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How to prioritize IAM Access Analyzer findings

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Access Analyzer is an important tool in your journey towards least privilege access. You can use IAM Access Analyzer access previews to preview and validate public and cross-account access before deploying permissions changes in your environment. For the permissions already in place, one of IAM Access Analyzer’s capabilities is that […]

re:Inforce 2023 Data Protection

A sneak peek at the data protection sessions for 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 is fast approaching, and this post can help you plan your agenda. AWS re:Inforce is a security learning conference where you can gain skills and confidence in cloud security, compliance, identity, […]

re:Inforce 2023

A sneak peek at the application security sessions for 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 is a security learning conference where you can gain skills and confidence in cloud security, compliance, identity, and privacy. As a re:Inforce attendee, you have access to hundreds of technical and non-technical sessions, an Expo […]

Scaling security and compliance

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we move fast and continually iterate to meet the evolving needs of our customers. We design services that can help our customers meet even the most stringent security and compliance requirements. Additionally, our service teams work closely with our AWS Security Guardians program to coordinate security efforts and to maintain […]

AWS Security Profile – Cryptography Edition: Panos Kampanakis, Principal Security Engineer

AWS Security Profile – Cryptography Edition: Panos Kampanakis, Principal Security Engineer

In the AWS Security Profile — Cryptography Edition series, we interview Amazon Web Services (AWS) thought leaders who help keep our customers safe and secure. This interview features Panos Kampanakis, Principal Security Engineer, AWS Cryptography. Panos shares thoughts on data protection, cloud security, post-quantum cryptography, and more. What do you do in your current role […]

AWS Security Profile: Ryan Dsouza, Principal Solutions Architect

AWS Security Profile: Ryan Dsouza, Principal Solutions Architect

In the AWS Security Profile series, I interview some of the humans who work in Amazon Web Services Security and help keep our customers safe and secure. This interview is with Ryan Dsouza, Principal Solutions Architect for industrial internet of things (IIoT) security.  How long have you been at AWS and what do you do […]

ABAC framework to control access to secrets using IAM Identity Center

Scale your authorization needs for Secrets Manager using ABAC with IAM Identity Center

With AWS Secrets Manager, you can securely store, manage, retrieve, and rotate the secrets required for your applications and services running on AWS. A secret can be a password, API key, OAuth token, or other type of credential used for authentication purposes. You can control access to secrets in Secrets Manager by using AWS Identity […]

Investigate security events by using AWS CloudTrail Lake advanced queries

This blog post shows you how to use AWS CloudTrail Lake capabilities to investigate CloudTrail activity across AWS Organizations in response to a security incident scenario. We will walk you through two security-related scenarios while we investigate CloudTrail activity. The method described in this post will help you with the investigation process, allowing you to […]

AWS Security Profile: Matt Luttrell, Principal Solutions Architect for AWS Identity

AWS Security Profile: Matt Luttrell, Principal Solutions Architect for AWS Identity

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

New Global AWS Data Processing Addendum

Navigating data protection laws around the world is no simple task. Today, I’m pleased to announce that AWS is expanding the scope of the AWS Data Processing Addendum (Global AWS DPA) so that it applies globally whenever customers use AWS services to process personal data, regardless of which data protection laws apply to that processing. […]