Amazon Web Services (AWS) is excited to announce that a new Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) report (2023 H2) is now available through AWS Artifact. An independent Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) certified IRAP assessor completed the IRAP assessment of AWS in December 2023. The new IRAP report includes …
We continue to expand the scope of our assurance programs at Amazon Web Services (AWS) and are pleased to announce the first ever Winter 2023 AWS System and Organization Controls (SOC) 1 report. The new Winter SOC report demonstrates our continuous commitment to adhere to the heightened expectations for …
The AWS Global Security & Compliance Acceleration (GSCA) Program has released AWS Customer Compliance Guides (CCGs) on the AWS Compliance Resources page to help customers, AWS Partners, and assessors quickly understand how industry-leading compliance frameworks map to AWS service documentation and security best practices. CCGs offer security guidance mapped to …
We’re excited to announce that Amazon Web Services (AWS) has completed the 2023 South Korea Cloud Service Providers (CSP) Safety Assessment Program, also known as the Regulation on Supervision on Electronic Financial Transactions (RSEFT) Audit Program. The financial sector in South Korea is required to abide by a …
We’re excited to announce that Amazon Web Services (AWS) has successfully renewed certification under the Korea Information Security Management System (K-ISMS) standard (effective from December 16, 2023, to December 15, 2026). The certification assessment covered the operation of infrastructure (including compute, storage, networking, databases, and security) in the …
We continue to expand the scope of our assurance programs at Amazon Web Services (AWS), and we’re pleased to announce that AWS has successfully completed the 2023 Cloud Computing Compliance Controls Catalogue (C5) attestation cycle with 170 services in scope. This alignment with C5 requirements demonstrates our ongoing …
We’re excited to announce that Amazon Web Services (AWS) has completed its fifth annual Collaborative Cloud Audit Group (CCAG) pooled audit with European financial services institutions under regulatory supervision. At AWS, security is the highest priority. As customers embrace the scalability and flexibility of AWS, we’re helping …
Amazon Web Services is pleased to announce that eight additional AWS services have been added to the scope of our Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) v4.0 certification: AWS AppFabric Amazon Bedrock AWS Clean Rooms AWS HealthImaging AWS IoT Device Defender AWS IoT TwinMaker AWS Resilience …
AWS re:Invent drew 52,000 attendees from across the globe to Las Vegas, Nevada, November 27 to December 1, 2023. Now in its 12th year, the conference featured 5 keynotes, 17 innovation talks, and over 2,250 sessions and hands-on labs offering immersive learning and networking opportunities. Amazon …
Amazon Web Services is pleased to announce that the AWS US East (Ohio) and Europe (Paris) Regions have been recertified through October 2024 by the GSM Association (GSMA) under its Security Accreditation Scheme for Subscription Management (SAS-SM) with scope Data Centre Operations and Management (DCOM). The US East (Ohio …
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’re pleased to announce that the Fall 2023 System and Organization Controls (SOC) 1, SOC 2, and SOC 3 reports …
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce the successful renewal of the AWS CyberGRX cyber risk assessment report. This third-party validated report helps customers perform effective cloud supplier due diligence on AWS and enhances customers’ third-party risk management process. With the increase in adoption of cloud products and …
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles are a powerful way to manage permissions to resources in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud. IAM roles are useful when granting permissions to users whose workloads are static. However, for users whose access patterns are more dynamic, relying on roles can …
At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we’re committed to providing our customers with continued assurance over the security, availability, confidentiality, and privacy of the AWS control environment. We’re proud to deliver the Fall 2023 System and Organizational (SOC) 1, 2, and 3 reports to support your confidence in …
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is proud to announce the successful completion of its first Standar Nasional Indonesia (SNI) certification for the AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region in Indonesia. SNI is the Indonesian National Standard, and it comprises a set of standards that are nationally applicable in Indonesia. AWS is …
At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we are committed to providing continued assurance to our customers through assessments, certifications, and attestations that support the adoption of current and new AWS services and features. We are pleased to announce the availability of the 2023 Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS) assessment …
AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) recently announced that its hardware security modules (HSMs) were given Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 Security Level 3 certification from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). For organizations that rely on AWS cryptographic services, this higher security level …
Compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is critical for organizations that handle cardholder data. Achieving and maintaining PCI DSS compliance can be a complex and challenging endeavor. Serverless technology has transformed application development, offering agility, performance, cost, and security. In this blog post, we …
Today, we’re announcing a new capability for Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) message data protection. In this post, we show you how you can use this new capability to create custom data identifiers to detect and protect domain-specific sensitive data, such as your company’s employee IDs …
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is excited to announce the release of AWS Prescriptive Guidance on Reaching Essential Eight Maturity on AWS. We designed this guidance to help customers streamline and accelerate their security compliance obligations under the Essential Eight framework of the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC). What is …
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is excited to announce the release of a new Cloud Companion Guide to help customers prepare for the Cyber Trust mark developed by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA). The Cloud Companion Guide to the CSA’s Cyber Trust mark provides guidance and a …
Our mission at AWS Security Assurance Services is to ease Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance for Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers. We work closely with AWS customers to answer their questions about understanding compliance on the AWS Cloud, finding and implementing solutions, and optimizing their …
AWS Cryptography is pleased to announce that today, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded AWS-LC its validation certificate as a Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-3, level 1, cryptographic module. This important milestone enables AWS customers that require FIPS-validated cryptography to leverage AWS-LC as a fully …
AWS Security Hub offers over 75 third-party partner product integrations, such as Palo Alto Networks Prisma, Prowler, Qualys, Wiz, and more, that you can use to send, receive, or update findings in Security Hub. We recommend that you enable your corresponding Security Hub third-party partner product integrations when you …
Customers using Kubernetes at scale need consistent guardrails for how resources are used across their environments to improve security, resource management, and flexibility. Customers have told us that they need an easy way to apply and view those policy guardrails, so we launched the Policy Controller dashboard and added …