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AWS empowers global security culture at Wicked6 Cyber Games

Wicked6 Cyber Games 2025 brought hundreds of women together worldwide from March 28–30. This dynamic virtual competition, sponsored by HAQM Web Services (AWS), helped attendees tackle real-world cybersecurity challenges through e-sports experiences. With 72 hours of women talking about cybersecurity, 11 cybersecurity games, and an attack and defense tournament streamed live, the weekend-long event highlighted […]

Enhancing cloud security in AI/ML: The little pickle story

As AI and machine learning (AI/ML) become increasingly accessible through cloud service providers (CSPs) such as HAQM Web Services (AWS), new security issues can arise that customers need to address. AWS provides a variety of services for AI/ML use cases, and developers often interact with these services through different programming languages. In this blog post, […]

Support Canada’s CCCS PBHVA overlay compliance with the Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS

Organizations seeking to adhere to the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS) Protected B High Value Assets (PBHVA) overlay requirements can use the Landing Zone Accelerator (LZA) on AWS solution with the CCCS Medium configuration to accelerate their compliance journey. To further support customers, AWS recently collaborated with Coalfire to assess and verify the LZA […]

Enhancing telecom security with AWS

If you’d like to skip directly to the detailed mapping between the CISA guidance and AWS security controls and best practices, visit our Github page.  Implementing CISA’s enhanced visibility and hardening guidance for communications infrastructure In response to recent cybersecurity incidents attributed to actors from the People’s Republic of China, a number of cybersecurity agencies […]

How to deploy an HAQM OpenSearch cluster to ingest logs from HAQM Security Lake

July 29, 2024: Original publication date of this post. The current version was updated to make the instructions clearer and compatible with OCSF 1.1. Customers often require multiple log sources across their AWS environment to empower their teams to respond and investigate security events. In part one of this two-part blog post, I show you […]

AWS completes the CCCS PBHVA assessment with 149 services and features in scope

We continue to expand the scope of our assurance programs at HAQM Web Services (AWS) and are pleased to announce the successful completion of our first ever Protected B High Value Assets (PBHVA) assessment with 149 assessed services and features. Completion of this assessment effective October 4, 2024, makes AWS the first cloud service provider […]

Exploring the benefits of artificial intelligence while maintaining digital sovereignty

English | German | French Around the world, organizations are evaluating and embracing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to drive innovation and efficiency. From accelerating research and enhancing customer experiences to optimizing business processes, improving patient outcomes, and enriching public services, the transformative potential of AI is being realized across sectors. Although using […]

New whitepaper available: Building security from the ground up with Secure by Design

Developing secure products and services is imperative for organizations that are looking to strengthen operational resilience and build customer trust. However, system design often prioritizes performance, functionality, and user experience over security. This approach can lead to vulnerabilities across the supply chain. As security threats continue to evolve, the concept of Secure by Design (SbD) […]

Top four ways to improve your Security Hub security score

AWS Security Hub is a cloud security posture management (CSPM) service that performs security best practice checks across your HAQM Web Services (AWS) accounts and AWS Regions, aggregates alerts, and enables automated remediation. Security Hub is designed to simplify and streamline the management of security-related data from various AWS services and third-party tools. It provides […]

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The art of possible: Three themes from RSA Conference 2024

RSA Conference 2024 drew 650 speakers, 600 exhibitors, and thousands of security practitioners from across the globe to the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California from May 6 through 9. The keynote lineup was diverse, with 33 presentations featuring speakers ranging from WarGames actor Matthew Broderick, to public and private-sector luminaries such as Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security […]