AWS Network Firewall is a managed firewall service that makes it simple to deploy essential network protections for your virtual private clouds (VPCs) on AWS. Network Firewall automatically scales with your traffic, and you can define firewall rules that provide fine-grained…
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How to implement relationship-based access control with Amazon Verified Permissions and Amazon Neptune
Externalized authorization for custom applications is a security approach where access control decisions are managed outside of the application logic. Instead of embedding authorization rules within the application’s code, these rules are defined as policies, which are evaluated by a…
How to migrate 3DES keys from a FIPS to a non-FIPS AWS CloudHSM cluster
On August 20, 2024, we announced the general availability of the new AWS CloudHSM hardware security module (HSM) instance type hsm2m.medium, referred to in this post as hsm2. This new type comes with additional features compared to the previous CloudHSM…
Managing identity source transition for AWS IAM Identity Center
AWS IAM Identity Center manages user access to Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources, including both AWS accounts and applications. You can use IAM Identity Center to create and manage user identities within the Identity Center identity store or to connect…
2024 H1 IRAP report is now available on AWS Artifact for Australian customers
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is excited to announce that a new Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) report (2024 H1) is now available through AWS Artifact. An independent Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) certified IRAP assessor completed the IRAP assessment of AWS in August 2024. The…
How AWS WAF threat intelligence features help protect the player experience for betting and gaming customers
The betting and gaming industry has grown into a data-rich landscape that presents an enticing target for sophisticated bots. The sensitive personally identifiable information (PII) that is collected and the financial data involved in betting and in-game economies is especially…
Six tips to improve the security of your AWS Transfer Family server
AWS Transfer Family is a secure transfer service that lets you transfer files directly into and out of Amazon Web Services (AWS) storage services using popular protocols such as AS2, SFTP, FTPS, and FTP. When you launch a Transfer Family…
Automate detection and response to website defacement with Amazon CloudWatch Synthetics
Website defacement occurs when threat actors gain unauthorized access to a website, most commonly a public website, and replace content on the site with their own messages. In this blog post, we show you how to detect website defacement, and…
AWS renews its GNS Portugal certification for classified information with 66 services
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announces that it has successfully renewed the Portuguese GNS (Gabinete Nacional de Segurança, National Security Cabinet) certification in the AWS Regions and edge locations in the European Union. This accreditation confirms that AWS cloud infrastructure, security…
Refine unused access using IAM Access Analyzer recommendations
As a security team lead, your goal is to manage security for your organization at scale and ensure that your team follows AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) security best practices, such as the principle of least privilege. As your…