Tag: PII

One of the main tenets of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is the protection of student education records, including personally identifiable information (PII) and directory information. We recently updated our FERPA Compliance on AWS whitepaper to include AWS service-specific guidance for 24 AWS services. The whitepaper describes how these services can be […]

June 15, 2020: This blog is out of date. Please refer here for the updated info: https://thinkwithwp.com/blogs/aws/new-enhanced-amazon-macie-now-available/ In August 2017 at the AWS Summit New York, AWS launched a new security and compliance service called Amazon Macie. Macie uses machine learning to automatically discover, classify, and protect sensitive data in AWS. In this blog post, […]

June 15, 2020: Amazon Macie recently launched an enhanced version.  Please refer here for the updated info: https://thinkwithwp.com/blogs/aws/new-enhanced-amazon-macie-now-available/ I’m pleased to announce that today we’ve launched a new security service, Amazon Macie. This service leverages machine learning to help customers prevent data loss by automatically discovering, classifying, and protecting sensitive data in AWS. Amazon Macie recognizes […]