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Strengthen the DevOps pipeline and protect data with AWS Secrets Manager, AWS KMS, and AWS Certificate Manager

In this blog post, we delve into using Amazon Web Services (AWS) data protection services such as AWS Secrets Manager, AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS), and AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) to help fortify both the security of the pipeline and security in the pipeline. We explore how these services contribute to the overall security […]

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AWS Certificate Manager will discontinue WHOIS lookup for email-validated certificates

AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) is a managed service that you can use to provision, manage, and deploy public and private TLS certificates for use with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and your internal connected resources. Today, we’re announcing that ACM will be discontinuing the use of WHOIS lookup for validating domain ownership when you request email-validated […]

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How to use AWS Certificate Manager to enforce certificate issuance controls

AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) lets you provision, manage, and deploy public and private Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificates for use with AWS services and your internal connected resources. You probably have many users, applications, or accounts that request and use TLS certificates as part of your public key infrastructure (PKI); which means you might also need […]

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How to enforce DNS name constraints in AWS Private CA

In March 2022, AWS announced support for custom certificate extensions, including name constraints, using AWS Private Certificate Authority (AWS Private CA). Defining DNS name constraints with your subordinate CA can help establish guardrails to improve public key infrastructure (PKI) security and mitigate certificate misuse. For example, you can set a DNS name constraint that restricts […]

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How to manage certificate lifecycles using ACM event-driven workflows

With AWS Certificate Manager (ACM), you can simplify certificate lifecycle management by using event-driven workflows to notify or take action on expiring TLS certificates in your organization. Using ACM, you can provision, manage, and deploy public and private TLS certificates for use with integrated AWS services like Amazon CloudFront and Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), as well […]

Top 2022 AWS data protection service and cryptography tool launches

February 28, 2023: We updated this blog to include AWS Wickr. Given the pace of Amazon Web Services (AWS) innovation, it can be challenging to stay up to date on the latest AWS service and feature launches. AWS provides services and tools to help you protect your data, accounts, and workloads from unauthorized access. AWS […]

How to evaluate and use ECDSA certificates in AWS Certificate Manager

AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) is a managed service that enables you to provision, manage, and deploy public and private SSL/TLS certificates that you can use to securely encrypt network traffic. You can now use ACM to request Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) certificates and associate the certificates with AWS services like Application Load Balancer (ALB) […]

Top reasons to import a certificate into AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)

October 18, 2022: This blog post was updated and the title was changed to reflect the updated info. AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) is a service that lets you efficiently provision, manage, and deploy public and private SSL/TLS certificates for use with AWS services and your internal connected resources. Public certificates that you request through ACM […]

How to tune TLS for hybrid post-quantum cryptography with Kyber

January 30, 2024: The API in this blog post has been changed in newer version of the AWS CRT Client. See this page for more info. January 25, 2023: AWS KMS, ACM, Secrets Manager TLS endpoints have been updated to only support NIST’s Round 3 picked KEM, Kyber. s2n-tls and s2n-quic have also been updated […]

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How to secure an enterprise scale ACM Private CA hierarchy for automotive and manufacturing

In this post, we show how you can use the AWS Certificate Manager Private Certificate Authority (ACM Private CA) to help follow security best practices when you build a CA hierarchy. This blog post walks through certificate authority (CA) lifecycle management topics, including an architecture overview, centralized security, separation of duties, certificate issuance auditing, and […]