AWS Security Blog
Category: Federal
17 additional AWS services authorized for DoD workloads in the AWS GovCloud Regions
I’m pleased to announce that the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has authorized 17 additional Amazon Web Services (AWS) services and features in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, bringing the total to 105 services and major features that are authorized for use by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). AWS now offers additional services to […]
How US federal agencies can authenticate to AWS with multi-factor authentication
This post is part of a series about how AWS can help your US federal agency meet the requirements of the President’s Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. We recognize that government agencies have varying degrees of identity management and cloud maturity and that the requirement to implement multi-factor, risk-based authentication across an entire […]
How US federal agencies can use AWS to improve logging and log retention
September 9, 2021: Amazon Elasticsearch Service has been renamed to Amazon OpenSearch Service. See details. This post is part of a series about how Amazon Web Services (AWS) can help your US federal agency meet the requirements of the President’s Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. You will learn how you can use AWS […]
How AWS can help your US federal agency meet the executive order on improving the nation’s cybersecurity
AWS can support your information security modernization program to meet the President’s Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (issued May 12th, 2021). When working with AWS, a US federal agency gains access to resources, expertise, technology, professional services, and our AWS Partner Network (APN), which can help the agency meet the security and compliance […]
16 additional AWS services authorized at DoD Impact Level 4 for AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
I’m excited to share that the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has authorized 16 additional AWS services at Impact Level 4 and one service at Impact Level 5 in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. With these additional 16 services, AWS now offers a total of 72 services and features authorized to process data at Impact […]