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Connect your on-premises Kubernetes cluster to AWS APIs using IAM Roles Anywhere

February 26, 2025: We’ve updated this post to fix a typo in the code in Step 5 – Deploy your workload. Many customers want to seamlessly integrate their on-premises Kubernetes workloads with AWS services, implement hybrid workloads, or migrate to AWS. Previously, a common approach involved creating long-term access keys, which posed security risks and […]

Enhancing telecom security with AWS

If you’d like to skip directly to the detailed mapping between the CISA guidance and AWS security controls and best practices, visit our Github page.  Implementing CISA’s enhanced visibility and hardening guidance for communications infrastructure In response to recent cybersecurity incidents attributed to actors from the People’s Republic of China, a number of cybersecurity agencies […]

2024 FINMA ISAE 3000 Type II attestation report available with 179 services in scope

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce the issuance of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) Type II attestation report with 179 services in scope. The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has published several requirements and guidelines about engaging with outsourced services for the regulated financial services customers in Switzerland. An independent […]

Updated whitepaper available: Aligning to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework in the AWS Cloud

Today, we released an updated version of the Aligning to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) in the AWS Cloud whitepaper to reflect the significant changes introduced in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0, published in February 2024. This comprehensive update helps you understand how AWS services align with the […]

AWS GuardDuty

Testing and evaluating GuardDuty detections

Amazon GuardDuty is a threat detection service that continuously monitors, analyzes, and processes Amazon Web Services (AWS) data sources and logs in your AWS environment. GuardDuty uses threat intelligence feeds, such as lists of malicious IP addresses and domains, file hashes, and machine learning (ML) models to identify suspicious and potentially malicious activity in your […]

Preventing unintended encryption of Amazon S3 objects

March 18, 2025: This post was updated to include additional guidance around monitoring and detection. January 17, 2025: We updated this post to highlight the importance of using short-term credentials to mitigate the risk of unauthorized techniques such as the one detailed in this blog. At Amazon Web Services (AWS), the security of our customers’ […]

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AWS Network Firewall Geographic IP Filtering launch

AWS Network Firewall is a managed service that provides a convenient way to deploy essential network protections for your virtual private clouds (VPCs). In this blog post, we discuss Geographic IP Filtering, a new feature of Network Firewall that you can use to filter traffic based on geographic location and meet compliance requirements. Customers with […]

Exploring the benefits of artificial intelligence while maintaining digital sovereignty

English | German | French Around the world, organizations are evaluating and embracing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to drive innovation and efficiency. From accelerating research and enhancing customer experiences to optimizing business processes, improving patient outcomes, and enriching public services, the transformative potential of AI is being realized across sectors. Although using […]

AWS IAM Identity Center

Federated access to Amazon Athena using AWS IAM Identity Center

Managing Amazon Athena through identity federation allows you to manage authentication and authorization procedures centrally. Athena is a serverless, interactive analytics service that provides a simplified and flexible way to analyze petabytes of data. In this blog post, we show you how you can use the Athena JDBC driver (which includes a browser Security Assertion […]

Important changes to CloudTrail events for AWS IAM Identity Center

December 30, 2024: In response to customer feedback, we updated the effective date for the announced changes from January 13, 2025, to July 14, 2025, and clarified that these changes apply exclusively to IAM Identity Center CloudTrail events. We are streamlining AWS CloudTrail events for AWS IAM Identity Center, retaining only essential fields needed for […]