We’re pleased to announce the completion of our annual AWS Outsourced Service Provider’s Audit Report (OSPAR) audit cycle on August 7, 2025, based on the newly enhanced version 2.0 guidelines (OSPAR v2.0). AWS is the first global cloud service provider in Singapore to obtain the report using the new OSPAR v2.0 guidelines.
The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) established the Guidelines on Control Objectives and Procedures for Outsourced Service Providers (ABS Guidelines) to provide baseline controls criteria that outsourced service providers (OSPs) operating in Singapore should have in place. ABS enhanced the ABS Guidelines to version 2.0, which OSPs—such as AWS—need to comply with for the audit period commencing on or after January 1, 2025. The enhanced ABS Guidelines integrate key elements from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) regulatory updates on cyber hygiene, technology risk management, and business continuity management, and include new control domains such as data security, cryptography, software application development and management, and business continuity management.
The 2025 OSPAR certification cycle includes the addition of seven new services in scope, bringing the total number of services in scope to 170 in the AWS Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region. Newly added services in scope include the following:
Successfully completing the OSPAR assessment demonstrates that AWS continues to maintain a robust system of controls to meet these guidelines. This underscores our commitment to fulfill the security expectations for cloud service providers set by the financial services industry in Singapore.Customers can use OSPAR to streamline their due diligence processes, thereby reducing the effort and costs associated with compliance. OSPAR remains a core assurance program for our financial services customers because it is closely aligned with local regulatory requirements from MAS.
As always, we’re committed to bringing new services into the scope of our OSPAR program based on your architectural and regulatory needs. If you have questions about the OSPAR report, contact your AWS account team.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce the successful completion of our annual audit to renew our Payment Card Industry Three Domain Secure (PCI 3DS) certification. As part of this renewal, we have expanded the scope to include three additional AWS services and three additional AWS Regions:
This certification allows customers to use these services while maintaining PCI 3DS compliance, enabling innovation without compromising security. The full list of services can be found on the AWS Services in Scope by Compliance Program page.
The PCI 3DS compliance package includes two key components:
Attestation of Compliance (AOC) – demonstrates that AWS was successfully validated against the PCI 3DS standard.
AWS Responsibility Summary – provides guidance to help AWS customers understand their responsibility in developing and operating a highly secure environment on AWS for handling payment card data.
AWS was evaluated by Coalfire, a third-party Qualified Security Assessor (QSA).
This refreshed certification offers customers greater flexibility in deploying regulated workloads while reducing compliance overhead. Customers can access the PCI 3DS reports through AWS Artifact. This self-service portal provides on-demand access to AWS compliance reports, streamlining audit processes.
To learn more about our PCI programs and other compliance and security programs, see the AWS Compliance Programs page. As always, we value your feedback and questions; reach out to the AWS Compliance team through the Compliance Support page.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is excited to announce that 177 AWS services have achieved HITRUST certification for the 2025 assessment cycle, including the following five services which were certified for the first time:
The full list of AWS services, which a third-party assessor audited and certified under the HITRUST CSF, is now available on our Services in Scope by Compliance Program page. Customers can view and download our 2025 HITRUST certification on demand through AWS Artifact.
AWS HITRUST certification is available for customer inheritance
As an added benefit to our customers, organizations no longer have to assess inherited controls for their HITRUST validated assessment because AWS already has. You can deploy business solutions to the AWS Cloud and inherit our HITRUST certification, provided that you use only in-scope services and properly apply the controls detailed on the HITRUST website according to the AWS Shared Responsibility Model.
Our HITRUST certification is based on the version 11.5.1 control framework, so you can inherit the latest controls and related scoring, knowing that AWS has attested to the latest framework standards available. Leading organizations in a variety of industries have adopted HITRUST CSF as part of their approach to security and privacy. For more information, see the HITRUST website.
As always, we value your feedback and questions and are committed to helping you achieve and maintain the highest standard of security and compliance. Feel free to contact the team through AWS Compliance Support. If you have feedback about this post, submit comments in the Comments section below.
At AWS, security remains our highest priority. As customers continue to embrace the scalability and flexibility of the cloud, we support them in evolving security, identity, and compliance into core business enablers. The AWS Compliance Program helps customers understand the robust controls in place at AWS and empowers them to architect secure and resilient environments aligned to regulatory expectations.
What is CCAG?
The CCAG is a not-for-profit association representing a growing number of regulated financial services institutions across Europe. Its mission is to execute pooled audits of cloud service providers, enabling participating institutions to exercise their audit rights in alignment with supervisory expectations, including those set out by the European Banking Authority (EBA).
The CCAG audit methodology is grounded in recognized international standards and frameworks, including:
While there are many established security frameworks, CCAG uses the CSA Cloud Controls Matrix to assess the control environment of cloud service providers. This framework provides foundational security principles tailored to cloud environments and enables risk-informed assurance in regulated industries.
Between February and December 2024, AWS collaborated with CCAG member auditors through a structured, multi-phase audit program. Fieldwork activities were conducted entirely on site across two AWS locations in Europe and North America. The scope of the audit covered selected AWS services and corresponding enterprise-wide controls, aligned to the expectations of European financial regulators.
As part of the audit, CCAG evaluated the ability of AWS to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and sovereignty of customer data across AWS Regions; to detect and respond effectively to security incidents and make sure of forensic readiness; to enforce strict access controls and manage privileged users with precision; and to maintain operational resilience through structured change and configuration management processes. Further areas of assessment included the security of APIs and customer-facing interfaces, the ability to support interoperability and data portability, the governance of supplier relationships and workforce lifecycle management, and the enforcement of centralized policy, risk, and compliance oversight across the AWS environment.
CCAG 2024: A collaborative milestone in assurance
The 2024 engagement exemplified strong alignment between CCAG’s audit strategy and the commitment of AWS to assurance. Through effective governance structures, shared timelines, and continuous dialogue, AWS supported the audit with clarity, responsiveness, and precision.
“CCAG proudly acknowledges the exceptional collaboration with AWS in delivering a strategically significant and highly complex audit. This engagement brought together CCAG’s deep-rooted expertise in banking and financial services—including decades of regulatory insight, audit precision, and sector-specific resilience knowledge—with AWS’s outstanding technical leadership, operational agility, and commitment to transparency.
This partnership exemplified the highest standards of professional alignment, mutual accountability, and excellence. The shared focus on rigor and process integrity enabled CCAG to conduct a risk-informed, regulatory-grade audit within agreed timelines—reinforcing what best-in-class assurance in cloud-enabled financial services can look like.” Audit Coordinators of the CCAG Group
“CCAG proudly acknowledges the exceptional collaboration with AWS in delivering a strategically significant and highly complex audit. This engagement brought together CCAG’s deep-rooted expertise in banking and financial services—including decades of regulatory insight, audit precision, and sector-specific resilience knowledge—with AWS’s outstanding technical leadership, operational agility, and commitment to transparency.
This partnership exemplified the highest standards of professional alignment, mutual accountability, and excellence. The shared focus on rigor and process integrity enabled CCAG to conduct a risk-informed, regulatory-grade audit within agreed timelines—reinforcing what best-in-class assurance in cloud-enabled financial services can look like.” — Audit Coordinators of the CCAG Group
Looking ahead
Following the successful completion of the 2024 cycle, AWS has already initiated the 2025 CCAG engagement. We remain committed to strengthening trust, improving transparency, and continuing to collaborate with customers and regulators to support the secure and compliance-aligned adoption of cloud services across the financial sector.
To learn more about AWS compliance programs, visit AWS Compliance Programs. For audit-specific inquiries, reach out to your AWS account team or contact the Security Assurance team.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce that three new AWS services have been added to the scope of our Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) certification:
This certification means that customers can use these services while maintaining PCI DSS compliance, enabling innovation without compromising security. The full list of services can be found on the AWS Services in Scope by Compliance Program page. The PCI DSS compliance package includes two key components:
Attestation of Compliance (AOC) – demonstrates that AWS was successfully validated against the PCI DSS standard.
AWS Responsibility Summary – provides guidance to help AWS customers understand their responsibility in developing and operating a highly secure environment on AWS for handling payment card data.
AWS was evaluated by Coalfire, a third-party Qualified Security Assessor (QSA).
This refreshed certification offers customers greater flexibility in deploying regulated workloads while reducing compliance overhead. Customers can access the PCI DSS reports through AWS Artifact. This self-service portal provides on-demand access to AWS compliance reports, streamlining audit processes.
To learn more about our PCI programs and other compliance and security programs, see the AWS Compliance Programs page. As always, we value your feedback and questions; reach out to the AWS Compliance team through the Compliance Support page.
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Customers often tell me that they want a simpler path to meet the compliance and industry regulatory mandates they have in their geographic regions. In our deep engagements with partners and customers, we have learned that one of the greatest challenges for customers is the translation of security and compliance requirements into distinct technical controls. At Amazon Web Services (AWS), security is our top priority, and we understand that protecting your data in a world with changing regulations, technology, and risks takes teamwork. As we’ve said, security is foundational to sovereignty.
AWS helps organizations to develop and evolve security, identity, and compliance into key business enablers; that’s why we’re committed to working with national cyber authorities and regulators to help define and establish how their compliance standards can be translated into security best practices in the cloud. We’re responding to customer requests to create locally tailored approaches aligned to their own regional standards and guidance as established by in-region authorities.
Architectural best practice, locally tailored
Since its launch in 2022, Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS has been instrumental in helping thousands of customers deploy cloud foundations that align with multiple global compliance frameworks and AWS best practices, including the Baseline Informatiebeveiliging Overheid (BIO) in the Netherlands, and the Esquema Nacional de Seguridad (ENS) in Spain. AWS is committed to expanding our regional implementations to help customers meet specific national and regional standards and digital sovereignty goals.
In March, I was proud to share the news of the cooperation agreement between the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and AWS, where AWS committed to help advance digital sovereignty and cybersecurity best practices and standards in Germany and across the European Union. With that in mind, I’m excited to share that our next regional implementation of Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS will support customers with workloads in Germany. The C5-ready Landing Zone Accelerator is designed to help customers meet their Cloud Computing Compliance Criteria Catalogue (C5) compliance objectives in the cloud. This will be available to our customers in Q3-2025, and at launch, our regional implementations will also be available in AWS European Sovereign Cloud.
For many customers in Germany, adherence to C5 is a requirement, and this is evidenced through a compliance assessment by an authorized assessor. Preparing for this assessment is critical for a successful outcome and is why AWS has partnered with AWS Global Security & Compliance (GSCA) Partner Schellman to provide the assessor insight as to how the C5-ready Landing Zone Accelerator can accelerate and simplify the path to C5 adoption for AWS customers.
AWS Partner Schellman: Proven Track Record in C5 Assessments
As one of the few firms with deep expertise and experience in C5 assessments, Schellman has completed several dozen evaluations across a wide range of clients—from agile startups to global enterprises. This diverse portfolio underscores Schellman’s capabilities, deep technical expertise, and unwavering commitment to security assurance.
“Our team has seen firsthand how the C5 standard fosters transparency and builds trust in cloud services. We’re proud to support our clients not just in understanding C5, but in strategically leveraging it to improve security and competitiveness on a global scale.” Jeff Schiess, Managing Director, Schellman
Lowering the Barrier to Entry – Schellman recognizes that achieving C5 compliance can sometimes be intimidating, particularly for organizations new to the framework. To that end, Schellman has performed an assessment against the foundational infrastructure provided by LZA on AWS, designed to simplify the C5 journey. The LZA provides preconfigured infrastructure templates and security baselines that significantly reduce the complexity of establishing C5-compliant cloud environments.
“With the Landing Zone Accelerator, organizations can build on a C5-ready foundation right from the start. It’s a practical, scalable solution for companies that might otherwise find the C5 standard overwhelming.” Kristen Wilbur, Principal, Schellman
Sovereign by design
Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS automatically implements hundreds of security capabilities that map to control requirements across geographic compliance frameworks. This saves customers hundreds of hours in planning and implementing secure networking and account configurations by providing them with a foundation based on the AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar and AWS security best practices. Meeting compliance requirements, having verifiable access controls and data transfer restrictions, independence and choice over the technology stack, and surviving large-scale disruptions are some of the key capabilities that customers require of a sovereign-by-design workload. However, for many customers, translating regulatory requirements into a set of discrete technical controls and applying them consistently across one or more AWS accounts and AWS Regions can be time-intensive and challenging.
We provide customers and partners with detailed guidance on how to configure Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS in accordance with their local security and compliance requirements, including digital sovereignty requirements. This includes control mapping to local regulations or policies that shows customers how controls implemented in a landing zone are mapped to the specific requirements, calling out where customers are required to do more to meet these as part of our shared responsibility model—this includes organizational policies and procedures where customers must implement additional controls within their application or workload to meet local requirements.
Control over the location of your data
Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS provides customers with a choice of configurable preventative, detective, and proactive controls to help customers meet their data residency, security, and compliance objectives, whether you’re a public sector customer wanting to keep data in a single Region or navigating the complex needs of multi-national organizations with operations subject to differing digital sovereignty requirements.
Verifiable control over data access
Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS goes beyond just provisioning a secure, multi-account environment. It establishes a well-structured, multi-account architecture using AWS Organizations. This logically isolates workloads, management functions, and security controls into dedicated organizational units (OUs). This not only enhances security and operational efficiency, but also helps customers to enforce consistent data residency, access management, and compliance policies across their entire cloud footprint. These powerful guardrails empower customers to quickly harness the innovative potential of cloud technologies, whilst delivering business value from an established security and compliance baseline.
By providing this automated approach, AWS empowers organizations to rapidly deploy cloud environments tailored to their specific local requirements in days instead of weeks; with robust security, compliance, and operational guardrails in place from the outset. Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS is designed to simplify the path to cloud adoption and compliance for organizations, particularly those in regulated industries or with sovereignty requirements. This approach marks a shift from the previous heavy lift required for organizations to migrate workloads to the cloud while meeting their needs.
Partners at the core
There is a lot of complexity involved with navigating the evolving digital sovereignty landscape—but you don’t have to do it alone. Our AWS Digital Sovereignty Competency connects customers with trusted partners with demonstrated expertise to advise and architect for their customers’ digital sovereignty needs while taking advantage of the full potential of the AWS Cloud. As part of the competency, AWS is supporting partners to navigate customer challenges across four pillars: data residency, data protection, access control, and survivability.
Customers have told me about how challenging it can be to architect to address their sovereignty needs, often requiring manual iteration and longer time to value. Using Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS is one of the ways AWS and AWS Partners can work together to address customers’ sovereignty needs with a repeatable approach that helps our customers and partners move faster. I’m excited by how regional implementations of Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS is helping AWS Sovereignty Partners, such as Atos and SVA, to move faster without compromise.
“Compliance with regulations like C5 is essential for customers in the public sector and regulated industries, who prioritize digital sovereignty, and this is central to our Cloud for Clinics initiative with AWS in the German Healthcare market. The availability of the C5 LZA significantly reduces the technical complexity, giving us a common technical platform to build on reducing time to market. Atos is driving the operational rollout and expanding the scope of compliance mappings to further streamline customer compliance. At the same time, we are incorporating essential managed services like SOC/SIEM which we believe will make compliant cloud adoption easier to drive innovation by the Public Sector, Healthcare institutions or customers in regulated industries like Financial Services and Utilities.” Boris Hecker, Managing Director, ATOS Germany
“Compliance with BSI C5 criteria for customers from the public sector and regulated industries is a basic requirement for the use of public cloud services. Implementing the regulations is often complex, time-consuming and resource-intensive. For this reason, customers are looking for solutions that they can tailor to the specific requirements of their industry; while ensuring they meet compliance standards. SVA supports customers in maintaining the balance between innovation and compliance with customized, C5-certified, managed services. We rely on solutions such as the Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS to reconcile the use of market-leading public cloud infrastructure with regulatory requirements.” Patrick Glawe, Hyperscaler Lead at SVA
The ENS framework serves as the cornerstone of cybersecurity standards for Spain’s public sector. It establishes comprehensive security requirements for government agencies, public organizations, and service providers supporting Spanish public services. The framework implements a tiered security approach, with three distinct levels (Basic, Medium, and High), each level requiring progressively stringent security measures and controls.
By maintaining and expanding our ENS certification at its High level, AWS reaffirms its commitment to providing secure cloud services that meet compliance standards and the evolving needs of Spain’s public sector and its technology partners.
For organizations working with Spanish public administration, this expanded certification offers significant advantages. Customers can operate with reliable compliance with Spain’s highest security standards while accessing a broader range of certified cloud services. This certification provides enhanced confidence in their cloud security posture and enables streamlined procurement processes for public sector projects.
With this renewal, AWS has broadened its ENS-certified portfolio. The certification now encompasses 8 additional services, bringing the total to 174 AWS ENS-certified services. This extensive coverage spans across 31 AWS Regions (including Spain), providing customers with unprecedented access to certified cloud services. Some of the additional services in scope for ENS High include the following:
Amazon DataZone – This data management service makes it faster and more straightforward for customers to catalog, discover, share, and govern data stored across AWS, on premises, and third-party sources.
AWS AppFabric – This service natively connects software as a service (SaaS) applications across organizations. It normalizes application data for administrators to set common policies.
AWS Resilience Hub – A central location in the AWS Console that helps customers to manage and improve the resilience posture of their applications on AWS.
AWS achievement of the ENS High recertification is verified by an accredited company, which conducted an independent audit and confirmed that AWS continues to adhere to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability standards at the highest level as described in Royal Decree 311/2022.
As always, we are committed to bringing new services into the scope of our ENS High program based on your architectural and regulatory needs. If you have questions about the ENS program, reach out to your AWS account team or contact AWS Compliance.
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The new IRAP report includes an additional six AWS services that are now assessed at the PROTECTED level under IRAP. This brings the total number of services assessed at the PROTECTED level to 164.
The following are the six newly assessed services:
AWS has developed an IRAP documentation pack to help Australian customers and their partners plan, architect, and assess risk for their workloads when they use AWS Cloud services.
The IRAP pack on AWS Artifact also includes newly updated versions of the AWS Consumer Guide and the whitepaper Reference Architectures for ISM PROTECTED Workloads in the AWS Cloud.
Reach out to your AWS representatives to let us know which additional services you would like to see in scope for upcoming IRAP assessments. We strive to bring more services into scope at the PROTECTED level under IRAP to support your requirements.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce the renewal of the Multi-Tier Cloud Security (MTCS) Level 3 certification under the SS584:2020 standard in December 2024 for the Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Seoul), and United States AWS Regions, excluding AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. This achievement reaffirms our commitment to maintaining the highest security standards for our global customers, particularly those in Singapore and the Asia-Pacific.
AWS was the first cloud service provider (CSP) to attain MTCS Level 3 certification for Singapore in 2014. We continued this leadership by being among the first CSPs certified under the updated SS584:2020 Level 3 standard in 2021. Our dedication to expanding our security coverage is evident in the significant increase of in-scope services from 145 to 184, representing a 27% growth since 2021.
The MTCS standard is recognized as the world’s first cloud security standard to specify a multi-tiered management system for cloud security. This standard can be applied by CSPs to support differing cloud user needs for data sensitivity and business criticality, and the use of MTCS is mandated by the Singapore government as a requirement for public sector agencies and regulated organizations.
As part of our commitment to transparency, AWS fulfills the self-disclosure requirement for CSPs, providing detailed service-oriented information typically found in service level agreements. This allows our customers to make informed decisions about their cloud security needs.
The MTCS framework establishes three levels of security, with Level 3 being the most stringent:
Level 1: Designed for non-business-critical data and systems with baseline security controls.
Level 2: Addresses the needs of organizations that run business-critical data and systems in public or third-party cloud systems.
Level 3: Tailored for regulated organizations with specific and more stringent security requirements, including industry-specific regulations.
Benefits of the MTCS Level 3 certification
By achieving MTCS Level 3 certification, AWS helps Singapore customers in regulated industries to securely host applications and systems with highly sensitive information. This includes confidential business data, financial records, and medical records in a Level-3-compliant MTCS environment.
As cloud technology continues to evolve, AWS remains dedicated to maintaining and exceeding the highest security standards. Our renewed MTCS Level 3 certification under the SS584:2020 standard is a testament to this commitment, enabling our customers in Singapore and around the world to use AWS services with confidence for their most sensitive and critical workloads.
To learn more about our compliance and security programs, see AWS Compliance Programs. As always, we value your feedback and questions; reach out to the AWS Compliance team through the Contact Us page.
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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 311/2022 using the Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS. Spain’s ENS establishes a common framework of basic principles and requirements of security for Spanish public sector organizations and their service providers, including supply chain providers. Over the years, the collaboration between Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the CCN has resulted in the publication of eight secure configuration guides (Series STIC 887) that provide comprehensive advice on the configuration of AWS services to align with the ENS. The guide CCN-STIC-887 Anexo A is the last addition to this series.
The centerpiece of this new guide is the ENS template for the Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS (LZA ENS). A landing zone serves as the initial setup of an organization’s cloud account or environment, including the implementation of security controls, access management, and compliance frameworks. The Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS is a powerful open source tool created by AWS for organizations that want to quickly customize and automate implementation of landing zones that align with AWS best practices and with regulatory compliance frameworks. This tool provides a comprehensive solution that, managed entirely by code, automatically configures over 35 AWS services using a simplified set of configuration files to manage and govern a multi-account environment, helping customers with highly regulated workloads and complex compliance requirements.
The CCN-STIC-887 Anexo A guide focuses on helping organizations implement landing zones that meet ENS security requirements from the ground up. It offers detailed instructions and templates for establishing a landing zone—the foundational infrastructure required for a secure, well-managed cloud environment—and a control matrix to demonstrate compliance with ENS controls.
Key components covered in the STIC 887H guide include:
Logging and monitoring: LZA ENS performs a default and scaled activation of the necessary logging and monitoring services required to meet ENS monitoring requirements in AWS services (such as AWS CloudTrail, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Security Hub, and Amazon GuardDuty).
Access control: LZA ENS implements the management of identity and access management methods and policies at scale, which are aligned with the access control requirements of the ENS in a centralized manner using AWS IAM Identity Center.
Asset management: By default, LZA ENS activates inventory functions and resource and inventory tagging policies (for example, AWS Config) that support ENS asset management controls in the services.
Network topology: LZA ENS can be used to deploy a centralized network topology in accordance with ENS network security controls.
Cryptography: The encryption service activation capabilities built into LZA ENS can help organizations align with ENS data protection standards through mandatory encryption at rest, enforcement mechanisms with AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS), and monitoring mechanisms to detect unencrypted data and communications with AWS Config rules.
Compliance and data residency: LZA ENS includes control policies to promote the use of AWS services with the ENS High certification and to provide processing on AWS in accordance with customers’ data residency requirements.
Organizations that require specific customizations to fully meet the requirements of the ENS can use LZA ENS to quickly modify and add customized security controls and then execute the scaled deployment of these controls to their accounts in the landing zone. One of the customizations included in LZA ENS is the integration of the open source security tool Prowler with Security Hub as an automated auditing tool with the objective of providing an up-to-date view of compliance with ENS controls. In addition, by providing a base designed for security and the flexibility to add custom controls, LZA ENS can support the process of achieving and maintaining compliance with the ENS in the AWS Cloud environment.
The CCN-STIC-887 Anexo A guide represents an important step forward in standardizing secure cloud deployments for Spanish public sector organizations and those working with government entities. This publication demonstrates the AWS commitment to support organizations in their secure cloud adoption journey while maintaining compliance with national security standards.
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CCN publica la guía para las Zonas de Aterrizaje del ENS con AWS Landing Zone Accelerator
El Centro Criptológico Nacional de España (CCN) ha publicado una nueva guía STIC (CCN-STIC-887 Anexo A) que proporciona una plantilla de código y material de soporte para implementar zonas de aterrizaje (o landing zones) que cumplan con el Esquema Nacional de Seguridad del Real Decreto 311/2022 (ENS) mediante el Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS. El ENS establece un marco común de principios básicos, requisitos y medidas de seguridad para las organizaciones del sector público español y sus prestadores de servicios, incluyendo la cadena de suministro. A lo largo de los años, la colaboración entre Amazon Web Services (AWS) y el CCN se ha traducido en la publicación de ocho guías de configuración segura (serie STIC 887) que proporcionan consejo sobre la configuración de los servicios de AWS para alinearse con el ENS. La guía CCN-STIC-887 Anexo A es la última incorporación a esta serie.
La pieza central de la nueva guía es la plantilla ENS para el AWS Landing Zone Accelerator (LZA ENS). Una zona de aterrizaje (landing zone) sirve como la configuración inicial del entorno en la nube de una organización, e incluye la implementación inicial de controles de seguridad, la administración del acceso y los marcos de cumplimiento. El AWS Landing Zone Accelerator es una potente herramienta de código abierto creada por AWS para las organizaciones que desean implementar de forma rápida, segura, personalizada y automatizada zonas de aterrizaje alineadas con las prácticas recomendadas de AWS, así como con marcos de conformidad. Esta herramienta proporciona una solución integral que, mediante código, configura automáticamente más de 35 servicios de AWS con un conjunto simplificado de archivos de configuración para administrar y gobernar un entorno multicuenta, lo que ayuda a los clientes con cargas de trabajo altamente reguladas y requisitos de cumplimiento normativo.
La guía CCN-STIC-887 Anexo A se centra específicamente en ayudar a las organizaciones a implementar desde cero zonas de aterrizaje que cumplan con los requisitos de seguridad del ENS. Ofrece instrucciones y plantillas detalladas para establecer una zona de aterrizaje – la infraestructura básica necesaria para un entorno de nube seguro y bien administrado – así como una matriz de control para demostrar el cumplimiento de los controles del ENS.
Los componentes clave incluidos en la guía STIC 887H incluyen:
Registro y monitoreo: LZA ENS realiza una activación por defecto y a escala de los servicios de registro y monitoreo necesarios en AWS (como AWS CloudTrail, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Security Hub, y AWS GuardDuty) para cumplir con los requisitos de monitoreo del ENS.
Control de acceso: LZA ENS implementa los métodos y políticas de administración de identidades y accesos a escala, que se alinean con los requisitos de control de acceso del ENS de manera centralizada mediante AWS IAM Identity Center..
Administración de activos: De forma predeterminada, el LZA ENS activa las funciones de inventario y las políticas de etiquetado de recursos e inventario (por ejemplo AWS Config) que soportan los controles de administración de activos del ENS.
Topología de red: LZA ENS se puede utilizar para implementar una topología de red centralizada de acuerdo con los controles de seguridad de red ENS.
Criptografía: las capacidades de activación de cifrado integradas en la LZA ayudan a organizaciones a alinearse con los estándares de protección de datos del ENS mediante el cifrado obligatorio en reposo, los mecanismos de aplicación con AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) y los mecanismos de supervisión para detectar datos y comunicaciones no cifrados con las reglas de AWS Config.
Cumplimiento y residencia de datos: LZA ENS incluye políticas de control para promover el uso de los servicios de AWS con la certificación del ENS Alto y realizar el procesamiento en AWS de acuerdo con los requisitos de residencia de datos del cliente.
Las organizaciones que requieren personalizaciones específicas para cumplir plenamente los requisitos del ENS pueden usar el LZA ENS para modificar rápidamente y añadir fácilmente controles de seguridad personalizados y ejecutar la implementación a escala de estos controles en sus cuentas de la zona de aterrizaje. Una de las personalizaciones que hemos incluido en el LZA ENS es la integración de Prowler con AWS Security Hub como una herramienta de auditoría automatizada, con el objetivo de proporcionar una visión actualizada del cumplimiento de los controles ENS de una manera fácil y eficaz. Además, al proporcionar una base diseñada para la seguridad y la flexibilidad de agregar controles personalizados, LZA ENS puede ayudar durante el proceso de obtener la conformidad con el ENS en el entorno de nube de AWS.
La guía CCN-STIC-887 Anexo A representa un importante paso adelante en la estandarización de las implementaciones seguras en la nube para las organizaciones del sector público español. Esta publicación demuestra el compromiso de AWS de apoyar a las organizaciones en su proceso de adopción segura de la nube, manteniendo al mismo tiempo el cumplimiento de las normas de seguridad nacionales.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce enhancements to our Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance portfolio, further empowering AWS customers to build and manage secure, compliant payment environments with greater ease and flexibility.
PCI Data Security Standard (DSS): Our latest AWS PCI DSS v4 Attestation of Compliance (AOC) is now available and includes six additional AWS services:
This expansion allows you to use these services while maintaining PCI DSS compliance, enabling innovation without compromising security. You can see the full list of services at AWS Services in Scope by Compliance Program.
AWS CloudHSM: Manage your encryption keys on FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certified hardware in your own virtual private cloud (VPC), with a dedicated, single-tenant hardware security module (HSM) solution.
AWS Payment Cryptography: Use payment HSMs that are PCI PIN Transaction Security (PTS) HSM certified and fully managed by AWS, with PCI PIN and point-to-point encryption (P2PE)–compliant key management.
These refreshed attestations offer you greater flexibility in deploying regulated workloads while significantly reducing your compliance overhead. You can access the PCI DSS and PIN AOC reports through AWS Artifact. This self-service portal provides on-demand access to AWS compliance reports, streamlining your audit processes.
To learn more about our PCI programs and other compliance and security programs, see the AWS Compliance Programs page. As always, we value your feedback and questions; reach out to the AWS Compliance team through the Compliance Support page.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is excited to announce that 170 AWS services have achieved HITRUST certification for the 2024 assessment cycle, including the following 12 services that were certified for the first time:
The full list of AWS services, which a third-party assessor audited and certified under the HITRUST CSF, is now available on our Services in Scope by Compliance Program page. Customers can view and download our 2024 HITRUST certification on demand through AWS Artifact.
AWS HITRUST certification is available for customer inheritance
As an added benefit to our customers, organizations no longer have to assess inherited controls for their HITRUST validated assessment because AWS already has. You can deploy business solutions to the AWS Cloud and inherit our HITRUST certification, provided that you use only in-scope services and properly apply the controls detailed on the HITRUST website according to the AWS Shared Responsibility Model.
Our HITRUST certification is based on the version 11.2 control framework, so you can inherit the latest controls and related scoring, knowing that AWS has attested to the latest framework standards available. Leading organizations in a variety of industries have adopted HITRUST CSF as part of their approach to security and privacy. For more information, see the HITRUST website.
As always, we value your feedback and questions and are committed to helping you achieve and maintain the highest standard of security and compliance. Feel free to contact the team through AWS Compliance Support. If you have feedback about this post, submit comments in the Comments section below.
The new IRAP report includes an additional seven AWS services that are now assessed at the PROTECTED level under IRAP. This brings the total number of services assessed at the PROTECTED level to 158.
The following are the seven newly assessed services:
Many Australian customers are looking to experiment with how generative AI applications can help them better serve the Australian public. Customers can use two of the newly assessed services—Amazon Bedrock and Amazon DataZone—to help align with their governance, sovereignty, and security requirements up to the PROTECTED level:
Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service that offers a choice of high-performing large language models (LLMs) and other foundation models (FMs) from leading AI companies like AI21 Labs, Anthropic, Cohere, Meta, Mistral AI, Stability AI, as well as Amazon through a single API. Amazon Bedrock also provides a broad set of capabilities customers need to build generative AI applications with security, privacy, and responsible AI.
Amazon DataZone is a data management service that makes it faster and simpler for customers to catalog, discover, share, and govern data stored across AWS, on premises, and third-party sources.
AWS has developed an IRAP documentation pack to help Australian customers and their partners to plan, architect, and assess risk for their workloads when they use AWS Cloud services.
The IRAP pack on AWS Artifact also includes newly updated versions of the AWS Consumer Guide and the whitepaper Reference Architectures for ISM PROTECTED Workloads in the AWS Cloud.
Reach out to your AWS representatives to let us know which additional services you would like to see in scope for upcoming IRAP assessments. We strive to bring more services into scope at the PROTECTED level under IRAP to support your requirements.
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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 controls, and operational processes adhere to the stringent requirements set forth by the Portuguese government for handling classified information at the National Reservado level (equivalent to the NATO Restricted level).
The GNS certification is based on the NIST SP800-53 Rev. 5 and CSA CCM v4 frameworks. It demonstrates the AWS commitment to providing the most secure cloud services to public-sector customers, particularly those with the most demanding security and compliance needs. By achieving this certification, AWS has demonstrated its ability to safeguard classified data up to the Reservado (Restricted) level, in accordance with the Portuguese government’s rigorous security standards.
AWS was evaluated by an authorized and independent third-party auditor, Adyta Lda, and by the Portuguese GNS itself. With the GNS certification, AWS customers in Portugal, including public sector organizations and defense contractors, can now use the full extent of AWS cloud services to handle national restricted information. This enables these customers to take advantage of AWS scalability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness, while safeguarding data in alignment with GNS standards.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce the completion of our annual Outsourced Service Provider’s Audit Report (OSPAR) audit cycle on July 1, 2024. The 2024 OSPAR certification cycle includes the addition of 10 new services in scope, bringing the total number of services in scope to 163 in the AWS Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region.
Newly added services in scope include the following:
The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) has established the Guidelines on Control Objectives and Procedures for Outsourced Service Providers to provide baseline controls criteria that Outsourced Service Providers (“OSPs”) operating in Singapore should have in place. Successfully completing the OSPAR assessment demonstrates that AWS has implemented a robust system of controls that adhere to these guidelines. This underscores our commitment to fulfill the security expectations for cloud service providers set by the financial services industry in Singapore.
Customers can use OSPAR to streamline their due diligence processes, thereby reducing the effort and costs associated with compliance. OSPAR remains a core assurance program for our financial services customers, as it is closely aligned with local regulatory requirements from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
As always, we’re committed to bringing new services into the scope of our OSPAR program based on your architectural and regulatory needs. If you have questions about the OSPAR report, contact your AWS account team.
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The latest version of the AWS HITRUST Shared Responsibility Matrix (SRM)—SRM version 1.4.3—is now available. To request a copy, choose SRM version 1.4.3 from the HITRUST website.
SRM version 1.4.3 adds support for the HITRUST Common Security Framework (CSF) v11.3 assessments in addition to continued support for previous versions of HITRUST CSF assessments v9.1–v11.2. As with the previous SRM versions v1.4.1 and v1.4.2, SRM v1.4.3 enables users to trace the HITRUST CSF cross-version lineage and inheritability of requirement statements, especially when inheriting from or to v9.x and 11.x assessments.
The SRM is intended to serve as a resource to help customers use the AWS Shared Responsibility Model to navigate their security compliance needs. The SRM provides an overview of control inheritance, and customers also use it to perform the control scoring inheritance functions for organizations that use AWS services.
Using the HITRUST certification, you can tailor your security control baselines to a variety of factors—including, but not limited to, regulatory requirements and organization type. As part of their approach to security and privacy, leading organizations in a variety of industries have adopted the HITRUST CSF.
AWS doesn’t provide compliance advice, and customers are responsible for determining compliance requirements and validating control implementation in accordance with their organization’s policies, requirements, and objectives. You can deploy your environments on AWS and inherit our HITRUST CSF certification, provided that you use only in-scope services and apply the controls detailed on the HITRUST website.
What this means for our customers
The new AWS HITRUST SRM version 1.4.3 has been tailored to reflect both the Cross Version ID (CVID) and Baseline Unique ID (BUID) in the CSF object so that you can select the correct control for inheritance even if you’re still using an older version of the HITRUST CSF for your own assessment. As an additional benefit, the AWS HITRUST Inheritance Program also supports the control inheritance of AWS cloud-based workloads for new HITRUST e1 and i1 assessment types, in addition to the validated r2-type assessments offered through HITRUST.
For additional details on the AWS HITRUST program, see our HITRUST CSF page.
At AWS, we’re committed to helping you achieve and maintain the highest standards of security and compliance. We value your feedback and questions. Contact the AWS HITRUST team at AWS Compliance Support. If you have feedback about this post, submit comments in the Comments section below.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has recently renewed the Esquema Nacional de Seguridad (ENS) High certification, upgrading to the latest version regulated under Royal Decree 311/2022. The ENS establishes security standards that apply to government agencies and public organizations in Spain and service providers on which Spanish public services depend.
This security framework has gone through significant updates since the Royal Decree 3/2010 to the latest Royal Decree 311/2022 to adapt to evolving cybersecurity threats and technologies. The current scheme defines basic requirements and lists additional security reinforcements to meet the bar of the different security levels (Low, Medium, High).
Achieving the ENS High certification for its 311/2022 version underscores AWS commitment to maintaining robust cybersecurity controls and highlights our proactive approach to cybersecurity.
We are happy to announce the addition of 14 services to the scope of our ENS certification, for a new total of 172 services in scope. The certification now covers 31 Regions. Some of the additional services in scope for ENS High include the following:
Amazon Bedrock – This fully managed service offers a choice of high-performing foundation models (FMs) from leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies like AI21 Labs, Anthropic, Cohere, Meta, Mistral AI, Stability AI, and Amazon through a single API, along with a broad set of capabilities you need to build generative AI applications with security, privacy, and responsible AI.
Amazon EventBridge – Use this service to easily build loosely coupled, event-driven architectures. It creates point-to-point integrations between event producers and consumers without needing to write custom code or manage and provision servers.
AWS HealthOmics – This service helps healthcare and life science organizations and their software partners store, query, and analyze genomic, transcriptomic, and other omics data and then uses that data to generate insights to improve health.
AWS Signer – This is a fully managed code-signing service to ensure the trust and integrity of your code. AWS Signer manages the code-signing certificate’s public and private keys and enables central management of the code-signing lifecycle.
AWS Wickr – This service encrypts messages, calls, and files with a 256-bit end-to-end encryption protocol. Only the intended recipients and the customer organization can decrypt these communications, reducing the risk of adversary-in-the-middle attacks.
AWS achievement of the ENS High certification is verified by BDO Auditores S.L.P., which conducted an independent audit and confirmed that AWS continues to adhere to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability standards at its highest level as described in Royal Decree 311/2022.
As always, we are committed to bringing new services into the scope of our ENS High program based on your architectural and regulatory needs. If you have questions about the ENS program, reach out to your AWS account team or contact AWS Compliance.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce that a translated version of our 2023 ISO 27001 and 2023 ISO 22301 certifications are now available:
The 2023 ISO 27001 certificate is available in Spanish and French.
The 2023 ISO 22301 certificate is available in Spanish.
Translated certificates are available to customers through AWS Artifact.
These translated certificates will help drive greater engagement and alignment with customer and regulatory requirements across France, Latin America, and Spain.
We continue to listen to our customers, regulators, and stakeholders to understand their needs regarding audit, assurance, certification, and attestation programs at AWS. If you have questions or feedback about ISO compliance, reach out to your AWS account team.
French version
La certification ISO 27001 2023 est désormais disponible en espagnol et en français et le certification ISO 22301 est désormais disponible en espagnol
Nous restons à l’écoute de nos clients, des autorités de régulation et des parties prenantes pour mieux comprendre leurs besoins en matière de programmes d’audit, d’assurance, de certification et d’attestation au sein d’Amazon Web Services (AWS). La certification ISO 27001 2023 est désormais disponible en espagnol et en français. La certification ISO 22301 2023 est également désormais disponible en espagnol. Ces certifications traduites contribueront à renforcer notre engagement et notre conformité aux exigences des clients et de la réglementation en France, en Amérique latine et en Espagne.
Les certifications traduites sont mises à la disposition des clients via AWS Artifact.
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El certificado ISO 27001 2023 ahora está disponible en Español y Francés y el certificado ISO 22301 ahora está disponible en Español
Seguimos escuchando a nuestros clientes, reguladores y partes interesadas para comprender sus necesidades en relación con los programas de auditoría, garantía, certificación y atestación en Amazon Web Services (AWS). El certificado ISO 27001 2023 ya está disponible en español y francés. Además, el certificado ISO 22301 de 2023 ahora está disponible en español. Estos certificados traducidos ayudarán a impulsar un mayor compromiso y alineación con los requisitos normativos y de los clientes en Francia, América Latina y España.
Los certificados traducidos están disponibles para los clientes en AWS Artifact.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce that AWS Payment Cryptography is certified for Payment Card Industry Personal Identification Number (PCI PIN) version 3.1 and as a PCI Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) version 3.1 Decryption Component.
With Payment Cryptography, your payment processing applications can use payment hardware security modules (HSMs) that are PCI PIN Transaction Security (PTS) HSM certified and fully managed by AWS, with PCI PIN and P2PE-compliant key management. These attestations give you the flexibility to deploy your regulated workloads with reduced compliance overhead.
The PCI P2PE Decryption Component enables PCI P2PE Solutions to use AWS to decrypt credit card transactions from payment terminals, and PCI PIN attestation is required for applications that process PIN-based debit transactions. According to PCI, “Use of a PCI P2PE Solution can also allow merchants to reduce where and how the PCI DSS applies within their retail environment, increasing security of customer data while simplifying compliance with the PCI DSS”.
Coalfire, a third-party Qualified PIN Assessor (QPA) and Qualified Security Assessor (P2PE), evaluated Payment Cryptography. Customers can access the PCI PIN Attestation of Compliance (AOC) report, the PCI PIN Shared Responsibility Summary, and the PCI P2PE Attestation of Validation through AWS Artifact.
To learn more about our PCI program and other compliance and security programs, see the AWS Compliance Programs page. As always, we value your feedback and questions; reach out to the AWS Compliance team through the Contact Us page.
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The latest version of the AWS HITRUST Shared Responsibility Matrix (SRM)—SRM version 1.4.2—is now available. To request a copy, choose SRM version 1.4.2 from the HITRUST website.
SRM version 1.4.2 adds support for the HITRUST Common Security Framework (CSF) v11.2 assessments in addition to continued support for previous versions of HITRUST CSF assessments v9.1–v11.2. As with the previous SRM versions v1.4 and v1.4.1, SRM v1.4.2 enables users to trace the HITRUST CSF cross-version lineage and inheritability of requirement statements, especially when inheriting from or to v9.x and 11.x assessments.
The SRM is intended to serve as a resource to help customers use the AWS Shared Responsibility Model to navigate their security compliance needs. The SRM provides an overview of control inheritance, and customers also use it to perform the control scoring inheritance functions for organizations that use AWS services.
Using the HITRUST certification, you can tailor your security control baselines to a variety of factors—including, but not limited to, regulatory requirements and organization type. As part of their approach to security and privacy, leading organizations in a variety of industries have adopted the HITRUST CSF.
AWS doesn’t provide compliance advice, and customers are responsible for determining compliance requirements and validating control implementation in accordance with their organization’s policies, requirements, and objectives. You can deploy your environments on AWS and inherit our HITRUST CSF certification, provided that you use only in-scope services and apply the controls detailed on the HITRUST website.
What this means for our customers
The new AWS HITRUST SRM version 1.4.2 has been tailored to reflect both the Cross Version ID (CVID) and Baseline Unique ID (BUID) in the CSF object so that you can select the correct control for inheritance even if you’re still using an older version of the HITRUST CSF for your own assessment. As an additional benefit, the AWS HITRUST Inheritance Program also supports the control inheritance of AWS cloud-based workloads for new HITRUST e1 and i1 assessment types, in addition to the validated r2-type assessments offered through HITRUST.
At AWS, we’re committed to helping you achieve and maintain the highest standards of security and compliance. We value your feedback and questions. Contact the AWS HITRUST team at AWS Compliance Contact Us. If you have feedback about this post, submit comments in the Comments section below.
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