AWS Security Assurance Services is announcing the release of our latest compliance guide, ISO 31000:2018 Risk Management on AWS, which provides practical guidance for organizations establishing and operating a risk management program in AWS environments using ISO 31000:2018 principles. The…
Category: AWS Security Blog
Designing trust and safety into Amazon Bedrock powered applications
Generative AI brings promising innovation, transforming how individuals and organizations approach everything from customer service to content creation and more. As AI continues to expand its capabilities, organizations are increasingly focused on how they can integrate the responsible AI concepts…
What the March 2026 Threat Technique Catalog update means for your AWS environment
The AWS Customer Incident Response Team (AWS CIRT) regularly encounters patterns that repeat across their engagements when helping customers respond to security incidents. We’re passionate about making sure that information is widely accessible so that everyone can improve their security…
Access control with IAM Identity Center session tags
As organizations expand their Amazon Web Services (AWS) footprint, managing secure, scalable, and cost-efficient access across multiple accounts becomes increasingly important. AWS IAM Identity Center offers a centralized, unified solution for managing workforce access to AWS accounts. It simplifies authentication,…
Optimize security operations through an AWS Security Hub POC
April 27, 2026: This post was first published in September 2025 when the enhanced AWS Security Hub was in public preview. It has since been updated to reflect the general availability of Security Hub. This revision also provides a more…
Can I do that with policy? Understanding the AWS Service Authorization Reference
Understanding what AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies can control helps you build better security controls and avoid spending time on approaches that won’t work. You’ve likely encountered questions like: Can I use AWS Organizations service control policies (SCPs)…
Protecting your secrets from tomorrow’s quantum risks
As outlined in the AWS post-quantum cryptography (PQC) migration plan, addressing the risk of harvest now, decrypt later (HNDL) attack is an important part of your post-quantum plan. Upgrading the client-side of your workloads to support quantum-resistant confidentiality is an…
A technical walkthrough of multicloud full-stack security using AWS Security Hub Extended
Building on our recent announcement of AWS Security Hub Extended —our full-stack enterprise security offering — we want to show you how we’re simplifying security procurement and operations for your multicloud environments. Whether you’re a security architect evaluating solutions or…
Winter 2025 SOC 1 report is now available with 184 services in scope
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce that the Winter 2025 System and Organization Controls (SOC) 1 report is now available. The report covers 184 services over the 12-month period from January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025, giving…
How to clone an AWS CloudHSM cluster across Regions
Important: As of January 1, 2025, Client SDK 3 tools (CMU and KMU) are no longer supported. This guide has been updated to use Client SDK 5 commands exclusively. Ensure you’re using the latest Client SDK 5 version (5.17 or…
Transform security logs into OCSF format using a configuration-driven ETL solution
Security logs capture essential security-related activities, such as user sign-ins, file access, network traffic, and application usage. These logs are important for monitoring, detecting, and responding to potential security events. The Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF) addresses this challenge by…
Secure AI agent access patterns to AWS resources using Model Context Protocol
AI agents and coding assistants interact with AWS resources through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Unlike traditional applications with deterministic code paths, agents reason dynamically, choosing different tools or accessing different data depending on context. You must assume an agent…
A framework for securely collecting forensic artifacts into S3 buckets
When customers experience a security incident, they need to acquire forensic artifacts to identify root cause, extract indicators of compromise (IoCs), and validate remediation efforts. NIST 800-86, Guide to Integrating Forensic Techniques into Incident Response, defines digital forensics as a…
Building AI defenses at scale: Before the threats emerge
At AWS, we’ve spent decades developing processes and tools that enable us to defend millions of customers simultaneously, wherever they operate around the world. Every day, our security and threat intelligence teams are doing work with AI and automation that…
Introducing the Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS Universal Configuration and LZA Compliance Workbook
November 20, 2025: Date this information was first published. We’re pleased to announce the availability of the latest sample security baseline from Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS (LZA)—the Universal Configuration. Developed from years of field experience with highly regulated customers…
How AWS KMS and AWS Encryption SDK overcome symmetric encryption bounds
If you run high-scale applications that encrypt large volumes of data, you might be concerned about tracking encryption limits and rotating keys. This post explains how AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) and the AWS Encryption SDK handle Advanced Encryption…
Four security principles for agentic AI systems
Agentic AI represents a qualitative shift in how software operates. Traditional software executes deterministic instructions. Generative AI responds to human prompts with output that humans review and use at their discretion. Agentic AI differs from both. Agents connect to software…
New compliance guide available: ISO/IEC 27001:2022 on AWS
We’re excited to announce the release of our latest compliance guide, ISO/IEC 27001:2022 on AWS, which provides practical guidance for organizations designing and operating an Information Security Management System (ISMS) using AWS services. As organizations migrate critical workloads to the…
AWS Security Agent on-demand penetration testing now generally available
AWS Security Agent on-demand penetration testing is now generally available, enabling you to run comprehensive security tests across all your applications, not only your most critical ones. This milestone transforms penetration testing from a periodic bottleneck into an on-demand capability…
Preparing for agentic AI: A financial services approach
Deploying agentic AI in financial services requires additional security controls that address AI-specific risks. This post walks you through comprehensive observability and fine-grained access controls—two critical capabilities for maintaining explainability and accountability in AI systems. You will learn seven design…