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Category: Security, Identity, & Compliance

A walk through AWS Verified Access policies

A walk through AWS Verified Access policies

AWS Verified Access helps improve your organization’s security posture by using security trust providers to grant access to applications. This service grants access to applications only when the user’s identity and the user’s device meet configured security requirements. In this blog post, we will provide an overview of trust providers and policies, then walk through […]

Detect threats to your data stored in RDS databases by using GuardDuty

With Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), you can set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the AWS Cloud. Amazon RDS provides cost-efficient, resizable capacity for an industry-standard relational database and manages common database administration tasks. If you use Amazon RDS for your workloads, you can now use Amazon GuardDuty RDS Protection to […]

Customer checklist for eIDAS regulation now available

AWS is pleased to announce the publication of a checklist to help customers align with the requirements of the European Union’s electronic identification, authentication, and trust services (eIDAS) regulation regarding the use of electronic identities and trust services. The eIDAS regulation covers electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the European single market. […]

A sneak peek at the identity and access management sessions for AWS re:Inforce 2023

A sneak peek at the identity and access management sessions for AWS re:Inforce 2023

A full conference pass is $1,099. Register today with the code secure150off to receive a limited time $150 discount, while supplies last. AWS re:Inforce 2023 is fast approaching, and this post can help you plan your agenda with a look at the sessions in the identity and access management track. AWS re:Inforce is a learning […]

Get details on security finding changes with the new Finding History feature in Security Hub

Get details on security finding changes with the new Finding History feature in Security Hub

In today’s evolving security threat landscape, security teams increasingly require tools to detect and track security findings to protect their organizations’ assets. One objective of cloud security posture management is to identify and address security findings in a timely and effective manner. AWS Security Hub aggregates, organizes, and prioritizes security alerts and findings from various […]

Delivering on the AWS Digital Sovereignty Pledge: Control without compromise

French | German | Italian | Spanish At AWS, earning and maintaining customer trust is the foundation of our business. We understand that protecting customer data is key to achieving this. We also know that trust must continue to be earned through transparency and assurances. In November 2022, we announced the new AWS Digital Sovereignty […]

How to scan your AWS Lambda functions with Amazon Inspector

How to scan your AWS Lambda functions with Amazon Inspector

Amazon Inspector is a vulnerability management and application security service that helps improve the security of your workloads. It automatically scans applications for vulnerabilities and provides you with a detailed list of security findings, prioritized by their severity level, as well as remediation instructions. In this blog post, we’ll introduce new features from Amazon Inspector […]

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How to monitor the expiration of SAML identity provider certificates in an Amazon Cognito user pool

With Amazon Cognito user pools, you can configure third-party SAML identity providers (IdPs) so that users can log in by using the IdP credentials. The Amazon Cognito user pool manages the federation and handling of tokens returned by a configured SAML IdP. It uses the public certificate of the SAML IdP to verify the signature […]

AWS Security Profile: Tatyana Yatskevich, Principal Solutions Architect for AWS Identity

AWS Security Profile: Tatyana Yatskevich, Principal Solutions Architect for AWS Identity

In the AWS Security Profile series, I interview some of the humans who work in AWS Security and help keep our customers safe and secure. In this profile, I interviewed Tatyana Yatskevich, Principal Solutions Architect for AWS Identity. How long have you been at AWS and what do you do in your current role? I’ve been […]

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AWS achieves an AAA Pinakes rating for Spanish financial entities

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce that we have achieved an AAA rating from Pinakes. The scope of this qualification covers 166 services in 25 global AWS Regions. The Spanish banking association Centro de Cooperación Interbancaria (CCI) developed Pinakes, a rating framework intended to manage and monitor the cybersecurity controls of service providers […]