Category: Security, Identity, & Compliance

Today, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) made it easier to help you verify your permissions by adding support for resource-based policies in the IAM policy simulator. This extends the capabilities of the IAM policy simulator console and APIs to help you understand, test, and validate how your resource-based policies and IAM policies work together […]

Register to attend an AWS Security Roadshow, a free technical event where you can learn how to use AWS services—including those recently launched—to help improve the agility and maturity of your security and compliance programs. AWS Security Roadshow topics will include: AWS Security Overview What’s New Network Security and Access Control Within AWS Protecting Your Data in AWS Putting It […]

I am pleased to announce that AWS has successfully completed a new assessment, ISO/IEC 27018:2014, a code of practice regarding the protection of personally identifiable information (PII) in the cloud and our adherence to the commitments we make to our customers with regard to their content. This privacy code of practice is now an integral […]

Today, AWS launched a new feature that lets you delete your encryption keys managed in AWS Key Management Service (KMS). You can now manage the complete lifecycle of your keys from creation to usage to disablement to deletion. In this blog post, I will explain the changes introduced with this new feature, tell you what […]

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Recently, the European Court of Justice determined that the 15-year-old US-EU Safe Harbor framework is no longer valid for the transfer of personal data from the European Economic Area (EEA) to the US.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 […]

Today at re:Invent, AWS announced two new security services and one new feature to help you improve your security posture and protect applications deployed on AWS. Amazon Inspector is an automated security assessment service that helps minimize the likelihood of introducing security or compliance issues when deploying applications on AWS. Amazon Inspector automatically assesses applications […]

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 […]

Today we launched a new AWS training curriculum on security. The two new classes made available today are designed to help you meet your cloud security objectives under the AWS Shared Responsibility Model, by showing you how to create more secure AWS architectures and solutions and address key compliance requirements. Here’s a closer look at the new training […]

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 […]