AWS re:Invent 2024 was a hub of innovation and learning hosted by AWS for the global cloud computing community. The conference covered best practices for zero trust, generative AI–driven security, identity, and access management, DevSecOps, network and infrastructure security, data protection, and threat detection and incident response.
AWS launched multiple new features for identity and access management, including resource control policies, centrally managed root access, and declarative policies.
Amazon Cognito announced four new features, including feature tiers, developer-focused console, managed login, and passwordless authentication.
Amazon GuardDuty launched Extended Threat Detection, a capability to identify sophisticated, multi-stage threats targeting your AWS accounts and data.
Amazon OpenSearch Service now offers a zero-ETL integration with Amazon Security Lake, enabling you to query and analyze security data in-place directly through OpenSearch Service.
AWS Security Incident Response is a new service that helps you respond to security issues in your environment.
In the zero-trust space, AWS Verified Access and Amazon VPC Lattice launched support for accessing non-HTTPS resources.
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud launched block public access, which is a one-click declarative control that admins can implement centrally to authoritatively block internet traffic for each of their VPCs.
Amazon Bedrock launched two new features to help with generative AI workloads: Automated Reasoning checks and multimodal toxicity detection.
AWS re:Inforce 2025, which will take place June 16–18 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the next opportunity for more in-person security learning opportunities.