If you’ve ever spent hours manually digging through AWS CloudTrail logs, checking AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) permissions, and piecing together the timeline of a security event, you understand the time investment required for incident investigation. Today, we’re excited…
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The Agentic AI Security Scoping Matrix: A framework for securing autonomous AI systems
As generative AI became mainstream, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched the Generative AI Security Scoping Matrix to help organizations understand and address the unique security challenges of foundation model (FM)-based applications. This framework has been adopted not only by AWS…
Introducing the Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS Universal Configuration and LZA Compliance Workbook
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 including governments across the world, and in consultation with…
Transfer data across AWS partitions with IAM Roles Anywhere
Transfer across AWS Cloud partitions. Different identity planes. Long-lived IAM user credentials. As an enterprise customer, you might need to bring together security, operational, and compliance data from multiple AWS partitions. Creating a holistic view of these types of data…
How to update CRLs without public access using AWS Private CA
Certificates and the hierarchy of trust they create are the backbone of a secure infrastructure. AWS Private Certificate Authority is a highly available certificate authority (CA) that you can use to create private CA hierarchies, secure your applications and devices…
AWS designated as a critical third-party provider under EU’s DORA regulation
Amazon Web Services has been designated as a critical third-party provider (CTPP) by the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) under the European Union’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). This designation is a key milestone in the EU’s implementation of DORA, which…
Simplified developer access to AWS with ‘aws login’
Getting credentials for local development with AWS is now simpler and more secure. A new AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) command, aws login, lets you start building immediately after signing up for AWS without creating and managing long-term access…
Simplify cloud security with managed rules from AWS Marketplace for AWS Network Firewall
AWS Network Firewall now supports managed rules curated by AWS Partners—giving you pre-built threat intelligence and security controls that reduce the need to create and maintain your own rule sets. This new capability helps organizations strengthen their network security posture…
New Amazon Threat Intelligence findings: Nation-state actors bridging cyber and kinetic warfare
The new threat landscape The line between cyber warfare and traditional kinetic operations is rapidly blurring. Recent investigations by Amazon threat intelligence teams have uncovered a new trend that they’re calling cyber-enabled kinetic targeting in which nation-state threat actors systematically…
Analyze AWS Network Firewall logs using Amazon OpenSearch dashboard
Amazon CloudWatch and Amazon OpenSearch Service have launched a new dashboard that simplifies the analysis of AWS Network Firewall logs. Previously, in our blog post How to analyze AWS Network Firewall logs using Amazon OpenSearch Service we demonstrated the required…
How to automate Session Manager preferences across your organization
AWS Systems Manager Session Manager is a fully managed service that provides secure, interactive, one-click access to your Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances, edge devices, and virtual machines (VMs) through a browser-based shell or AWS Command Line Interface…
Post-quantum (ML-DSA) code signing with AWS Private CA and AWS KMS
Following our recent announcement of ML-DSA support in AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS), we just introduced post-quantum ML-DSA signature support in AWS Private Certificate Authority (AWS Private CA). Customers can use AWS Private CA to create and manage their…
AWS re:Invent 2025: Your guide to security sessions across four transformative themes
AWS re:Invent 2025, the premier cloud computing conference hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS), returns to Las Vegas, Nevada, December 1–5, 2025. At AWS, security is our top priority, and re:Invent 2025 reflects this commitment with our most comprehensive security…
Amazon Inspector detects over 150,000 malicious packages linked to token farming campaign
Amazon Inspector security researchers have identified and reported over 150,000 packages linked to a coordinated tea.xyz token farming campaign in the npm registry. This is one of the largest package flooding incidents in open source registry history, and represents a…
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service gets independent affirmation of its zero operator access design
Today, we’re excited to announce the Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) zero operator access posture. Because security is our top priority at Amazon Web Services (AWS), we designed an operational architecture to meet the data privacy posture our regulated…
Amazon discovers APT exploiting Cisco and Citrix zero-days
The Amazon threat intelligence team has identified an advanced threat actor exploiting previously undisclosed zero-day vulnerabilities in Cisco Identity Service Engine (ISE) and Citrix systems. The campaign used custom malware and demonstrated access to multiple undisclosed vulnerabilities. This discovery highlights…
2025 H1 IRAP report is now available on AWS Artifact for Australian customers
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is excited to announce that the latest version of Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) report (2025 H1) is now available through AWS Artifact. An independent Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) certified IRAP assessor completed the IRAP assessment of AWS in September…
Introducing the Overview of the AWS European Sovereign Cloud whitepaper
Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently released a new whitepaper, Overview of the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, available in English, German, and French, detailing the planned design and goals of this new infrastructure. The AWS European Sovereign Cloud is a new,…
Migrating from Open Policy Agent to Amazon Verified Permissions
Application authorization is a critical component of modern software systems, determining what actions users can perform on specific resources. Many organizations have adopted Open Policy Agent (OPA) with its Rego policy language to implement fine-grained authorization controls across their applications…
New whitepaper available – AI for Security and Security for AI: Navigating Opportunities and Challenges
The emergence of AI as a transformative force is changing the way organizations approach security. While AI technologies can augment human expertise and increase the efficiency of security operations, they also introduce risks ranging from lower technical barriers for threat…