Category: Announcements

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce the successful completion of our Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) and Three Domain Secure (3DS) certifications. As part of this renewal, we have expanded the scope to include three additional AWS services and one additional AWS Region: Newly added AWS services: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore […]

Today, we’re releasing the HIPAA Security Rule on AWS: Technical Safeguards Implementation and Readiness Guidance. This helps covered entities and business associates configure, implement, and evidence compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule Technical Safeguard requirements (45 CFR §164.312) when building healthcare workloads on AWS. The HIPAA Security Rule’s Technical Safeguards (§164.312) define five standards and […]

Amazon Inspector is an automated vulnerability management service that continually scans Amazon Web Services (AWS) workloads for software vulnerabilities. The vulnerability management capabilities of Amazon Inspector are powered by an asset inventory engine known as the Amazon Inspector SBOM Generator (inspector-sbomgen), a standalone command-line tool that produces a software bill of materials (SBOM) from container […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is excited to announce that the latest version of Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) report (Phase 1a – full assessment) is now available through AWS Artifact. An independent Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) certified IRAP assessor completed the IRAP assessment of AWS in June 2026. The new IRAP report includes four […]

July 29, 2026: We’ve updated this post to clarify the AWS Firewall Manager migration path. Application-layer distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are difficult to detect because they closely resemble legitimate traffic. HTTP request floods are now among the most common vectors targeting web applications, using valid-looking requests that blend in with normal user activity. […]

AWS Security Assurance Services is announcing the release of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Compliance Guide on Amazon Web Service (AWS), a new resource that maps the 17 control domains and 207 control objectives of the Cloud Controls Matrix v4.1 (CCM) to AWS services and recommended implementation practices. The guide is intended to help organizations […]

Black Hat 2026 (Aug 1-6, 2026) brings together over 22,000 security practitioners, researchers, and CISOs who build, break, and defend enterprise infrastructure. They’re security professionals who push the limits of offensive and defensive security and demand proof over promises. As frontier security models like Mythos reshape the enterprise landscape, they need security that operates at […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) successfully completed an onboarding audit with no findings for ISO 9001:2015, 27001:2022, 27017:2015, 27018:2019, 27701:2019, 20000-1:2018, and 22301:2019, and Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) STAR Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0. EY Certify Point auditors conducted the audit and reissued the certificates on May 31, 2026. The objective of the audit was to […]

Read all about the latest AWS security features, compliance updates, and hands-on resources in our new, monthly digest posts. You’ll find expert blog posts, new service capabilities, code samples, and workshops. AWS Security Blog posts This month’s AWS Security Blog posts covered identity and access management, threat intelligence, network security, AI-powered security tooling, and multi-account […]

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new AWS compliance implementation guidance: HITRUST i1 Compliance on AWS: Customer Implementation Guidance with an Illustrative Healthcare Platform. Healthcare organizations seeking HITRUST i1 certification increasingly rely on Amazon Web Services (AWS) as their cloud foundation. The HITRUST i1 assessment covers 182 curated controls at the Implemented […]