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Tag: Certifications

Frequently Asked Questions About Compliance in the AWS Cloud

May 22, 2019 update: We’ve removed a reference to the IT-Grundschutz Certification Workbook. AWS now recommends that customers refer to the Cloud Computing Compliance Controls Catalog (C5) instead. Learn more about C5 here: https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/bsi-c5/ Every month, AWS Compliance fields thousands of questions about how to achieve and maintain compliance in the cloud. Among other things, […]

Introducing GxP Compliance on AWS

We’re happy to announce that customers now are enabled to bring the next generation of medical, health, and wellness solutions to their GxP systems by using AWS for their processing and storage needs. Compliance with healthcare and life sciences requirements is a key priority for us, and we are pleased to announce the availability of […]

AWS Certification Update – ISO 9001 Has 10 New Services in Scope

Today we’re happy to announce we’ve added 10 new services to our ISO 9001 certification: Amazon CloudFront Amazon EC2 Container Service (ECS) Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) Amazon WorkDocs Amazon WorkMail Amazon WorkSpaces AWS Directory Service AWS Key Management Service (KMS) AWS WAF – Web Application Firewall This increases the […]

New SOC 1, 2, and 3 Reports Available — Including a New Region and Service In-Scope

We are now in our sixth year of regularly publishing comprehensive independent audit reports attesting to our alignment with globally accepted security best practices. We have just completed our thorough and extensive semiannual audit and are happy to announce that Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) and our newest region in Europe (Frankfurt) are now in-scope […]