AWS Security Blog

Category: Compliance

How to Use Service Control Policies in AWS Organizations to Enforce Healthcare Compliance in Your AWS Account

AWS customers with healthcare compliance requirements such as the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Good Laboratory, Clinical, and Manufacturing Practices (GxP) might want to control access to the AWS services their developers use to build and operate their GxP and HIPAA systems. For example, customers with GxP requirements might approve AWS […]

Register for and Attend This March 29 Tech Talk—Best Practices for Managing Security Operations in AWS

Update: This webinar is now available as an on-demand video and slide deck. As part of the AWS Monthly Online Tech Talks series, AWS will present Best Practices for Managing Security Operations in AWS on Wednesday, March 29. This tech talk will start at 9:00 A.M. and end at 10:00 A.M. Pacific Time. AWS Global Cloud Security […]

Updated CJIS Workbook Now Available by Request

April 27, 2021: The information in this blog post has been deprecated. For the latest information on CJIS, visit Using AWS for Criminal Justice Information Solutions. The need for guidance when implementing Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS)–compliant solutions has become of paramount importance as more law enforcement customers and technology partners move to store and […]

New AWS Big Data Blog Post: Analyze Security, Compliance, and Operational Activity Using AWS CloudTrail and Amazon Athena

Yesterday, the AWS Big Data Blog published a new blog post: “Analyze Security, Compliance, and Operational Activity Using AWS CloudTrail and Amazon Athena.” In this blog post, AWS Professional Services Consultant Sai Sriparasa shows how to set up and use the recently released Amazon Athena CloudTrail SerDe to query AWS CloudTrail log files for Amazon […]

How to Audit Your AWS Resources for Security Compliance by Using Custom AWS Config Rules

AWS Config Rules enables you to implement security policies as code for your organization and evaluate configuration changes to AWS resources against these policies. You can use Config rules to audit your use of AWS resources for compliance with external compliance frameworks such as CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark and with your internal security policies related […]

AWS Announces CISPE Membership and Compliance with First-Ever Code of Conduct for Data Protection in the Cloud

September 7, 2023: We updated the CISPE Code of Conduct link. Please refer to this page for the updated info: CISPE Code of Conduct I have two exciting announcements today, both showing AWS’s continued commitment to ensuring that customers can comply with EU Data Protection requirements when using our services. AWS and CISPE First, I’m […]

New SOC 2 Report Available: Confidentiality

As with everything at Amazon, the success of our security and compliance program is primarily measured by one thing: our customers’ success. Our customers drive our portfolio of compliance reports, attestations, and certifications that support their efforts in running a secure and compliant cloud environment. As a result of our engagement with key customers across […]

Compliance in the Cloud for New Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulations

Financial regulatory agencies are focused more than ever on ensuring responsible innovation. Consequently, if you want to achieve compliance with financial services regulations, you must be increasingly agile and employ dynamic security capabilities. AWS enables you to achieve this by providing you with the tools you need to scale your security and compliance capabilities on […]

FedRAMP Compliance Update: AWS GovCloud (US) Region Receives a JAB-Issued FedRAMP High Baseline P-ATO for Three New Services

Three new services in the AWS GovCloud (US) region have received a Provisional Authority to Operate (P-ATO) from the Joint Authorization Board (JAB) under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). JAB issued the authorization at the High baseline, which enables US government agencies and their service providers the capability to use these services […]