AWS Security Blog

Category: Security

How to get started with security response automation on AWS

December 2, 2019: We’ve updated this post to include some additional information about Security Hub. At AWS, we encourage you to use automation to help quickly detect and respond to security events within your AWS environments. In addition to increasing the speed of detection and response, automation also helps you scale your security operations as […]

How to enable encryption in a browser with the AWS Encryption SDK for JavaScript and Node.js

October 29, 2021: AWS KMS is replacing the term customer master key (CMK) with AWS KMS key and KMS key. The concept has not changed. To prevent breaking changes, AWS KMS is keeping some variations of this term. More info. In this post, we’ll show you how to use the AWS Encryption SDK (“ESDK”) for […]

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AWS Security Profiles: Maritza Mills, Senior Product Manager, Perimeter Protection

In the weeks leading up to re:Invent 2019, we’ll share conversations we’e had with people at AWS who will be presenting at the event so you can learn more about them and some of the interesting work that they’re doing. How long have you been at AWS, and what do you do in your current […]

AWS Security Profiles: Greg McConnel, Senior Manager, Security Specialists Team

In the weeks leading up to re:Invent 2019, we’ll share conversations we’ve had with people at AWS who will be presenting at the event so you can learn more about them and some of the interesting work that they’re doing. How long have you been at AWS, and what do you do in your current […]

AWS Security Profile: Ron Cully, Principal Product Manager, AWS Identity

September 12, 2022: This blog post has been updated to reflect the new name of AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) – AWS IAM Identity Center. Read more about the name change here. In the weeks leading up to re:Invent, we’ll share conversations we’ve had with people at AWS who will be presenting at the event so […]

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Top 10 Security Blog posts in 2019 so far

September 9, 2021: Amazon Elasticsearch Service has been renamed to Amazon OpenSearch Service. See details. Twice a year, we like to share what’s been popular to let you know what everyone’s reading and so you don’t miss something interesting. One of the top posts so far this year has been the registration announcement for the […]

AWS re:Invent Security Recap: Launches, Enhancements, and Takeaways

For more from Steve, follow him on Twitter Customers continue to tell me that our AWS re:Invent conference is a winner. It’s a place where they can learn, meet their peers, and rediscover the art of the possible. Of course, there is always an air of anticipation around what new AWS service releases will be […]

Announcing the First AWS Security Conference: AWS re:Inforce 2019

Update: re:Inforce 2019 tickets are now available for purchase. You can learn more about the event here, and re:Inforce registration is now officially open! On the eve of re:Invent 2018, I’m pleased to announce that AWS is launching our first conference dedicated to cloud security: AWS re:Inforce. The event will offer a deep dive into the […]

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AWS Security Profiles: Quint Van Deman, Principal Business Development Manager

In the weeks leading up to re:Invent, we’ll share conversations we’ve had with people at AWS who will be presenting at the event so you can learn more about them and some of the interesting work that they’re doing. How long have you been at AWS, and what do you do in your current role? […]

AWS Security Profiles: Henrik Johansson, Principal, Office of the CISO

In the weeks leading up to re:Invent, we’ll share conversations we’ve had with people at AWS who will be presenting at the event so you can learn more about them and some of the interesting work that they’re doing. How long have you been at AWS, and what do you do in your current role? […]