Amazon Web Services (AWS) continues to strengthen its security infrastructure across its cloud services portfolio, with recent enhancements focusing on Amazon Redshift’s default security settings. The improvements affect newly created provisioned clusters, Amazon Redshift Serverless workgroups, and clusters restored from snapshots, building upon AWS’s previous security enhancements announced earlier this year.
As part of AWS’s broader security initiatives, the company has launched the AWS Trust Center, a comprehensive online resource that provides detailed information about AWS’s approach to cloud security and asset protection. The development comes as organizations increasingly focus on implementing zero-trust security frameworks, with the market for such solutions expected to reach $60.7 billion in the coming years.
While Amazon WorkMail has not received specific new multi-factor authentication (MFA) implementations, AWS maintains general security recommendations across its services. The recommendations include enabling MFA, implementing the principle of least privilege, and blocking device code flow where possible to mitigate phishing attacks. The company recently expanded its authentication capabilities by adding passkey support to Amazon Cognito, and has implemented native WebAuthn support for AWS Single Sign-on (SSO) solutions.
The security enhancements demonstrate AWS’s ongoing commitment to maintaining robust security measures across its cloud infrastructure. The measures are particularly relevant as organizations continue to migrate critical workloads and data warehouses to cloud environments, amid rising concerns about sophisticated cyber threats and the surge in phishing attacks targeting cloud services.
Sources: AWS Security Blog, Security Affairs
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