AWS Security Blog

Tag: provable security

An unexpected discovery: Automated reasoning often makes systems more efficient and easier to maintain

During a recent visit to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), I mentioned a trend that piqued their interest: Over the last 10 years of applying automated reasoning at Amazon Web Services (AWS), we’ve found that formally verified code is often more performant than the unverified code it replaces. The reason is that the […]

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 […]

IAM Access Analyzer flags unintended access to S3 buckets shared through access points

Customers use Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) buckets to store critical data and manage access to data at scale. With Amazon S3 Access Points, customers can easily manage shared data sets by creating separate access points for individual applications. Access points are unique hostnames attached to a bucket and customers can set distinct permissions using […]