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Tracking 284 AWS releases · Updated
- AWS What's New securityawssnowflakeengineer ·
AWS Secrets Manager supports Datadog keys and Snowflake PATs
AWS Secrets Manager now supports managed external secrets for Datadog keys and Snowflake Programmatic Access Tokens (PATs). This feature automates the rotation of third-party credentials, reducing manual effort and potential security risks for engineers managing secrets across different services. These new integrations are available in all supported AWS Regions where managed external secrets are offered.
feature - AWS What's New securityawssecurity-advisoryengineer ·
Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server adds latest GDR updates
Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server now supports recent General Distribution Release (GDR) updates for Microsoft SQL Server, including critical security patches. This enhancement is available for SQL Server 2019 and 2022 instances, offering improved security and stability. Users can apply these updates via the AWS Management Console, SDK, or CLI.
patch security - AWS What's New securityawsgaengineer ·
Amazon QuickSight now supports customer-managed keys
Amazon QuickSight now allows customers to encrypt data using their own AWS Key Management Service (KMS) customer-managed keys (CMK). This feature enhances security and compliance for organizations by providing greater control over encryption and auditability via CloudTrail. It is now generally available in all AWS Regions where QuickSight is offered, requiring CMKs to be created in the same account and region, and supporting only symmetric KMS keys.
feature - AWS What's New securityawsengineer ·
AWS Security Hub detects unused IAM permissions
AWS Security Hub now identifies unused IAM permissions, roles, and credentials across your organization, centralizing identity risk management within the existing console. This feature helps security teams reduce identity risk at scale by correlating unused permissions with actual resource exposure. It is automatically enabled via a service-linked IAM Access Analyzer in each member account and included with Security Hub Essentials at no additional cost.
feature - AWS What's New securityawsgaarchitect ·
AWS Security Hub Extended adds 21 partner solutions in 9 categories
AWS Security Hub Extended now offers 21 curated partner solutions across nine security categories, including new additions for endpoint, identity, and data security. This expansion provides customers greater flexibility in selecting solutions tailored to their enterprise needs, with unified billing and support benefits. The new solutions are available today in all commercial AWS Regions, enabling better risk identification and response across security domains.
feature announcement - AWS What's New securityinfraawsgaengineer ·
Amazon Inspector now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region
AWS announces the expansion of its automated vulnerability management service, Amazon Inspector, to the Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region. This move extends security coverage to customers in this new region, enabling continuous vulnerability assessments and automated scanning of EC2 instances, container images, and Lambda functions. New users are eligible for a 15-day free trial to evaluate the service's capabilities and associated costs.
announcement feature - AWS What's New securityinfraawsengineer ·
AWS Secrets Manager Agent adds pre-fetching and IAM role assumption
The AWS Secrets Manager Agent now supports pre-fetching secrets at startup and assuming IAM roles for retrieval. These features reduce application latency, optimize costs by using the BatchGetSecretValue API, and enhance security through role-based cross-account access. The updates are available in all AWS Regions where Secrets Manager is offered and benefit developers managing secrets in multi-account architectures.
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