Tag: IRAP

Cloud technology provides organizations across Australia and New Zealand with the flexibility to adapt quickly and scale their digital presences up or down in response to consumer demand. In 2021 and beyond, we expect to see cloud adoption continue to accelerate as organizations of all sizes realize the agility, operational, and financial benefits of moving […]

We are excited to announce that a new Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) report is now available on AWS Artifact. The new IRAP documentation pack brings new services in scope, and includes a Cloud Security Control Matrix (CSCM) for specific information to help customers assess each applicable control that is required by the Australian […]

In July 2020, we announced that 92 Amazon Web Services (AWS) services had successfully assessed compliant with the Australian government’s Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) for operating workloads at the PROTECTED level. This enables organizations to use AWS to build a wide range of applications and services for the benefit of all residents of […]

Following our Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessment in December 2019, we are excited to announce that we have additional new IRAP documents now available in AWS Artifact as a result of the recent IRAP assessment at the PROTECTED level that was finished in June 2020. This includes an IRAP compliance report for 33 […]

September 9, 2021: Amazon Elasticsearch Service has been renamed to Amazon OpenSearch Service. See details. Following the award of PROTECTED certification to AWS in January 2019, we have now released updated Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) PROTECTED documentation via AWS Artifact. This information provides the ability to plan, architect, and self-assess systems built in […]

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has awarded PROTECTED certification to AWS for 42 of our cloud services. This is the highest data security certification available in Australia for cloud service providers, and AWS offers the most PROTECTED services of any public cloud service provider. You will find AWS on the ACSC’s Certified Cloud Services […]

Australian public sector customers now have a clear roadmap to use our secure services for sensitive workloads at the PROTECTED level. For the first time, we’ve released our Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) PROTECTED documentation via AWS Artifact. This information provides the ability to plan, architect, and self-assess systems built in AWS under the […]

Positive news for our Australian customers: we recently launched a compliance hub and FAQ page for Australian government customers and their assessors for the Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) on implementing the Australian Signals Directorate’s (ASD) Information Security Manual (ISM). The new hub and FAQ address many of the questions that Australian government customers […]