Cloud security at AWS is the highest priority. As an AWS customer, you will benefit from a data center and network architecture built to meet the requirements of the most security-sensitive organizations.
An advantage of the AWS cloud is that it allows customers to scale and innovate, while maintaining a secure environment. Customers pay only for the services they use, meaning that you can have the security you need, but without the upfront expenses, and at a lower cost than in an on-premises environment.
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The AWS Cloud operates 42 Availability Zones within 16 geographic Regions around the world
Region & Number of Availability Zones
AWS GovCloud (2)
US West
Oregon (3), Northern California (3)
US East
Northern Virginia (5), Ohio (3)
Canada
Central (2)
South America
São Paulo (3)
Europe
Ireland (3), Frankfurt (2), London (2)
Asia Pacific
Singapore (2), Sydney (3), Tokyo (3), Seoul (2), Mumbai (2)
China
Beijing (2)
New Region (coming soon)
Paris
Ningxia
Improving Continuity With Replication Between Regions
In addition to replicating applications and data across multiple data centers in the same region using Availability Zones, you can also choose to increase redundancy and fault tolerance further by replicating data between geographic regions.
Meeting Compliance and Data Residency Requirements
You retain complete control and ownership over the region in which your data is physically located, making it easy to meet regional compliance and data residency requirements.
Geographic Expansion
Throughout the next year, the AWS Global Infrastructure will expand with at least five new Availability Zones in new geographic Regions: Ningxia in China and Paris in France.
Have the backing of our extensive support network every step of the way
Real-time insight through AWS Trusted Advisor
Proactive support and advocacy with a Technical Account Manager (TAM)
Strategic advice to create In-Depth Security Solutions
Detect and respond to security issues with the Security Operations Playbook
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