Category: Foundational (100)

Amazon Web Services (AWS) successfully completed a special onboarding audit with no findings for ISO 9001, 27001, 27017, 27018, 27701, and 22301, and Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) STAR CCM v4.0. Ernst and Young Certify Point auditors conducted the audit and reissued the certificates on May 23, 2023. The objective of the audit was to assess […]

The United States Government recently launched its National Cybersecurity Strategy. The Strategy outlines the administration’s ambitious vision for building a more resilient future, both in the United States and around the world, and it affirms the key role cloud computing plays in realizing this vision. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is broadly committed to working with […]

To support our customers in securing their Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment, AWS offers digital training, whitepapers, blog posts, videos, workshops, and documentation to learn about security in the cloud. The AWS Ramp-Up Guide: Security is designed to help you quickly learn what is most important to you when it comes to security, identity, and […]

AWS is excited to announce a new eBook, 5 Keys to Secure Enterprise Messaging. The new eBook includes best practices for addressing the security and compliance risks associated with messaging apps. An estimated 3.09 billion mobile phone users access messaging apps to communicate, and this figure is projected to grow to 3.51 billion users in […]

In this post, Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduces the AWS Blueprint for Ransomware Defense, a new resource that both enterprise and public sector organizations can use to implement preventative measures to protect data from ransomware events. The AWS Blueprint for Ransomware Defense provides a mapping of AWS services and features as they align to aspects […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has re-published the whitepaper Architecting for PCI DSS Scoping and Segmentation on AWS to provide guidance on how to properly define the scope of your Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) workloads that are running in the AWS Cloud. The whitepaper has been refreshed to include updated AWS best […]

In the AWS Security Profile series, we interview Amazon Web Services (AWS) thought leaders who help keep our customers safe and secure. This interview features Ritesh Desai, General Manager, AWS Secrets Manager, and re:Inforce 2023 session speaker, who shares thoughts on data protection, cloud security, secrets management, and more. What do you do in your […]

Today we are thrilled to announce the general availability of Amazon Security Lake, first announced in a preview release at 2022 re:Invent. Security Lake centralizes security data from Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments, software as a service (SaaS) providers, on-premises, and cloud sources into a purpose-built data lake that is stored in your AWS account. […]

June 10, 2024: This blog post is updated to announce that TLS 1.3 is available on our AWS service API endpoints across each of our AWS Regions. January 12, 2024: Over 80% of AWS service API endpoints now support TLS 1.3, along with TLS 1.2. The remaining services are in progress on adding TLS 1.3 […]

RSA Conference 2023 brought thousands of cybersecurity professionals to the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California from April 24 through 27. The keynote lineup was eclectic, with more than 30 presentations across two stages featuring speakers ranging from renowned theoretical physicist and futurist Dr. Michio Kaku to Grammy-winning musician Chris Stapleton. Topics aligned with this […]