AWS Security Blog

Location data is subjected to heavy scrutiny by security experts. Knowing the current position of a person, vehicle, or asset can provide industries with many benefits, whether to understand where a current delivery is, how many people are inside a venue, or to optimize routing for a fleet of vehicles. This blog post explains how […]

French version Spanish version We continue to listen to our customers, regulators, and stakeholders to understand their needs regarding audit, assurance, certification, and attestation programs at Amazon Web Services (AWS). We are pleased to announce that ISO/IEC 27001 certificates for AWS are now available in French and Spanish on AWS Artifact. These translated reports will […]

AWS Security Hub provides you with a consolidated view of your security posture in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and helps you check your environment against security standards and current AWS security recommendations. Although Security Hub has some similarities to security information and event management (SIEM) tools, it is not designed as standalone a SIEM replacement. […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has published whitepapers, blog articles, and videos with prescriptive guidance to assist you in developing an enterprise strategy to mitigate risks associated with ransomware and other destructive events. We also announced a strategic partnership with CrowdStrike and Presidio where together we developed a Ransomware Risk Mitigation Kit, and a Quick-Start engagement […]

March 16, 2022: The title and the opening section of this blog post has been updated. Federating your external identity provider (IdP) to AWS is a best practice. The simplest way to federate into AWS is with AWS Single Sign-On (AWS SSO). With AWS SSO, you configure federation once and manage access to all of your AWS accounts […]

Gaining and maintaining customer trust is an ongoing commitment at Amazon Web Services (AWS). We are continuously expanding our compliance programs to provide customers with more tools and resources to be able to perform effective due diligence on AWS. We are excited to announce the availability of the AWS CyberGRX report for our customers. With the […]

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we continue to listen to our customers, regulators, and stakeholders to understand their needs regarding audit, assurance, certification, and attestation programs. We are pleased to announce that Fall 2021 AWS SOC 1, SOC 2 and SOC 3 reports are now available in Spanish. These translated reports will help drive greater […]

In this post, we will show you how to deploy a solution into your Amazon Web Services (AWS) account that enables you to simply attach manual evidence to controls using AWS Audit Manager. Making evidence-collection as seamless as possible minimizes audit fatigue and helps you maintain a strong compliance posture. As an AWS customer, you […]

Joan Feigenbaum Amazon Scholar, AWS Cryptography Bill Horne Principal Product Manager, AWS Cryptography AWS Cryptography tools and services use a wide range of encryption and storage technologies that can help customers protect their data both at rest and in transit. In some instances, customers also require protection of their data even while it is in […]

AWS is pleased to announce that 15 additional AWS services have achieved Provisional Authority to Operate (P-ATO) from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Joint Authorization Board (JAB). AWS is continually expanding the scope of our compliance programs to help customers use authorized services for sensitive and regulated workloads. AWS now offers 111 […]