Security, Identity, & Compliance
Securely run your business with the most flexible and secure cloud computing environment available. Benefit from AWS data centers and a network architected to protect your information, applications, and devices. Meet core security requirements, such as data locality, protection, and confidentiality with our comprehensive services and features.
Recent questions
see all1 / 18
- I am investigating an unexpected IAM Custom Policy Simulator result involving lambda:SourceFunctionArn. I am not using simulation results as live permission proof, and I do not want to remove the sour...
- Hello AWS Team, Our startup was approved for Kiro Pro+ under the AWS Startup Credits program. During our initial IAM Identity Center setup in us-east-1, an automated security heuristic locked our use...
- Consider a hypothetical web application that allows users to upload profile pictures, listing images, and private documents. Amazon S3 is used for object storage, and Amazon CloudFront is being consid...
- I'm using choice-based sign-in (`USER_AUTH`) with email OTP as the first factor and a custom email sender Lambda. The Lambda is invoked with `triggerSource: CustomEmailSender_Authentication`, but `req...
- ## Problem I recently configured AWS IAM Identity Center for a new AWS Organization with three accounts. Since October 13, 2026, I have been unable to successfully assign users or groups to either of...
- Hi everyone, I'm working on a personal MCP server hosted on **Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime**, using Amazon Cognito for OAuth authentication. Everything is configured with Authorization Code + PK...
- My exam session was completed successfully without any proctor warnings or irregularities. Given my months of honest preparation, receiving a revocation notice was extremely disheartening. I request a...
- Hello AWS community, I am reviewing the least-privilege IAM permissions for the DynamoDB `DescribeTable` API operation and would appreciate clarification of the documented authorization requirements....
- Hi AWS Support team, This is a follow-up to my earlier question about our suspended account ("Account suspended for non-payment, reinstatement deadline is today, 2 support cases with no response"). W...
- Hello AWS re:Post community, We are testing the native step-up authentication capabilities of Amazon Cognito User Pools and observing behavior that appears inconsistent with the AWS documentation. *...
- **Summary** Amazon Cognito User Pool rejects email addresses using the `.srl` top-level domain with an "Invalid email address format" error during sign-up and user creation. The `.srl` TLD is a valid ...
- I am trying to delete a provisioned Amazon Redshift cluster that is integrated with the AWS Glue Data Catalog (lakehouse / unified governance). The deletion is blocked with: > The cluster has an asso...
asked 2 days ago
- Hello Community Moderators, I am writing to urgently request an internal escalation for a critical billing case that has been stalled for more than a month now. Our account suffered a credential com...
- Hi, we use Amazon MSK multi-VPC private connectivity with IAM authentication. The MSK cluster is in account A. The client in account B (a different AWS Organization) creates a managed VPC connection ...
- Hi Team, I would like to know how cognito cookies can be used to keep the user logged in for 1 hour without depending on different JWT for session management from public SPA client. On which domain th...
- I am unable to merge my two AWS Certification accounts and need help. Account Details: AWS06053167 → Logged in via Amazon SSO → Passed SAA-C03 AWS06085643 → Logged in via AWS Builder ID → Passed CLF...
- I'm using AWS WAF to protect my application, but rate-based rules automatically unblock IPs when their request count drops below the threshold. This allows attackers to: 1. Send bursts of malicious r...
asked 4 days ago
- I’m seeing behavior in Amazon Cognito User Pools that does not match the current documentation for ACR/AMR claims and step-up authentication. Environment: - Region: `us-east-1` - User pool feature pl...
Recent Knowledge Center content
see all1 / 18
Recent articles
see all1 / 18
AWS OfficialEXPERT
published an hour ago0 votes7 views
Discovered an exposed AWS access key? This third installment in our series is a step-by-step recovery playbook for containing the damage—from locking down the compromised key and rooting out unauthori...AWS OfficialEXPERT
published 2 hours ago0 votes12 views
This second part describes the structures that let agentic operations scale past a few teams, covering how a small center of excellence distributes capability instead of becoming a bottleneck, how to ...- AWS OFFICIALUpdated an hour ago0 votes14 viewsThis first part describes how to prepare the people side of agentic operations, covering the role profiles that emerge as execution shifts to agents, the reskilling and knowledge capture that keep har...
- AWS OFFICIALUpdated an hour ago0 votes19 viewsThis article describes how to build agent infrastructure that holds up under investigation, covering the telemetry and immutable storage that make an agent's actions reconstructable months later, the ...
- AWS OFFICIALUpdated an hour ago0 votes16 viewsThis article describes how to keep agent spending attributable and bounded as usage grows, covering the separate layers an agentic workload bills across, the tagging and reporting setup that attribute...
- AWS OFFICIALUpdated an hour ago0 votes16 viewsThis article describes how to connect agents to the systems that hold your operational knowledge, covering the shared tooling, ownership principles, and credential boundaries that keep a growing agent...
- AWS OFFICIALUpdated an hour ago0 votes17 viewsThis article describes how to run agents as production systems rather than experiments, covering the testing, observability, and rollback practices that keep agent behavior predictable as prompts, mod...
- AWS OFFICIALUpdated an hour ago0 votes23 viewsThis article describes how to establish governance before agents reach production, covering the data groundwork that determines what agents can be trusted with, the enforcement points that apply polic...
AWS OfficialEXPERT
published 2 hours ago0 votes8 views
This article describes how to establish governance before agents reach production, covering the data groundwork that determines what agents can be trusted with, the enforcement points that apply polic...- AWS OFFICIALUpdated an hour ago0 votes18 viewsA practical guide to adopting agentic operations: the concerns teams raise before they start, the AWS services worth evaluating before you build anything yourself, and a roadmap that runs from leaders...
AWS OfficialEXPERT
published 2 hours ago0 votes11 views
Discovered an exposed AWS access key? Before you rotate anything, size the risk. This eight-step guide walks you through mapping the key's permissions and exposure window, classifying the severity, ch...AWS OfficialEXPERT
published 3 hours ago0 votes12 views
This is the first of three articles on managing exposed AWS access keys, starting with prevention, then evaluating the risk when a key is exposed, and recovering after a compromise. See the end of thi...Manish MishraEXPERT
published 4 hours ago0 votes19 views
Many teams are adopting AWS DevOps Agent — the always-available teammate that reviews code for release readiness, autonomously investigates incidents, and drives proactive site reliability across AWS,...VivekEXPERT
published 8 days ago0 votes66 views
Large enterprises often run one centralized ServiceNow instance while giving each business unit its own AWS DevOps Agent Space. ServiceNow can route to multiple spaces natively, but that means one Bus...EdoardoEXPERT
published 11 days ago1 votes140 views
This article explains how to get a readable email the moment access changes on the AWS accounts you choose to monitor, covering both IAM Identity Center and local IAM. The solution fills the gap left ...Sandip SamantaEXPERT
published 13 days ago0 votes70 views
Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio (SMUS) projects often fail when they move from exploration to production-adjacent machine learning (ML) pipelines. Larger instance types and non-interactive runs expose...SwaathiEXPERT
published 13 days ago2 votes101 views
Developers automating the AWS Identity Store often can't tell whether an AccessDeniedException is an IAM policy issue or a customer managed key failure. This article shows how to use the exception's R...Tolu Okuboyejo - AWSEXPERT
published 16 days ago0 votes84 views
When an Amazon Redshift cluster slows down, CloudWatch shows the symptom—high CPU and commit-queue pressure—but not which queries caused it or how to fix them. Answering that traditionally required a ...
Recent selections
see all1 / 13
AWS OfficialMODERATOR
published 3 months ago1 votes380 views
This spotlight on AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) equips you with the skills and troubleshooting tips to get the most out of a powerful service.- AWS OFFICIALUpdated 6 months ago1 votes343 viewsAWS Official content is created by a team of technical experts, professional writers, and editors within AWS. They work together to make sure that the information is clear, comprehensive, and aligned ...
AWS OfficialMODERATOR
published 6 months ago0 votes301 views
This spotlight on AWS IAM equips you with skills and troubleshooting best practices to secure and manage access to your AWS resources effectively.AWS OfficialMODERATOR
published a year ago1 votes469 views
This spotlight on Amazon Cognito equips you with the skills and troubleshooting best practices to get the most out of this cost effective service.AWS OfficialEXPERT
published 2 years ago0 votes1.1K views
This spotlight on IAM equips you with the skills and troubleshooting tips to get the most out of a powerful service.- AWS OFFICIALUpdated 2 months ago14 votes43K viewsThe AWS Trust & Safety Center provides curated knowledge of AWS resources that can assist you in your cloud journey.
Osvaldo MarteEXPERT
published 2 years ago2 votes18.8K views
This selection focuses on the essential AWS networking services, providing a comprehensive overview of tools and technologies available to build and manage secure, scalable, and high-performing networ...Antonio LagrotteriaEXPERT
published 3 years ago4 votes28.5K views
A selection of architectural patterns and tips to leverage secure cross-account APIs, showing ingress, egress and inspection reference architecturesJonathan_DEXPERT
published 3 years ago4 votes12.6K views
Do you have critical workloads running in AWS? Review these handpicked resources to find ways to ensure your applications are resilient to failures.- AWS OFFICIALUpdated 3 years ago0 votes157 viewsThis selection includes content and solutions supporting FSI related compliance and requirements covering security, immutable storage, and general guidance.
- AWS OFFICIALUpdated 3 years ago0 votes371 viewsAs a best practice, AWS recommends that you use AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles instead of IAM users with long-term credentials such as access keys.
- AWS OFFICIALUpdated 3 years ago0 votes93 viewsAccelerate your business transformation goals with a managed service that combines compute, network and storage capabilities in a fully supported, ready-to-run service from VMware and AWS.
- AWS OFFICIALUpdated 3 years ago0 votes8.3K viewsAre you getting 403 Access Denied errors with your Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) operations? Review this list of handpicked resources to identify the root cause and troubleshooting instruc...
1 / 18
Riku_Kobayashi
EXPERTGary Mclean
EXPERTsecondabhi_aws
EXPERTKidd Ip
EXPERTOleksii Bebych
EXPERTGreg
EXPERTFlorian Turnwald
EXPERTOsvaldo Marte
EXPERTIsaac Behrens
EXPERTSedat SALMAN
EXPERTAdeleke Adebowale .J.
EXPERTTushar Jagdale
EXPERTMatt Barbieri
EXPERTAWS-User-alantam
EXPERTIndranil Banerjee AWS
EXPERTTakahito Iwasa
EXPERTMassimilianoAWS
EXPERTGK
EXPERT
Learn AWS faster by following popular topics
1 / 4
