AWS News Blog
Category: Events
Introducing Amazon S3 Vectors: First cloud storage with native vector support at scale (preview)
Amazon S3 Vectors is a new cloud object store that provides native support for storing and querying vectors at massive scale, offering up to 90% cost reduction compared to conventional approaches while seamlessly integrating with Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases, SageMaker, and OpenSearch for AI applications.
Amazon S3 Metadata now supports metadata for all your S3 objects
Amazon S3 Metadata now provides comprehensive visibility into all objects in S3 buckets through live inventory and journal tables, enabling SQL-based analysis of both existing and new objects with automatic updates within an hour of changes.
TwelveLabs video understanding models are now available in Amazon Bedrock
TwelveLabs video understanding models are now available on Amazon Bedrock and enable customers to search through videos, classify scenes, summarize content, and extract insights with precision and reliability.
AWS re:Inforce roundup 2025: top announcements
At AWS re:Inforce 2025 (June 16-18, Philadelphia), AWS Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer Amy Herzog delivered the keynote address, announcing new security innovations. Throughout the event, AWS announced additional security capabilities focused on simplifying security at scale and enabling organizations to build more resilient applications in the cloud. Below is a comprehensive roundup […]
Amazon GuardDuty expands Extended Threat Detection coverage to Amazon EKS clusters
Expanded Amazon GuardDuty Extended Threat Detection for EKS clusters uses proprietary correlation algorithms to identify sophisticated multi-stage attack sequences across Kubernetes audit logs, container runtime behaviors, and AWS API activities through a new critical severity finding type: AttackSequence:EKS/CompromisedCluster.
Unify your security with the new AWS Security Hub for risk prioritization and response at scale (Preview)
AWS Security Hub has been enhanced with new capabilities that integrate multiple AWS security services to automatically discover resources, evaluate risks, analyze attack paths, and provide AI-assisted recommendations, helping security teams prioritize critical issues and respond to threats at scale with improved visualization and remediation guidance.
AWS Backup adds new Multi-party approval for logically air-gapped vaults
Multi-party approval for AWS Backup logically air-gapped vaults enables organizations to recover their backup data even when their AWS account is compromised, by creating approval teams of trusted individuals who can authorize vault sharing with a recovery account through a separate authentication path.
New AWS Shield feature discovers network security issues before they can be exploited (Preview)
Shield network security posture management automatically discovers and analyzes network resources across AWS accounts, prioritizes security risks based on AWS best practices, and provides actionable remediation recommendations to protect applications against threats like SQL injections and DDoS attacks.