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Optimize your self-managed PostgreSQL data warehouse with Amazon FSx for OpenZFS

A data warehouse is the analytical backbone of a modern enterprise, consolidating data from disparate sources into a single, authoritative view that enables complex queries, trend analysis, and confident decision-making. In financial services, this means sharper regulatory reporting, faster fraud detection, and deeper customer understanding. The operational reality is demanding. Enterprises juggle multiple source databases […]

Access Amazon S3 backup data directly using S3 Access Points in AWS Backup

AWS Backup for Amazon S3 now lets you access your backup data through Amazon S3 Access Points. You create an access point for a recovery point, and AWS Backup provisions an S3 endpoint with an alias that works anywhere you would use a bucket name. You can then read backup data using standard S3 APIs, […]

Orchestrate automated response for Amazon GuardDuty Malware Protection for AWS Backup at scale

Many organizations maintain a backup strategy built on the assumption that the backups themselves are clean. Ransomware can sit dormant in your environment for weeks, spreading across production systems while nightly backup jobs preserve it alongside your data. By the time the threat is identified, those backups are no longer recovery points; they are artifacts […]

From fragmented to fortified: Motability Operations’ journey to a unified backup strategy with AWS

Motability Operations runs the UK’s Motability Scheme and provides vehicle leasing services to approximately 900,000 disabled customers. The organization leases cars, Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles, scooters, and powered wheelchairs, delivering an all-inclusive package with insurance, maintenance, and breakdown coverage that supports independence and mobility for customers across the country. Motability Operations manages diverse AWS workloads across […]

Streamline ransomware protection while reducing cost with AWS Backup logically air-gapped vault primary backup

Organizations today face increasing pressure to protect their backup data against ransomware events and accidental deletions. Although air-gapped storage provides strong protection for backups, implementing it traditionally requires maintaining multiple copies of data which increases costs and adds complexity. This can force organizations to compromise between meeting strict security requirements and managing storage costs, either […]

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Applying Amazon S3 Object Lock at scale for petabytes of existing data

Organizations with petabytes of data in the cloud need a way to apply immutable storage protections to data that’s already been stored—whether for regulatory compliance or cyber resilience. Although you can enable write-once-read-many (WORM) controls for newly created storage, applying these protections to existing enterprise data at scale requires a systematic approach. Regulated industries have […]

AWS Backup 2025 year in review: advancing recovery resilience

As customers deployed increasingly diverse cloud workloads and confronted more sophisticated cyber threats, they needed data protection solutions that could scale across their AWS estate while guaranteeing recovery even in worst-case scenarios. This dual challenge shaped our focus in 2025 for AWS Backup: expanding the service’s reach across the AWS ecosystem while deepening our commitment […]

Lower your Amazon S3 backup costs with AWS Backup S3 tiering

Organizations face a critical challenge in data protection: how to retain ever-increasing volumes of backup data for extended periods while maintaining cost efficiency. Regulatory mandates, internal governance policies, and comprehensive disaster recovery strategies often necessitate preserving backups for months or even years. At the same time, the threat landscape continues to evolve, with sophisticated ransomware […]

How TUI modernized their backup strategy with AWS: Driving clarity and scale

TUI, Europe’s leading travel company, operates across 180 holiday destinations with development teams managing diverse Amazon Web Services (AWS) workloads across multiple accounts—from customer-facing applications to internal analytics platforms. The company processes millions of customer transactions daily, necessitating robust systems with reliable data protection and backup capabilities to ensure business continuity. As TUI’s cloud footprint […]

Scan backups for malware with Amazon GuardDuty Malware Protection for AWS Backup

Data loss events from malware attacks can compromise your backups, putting your recovery strategy at risk. Organizations rely on backups as a critical defense against data loss, but these same backups can inadvertently preserve malware that has infiltrated production systems without being detected and removed. When malicious events occur, customers face a significant challenge: determining […]