Category: Compliance

Whether you want to review a Security and Compliance track session you attended at re:Invent 2015, or you want to experience a session for the first time, videos and slide decks from the Security and Compliance track are now available. SEC201: AWS Security State of the Union: How Should We All Think About Security? Video Slide […]

Recently, the European Court of Justice determined that the 15-year-old US-EU Safe Harbor framework is no longer valid for the transfer of personal data from the European Economic Area (EEA) to the US. At AWS, we know customers care deeply about privacy and data security; we optimize our work to get these issues right for […]

If you are attending re:Invent 2015 in Las Vegas, you can attend any of the following Security & Compliance track sessions taking place today. Didn’t register before the conference sold out? All sessions are being recorded and will be made available on YouTube after the conference. Also, all slide decks from the sessions will be made available […]

As I mentioned previously, the breakout sessions for the Security & Compliance track at re:Invent 2015 have been announced. And in my most recent re:Invent post, I focused on the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) sessions that will be offered as part of the Security & Compliance track. Today, I want to highlight the […]

If you will be attending re:Invent 2015 in Las Vegas next month, you know that you’ll have many opportunities to learn more about AWS security at the conference. The following breakout sessions compose this year’s Security and Compliance track. Look for blog posts in the coming three weeks to highlight some of these specific breakout sessions […]

AWS’s industry-leading security strength benefits you in many ways, one of which is by using a platform that is audited extensively by independent third-party assessors. At times, these audits confirm we can meet new requirements, even as they are issued, and this is the case for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines 800-171, […]

Positive news for our Australian customers: we recently launched a compliance hub and FAQ page for Australian government customers and their assessors for the Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) on implementing the Australian Signals Directorate’s (ASD) Information Security Manual (ISM). The new hub and FAQ address many of the questions that Australian government customers […]

September 16 update: The full schedule is now included below. Even though AWS re:Invent 2015 is sold out, you can still get the latest announcements and product information by viewing our Livestream Broadcasts of the keynotes and select technical breakout sessions. Sign up for the Livestream Broadcasts now.

AWS is an attractive environment for regulated data, including Criminal Justice Information (CJI) subject to the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy. AWS customers have used the AWS cloud for a wide range of sensitive federal and state government workloads, including CJI data. Law enforcement customers and partners who manage CJI are taking advantage […]

We’re happy to announce the availability (upon request) of the 2015 AWS PCI Compliance Package, an assessment completed against the newly released PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Version 3.1. The PCI DSS is a globally accepted security standard that customers use to support a wide range of sensitive workloads, including the processing and storage […]