Category: Compliance

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce the successful completion of Payment Card Industry Personal Identification Number (PCI PIN) and PCI Point-to-Point Encryption (PCI P2PE) assessments for the AWS Payment Cryptography service. This assessment expands the AWS Payment Cryptography compliance portfolio, with AWS now validated as a component provider for Key Management (KMCP) and […]

Cloud and AI are transforming industries and societies at unprecedented speed, from accelerating research and enhancing customer experiences to optimizing business processes and enriching public services. At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we believe that for the cloud and AI to reach their full potential, customers need control over their data and choices for how and […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) achieved three Standar Nasional Indonesia (SNI) certifications for the AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region: SNI ISO/IEC 27017:2015, SNI ISO/IEC 27018:2019, and SNI ISO 9001:2015. SNI represents Indonesia’s national standards framework, comprising standards that are broadly applicable across industries within the country. These certifications further demonstrate that AWS services meet nationally recognized […]

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 important aspect of your side of the PQC shared responsibility model. Timelines to plan and […]

November 20, 2025: Original publication date of this post. This post has been updated to reference the most recent version of the LZA Compliance Workbook published to AWS Artifact in March 2026. 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 […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) recommends using AWS IAM Identity Center to provide your workforce access to AWS managed applications—such as Amazon Q Developer—and AWS accounts. Today, we announced IAM Identity Center support for IPv6. To learn more about the advantages of IPv6, visit the IPv6 product page. When you enable IAM Identity center, it provides […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce that two additional AWS services and one additional AWS Region have been added to the scope of our Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) certification: Newly added services: AWS Security Incident Response AWS Transform Newly added AWS Region: Asia Pacific (Taipei) This certification allows customers […]

At Amazon Web Services, we’re committed to deeply understanding the evolving needs of both our customers and regulators, and rapidly adapting and innovating to meet them. The upcoming AWS European Sovereign Cloud will be a new independent cloud for Europe, designed to give public sector organizations and customers in highly regulated industries further choice to […]

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, independent cloud for Europe, designed to help public sector organizations and customers in highly regulated […]

We’re excited to announce the release of our latest whitepaper, AICPA SOC 2 Compliance Guide on AWS, which provides in-depth guidance on implementing and maintaining SOC 2-aligned controls using AWS services. Building and operating cloud-native services in alignment with the AICPA’s Trust Services Criteria requires thoughtful planning and robust implementation. This new whitepaper helps cloud architects, […]