent visit to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), I mentioned a trend that piqued their interest: Over the last 10 years of applying automated reasoning at Amazon Web Services (AWS), we’ve found that formally verified code is often more performant than the unverified code it replaces. The reason is that the […]
Strengthening security in the era of generative AI: Must-attend sessions at re:Invent 2024
Secure generative AI insights await at AWS re:Invent 2024; gain practical strategies to harness AI’s power while safeguarding data and compliance from leading experts through immersive sessions tailored for security professionals and AI/ML builders.
How AWS uses active defense to help protect customers from security threats
AWS is deeply committed to earning and maintaining the trust of customers who rely on us to run their workloads. Security has always been our top priority, which includes designing our own services with security in mind at the outset, and taking proactive measures to mitigate potential threats so that customers can focus on their […]
Podcast: Empowering organizations to address their digital sovereignty requirements with AWS
Developing strategies to navigate the evolving digital sovereignty landscape is a top priority for organizations operating across industries and in the public sector. With data privacy, security, and compliance requirements becoming increasingly complex, organizations are seeking cloud solutions that provide sovereign controls and flexibility. Recently, Max Peterson, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Vice President of Sovereign […]