Today, we released an updated version of the Aligning to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) in the AWS Cloud whitepaper to reflect the significant changes introduced in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0, published…
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Testing and evaluating GuardDuty detections
Amazon GuardDuty is a threat detection service that continuously monitors, analyzes, and processes Amazon Web Services (AWS) data sources and logs in your AWS environment. GuardDuty uses threat intelligence feeds, such as lists of malicious IP addresses and domains, file…
AWS Firewall Manager retrofitting: Harmonizing central security with application team flexibility
AWS Firewall Manager is a powerful tool that organizations can use to define common AWS WAF rules with centralized security policies. These policies specify which accounts and resources are in scope. Firewall Manager creates a web access control list (web…
Announcing upcoming changes to the AWS Security Token Service global endpoint
AWS launched AWS Security Token Service (AWS STS) in August 2011 with a single global endpoint (https://sts.amazonaws.com), hosted in the US East (N. Virginia) AWS Region. To reduce dependency on a single Region, STS launched AWS STS Regional endpoints (https://sts.{Region_identifier}.{partition_domain})…
Building a culture of security: AWS partners with the BBC
Cybersecurity isn’t just about technology—it’s about people. That’s why Amazon Web Services (AWS) partnered with the BBC to explore the human side of cybersecurity in our latest article, The Human Side of Cybersecurity: Building a Culture of Security, available on…
2024 C5 Type 2 attestation report available with 179 services in scope
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce a successful completion of the 2024 Cloud Computing Compliance Controls Catalogue (C5) attestation cycle with 179 services in scope. This alignment with C5 requirements demonstrates our ongoing commitment to adhere to the…
CCN releases guide for Spain’s ENS landing zones using Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS
Spanish version » The Spanish National Cryptologic Center (CCN) has published a new STIC guide (CCN-STIC-887 Anexo A) that provides a comprehensive template and supporting artifacts for implementing landing zones that comply with Spain’s National Security Framework (ENS) Royal Decree…
Using OSCAL to express Canadian cybersecurity requirements as compliance-as-code
The Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL) is a project led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that allows security professionals to express control-related information in machine-readable formats. Expressing compliance information in this way allows security practitioners…
Safeguard your generative AI workloads from prompt injections
Generative AI applications have become powerful tools for creating human-like content, but they also introduce new security challenges, including prompt injections, excessive agency, and others. See the OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Model Applications to learn more about the…
Preventing unintended encryption of Amazon S3 objects
At Amazon Web Services (AWS), the security of our customers’ data is our top priority, and it always will be. Recently, the AWS Customer Incident Response Team (CIRT) and our automated security monitoring systems identified an increase in unusual encryption…