AWS Continuum for Penetration Testing expands to 6 more Regions
Hi, it's Shii-chan! Today a managed penetration testing service is spreading to more Regions!
AWS What's New
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What was announced?
AWS What's New announced that AWS Continuum for Penetration Testing (AWS Security Agent) is now available in six additional Regions. It's a managed security service for running penetration tests against your web applications and APIs.
The story so far
Until now, its geographic reach was limited. Organizations with data residency requirements had a harder time building localized security testing.
What changes
You can run penetration testing workloads closer to your production environments. Organizations operating across several geographies can keep up their security testing while meeting data residency requirements.
Dive Deep
The newly supported Regions are:
- Asia Pacific (Seoul)
- Canada (Montreal)
- Europe (London)
- US East (Ohio; the announcement text also says Columbus)
- Europe (Paris)
- Europe (Stockholm)
The use cases called out are:
- Vulnerability assessments
- Compliance validation against frameworks such as PCI DSS and ISO 27001
- Continuous security posture evaluations
Existing supported Regions remain fully operational.
Wrap-up
- Six more Regions for AWS Continuum for Penetration Testing
- Managed penetration testing for web apps and APIs
- Test near production while meeting data residency needs
This is for security and compliance folks who were held back by Region limits!
