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Tag: AWS Compliance

AWS achieves its first ISMAP certification in Japan

Earning and maintaining customer trust is an ongoing commitment at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Our customers’ industry security requirements drive the scope and portfolio of the compliance reports, attestations, and certifications we pursue. We’re excited to announce that AWS has achieved certification under the Information System Security Management and Assessment Program (ISMAP) program, effective from March […]

AWS publishes FINMA ISAE 3000 Type 2 attestation report for the Swiss financial industry

May 4, 2021: We’ve added links to download this post translated into French or German. March 23, 2021: We’ve updated this post to note that the report covers 22 global AWS Regions. Gaining and maintaining customer trust is an ongoing commitment at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Our customers’ industry security requirements drive the scope and […]

Announcing Cloud Audit Academy AWS-specific for audit and compliance teams

Today, I’m pleased to announce the launch of Cloud Audit Academy AWS-specific (CAA AWS-specific). This is a new, accelerated training program for auditing AWS Cloud implementations, and is designed for auditors, regulators, or anyone working within a control framework. Over the past few years, auditing security in the cloud has become one of the fastest […]

12 additional AWS services and 2 features authorized at DoD Impact Level 4 and 5 for AWS GovCloud (US) Regions

I’m excited to share that the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has authorized 12 additional AWS services and 2 features in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. With these additional 12 services and 2 features, AWS now offers a total of 52 services authorized to process DoD mission critical data at Impact Levels (IL) 4 and 5 […]

New guidance to help you navigate Australian Prudential Regulation Authority requirements

There have been two noteworthy 2019 updates for Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) regulated entities such as banks, insurance companies, credit unions, deposit takers, and the superannuation industry. On June 25, APRA released an updated version of the Prudential Practice Guide CPG 234 Information Security, which provides guidance on how to implement the revised Prudential […]

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AWS Artifact is now available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions

AWS Artifact is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, where you’ll now have on-demand access to AWS compliance reports and select online AWS agreements with a single-click in the AWS Management Console. The AWS GovCloud (US) Regions are isolated and designed to host sensitive data and regulated workloads in the cloud, assisting customers […]

AWS and the European Banking Authority Guidelines on Outsourcing

Financial institutions across the globe use AWS to transform the way they do business. It’s exciting to watch our customers in the financial services industry innovate on AWS in unique ways, across all geos and use cases. Regulations continue to evolve in this space, and we’re working hard to help customers proactively respond to new […]

New whitepaper available: Architecting for PCI DSS Segmentation and Scoping on AWS

AWS has published a 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 running on the AWS Cloud. The whitepaper looks at how to define segmentation boundaries between your in-scope and out-of-scope resources […]

AWS achieves HDS certification

Update on March 13, 2019: The AWS Region in Paris is now certified. At AWS, the security, privacy, and protection of customer data always comes first, which is why I am pleased to share the news that AWS has achieved “Hébergeur de Données de Santé” (HDS) certification. With HDS certification, customers and partners who host […]

New podcast: VP of Security answers your compliance and data privacy questions

Does AWS comply with X program? How about GDPR? What about after Brexit? And what happens with machine learning data? In the latest AWS Security & Compliance Podcast, we sit down with VP of Security Chad Woolf, who answers your compliance and data privacy questions. Including one of the most frequently asked questions from customers […]