AWS re:Inforce 2025: A Deep Dive into Cloud Security
Today marks the commencement of AWS re:Inforce 2025, a three-day event that has security professionals converging for a series of technical learning sessions, workshops, and demonstrations. This event, dedicated to cloud security, serves as a platform for AWS security experts to share insights and innovations that help organizations fortify their cloud infrastructure.
Amy Herzog, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of AWS, will headline the conference with a keynote address, accompanied by guest speakers who will reveal new security features and share practical implementation strategies. The event is structured into various learning paths, catering to diverse technical roles and proficiency levels. Many AWS experts will lead hands-on workshops, showcase new security features, and foster community discussions. For those unable to attend in Philadelphia, the keynote and innovation talks will be available via livestream during the event and on-demand afterward. Stay tuned for key announcements and technical insights from the conference in future updates!
Recent AWS Announcements
Let’s delve into some of the latest announcements from AWS that have caught attention.
Enhancements to Amazon Q Developer IDE Plugins
Amazon Q Developer has introduced support for Model Context Protocol (MCP) in its integrated development environment (IDE) plugins. This enhancement facilitates developers in integrating external tools for more contextual development workflows. By leveraging any MCP server that supports the stdio transport layer, developers can now augment built-in tools. These servers can be managed through the Amazon Q Developer interface, allowing for easy addition, removal, and modification of tool permissions. This integration offers more tailored responses by orchestrating tasks across both native and MCP server-based tools. MCP support is available in Visual Studio Code, JetBrains IDE plugins, and the Amazon Q Developer command line interface (CLI). Comprehensive documentation and implementation guides are accessible in the Amazon Q Developer documentation.
AWS WAF’s Automatic DDoS Protection
AWS has enhanced its application layer (L7) distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection with faster automatic detection and mitigation. This AWS Managed Rules group quickly identifies and mitigates DDoS attacks of any duration, ensuring that applications on Amazon CloudFront, Application Load Balancer, and other AWS WAF-supported services remain available to users. Within minutes of activation, the system establishes a baseline using machine learning models to spot traffic anomalies and automatically applies rules to address suspicious requests. Configuration options allow customization of responses, such as presenting challenges or blocking requests. This feature is available to all AWS WAF and AWS Shield Advanced subscribers in all supported AWS Regions, except Asia Pacific (Thailand), Mexico (Central), and China (Beijing and Ningxia). For more information on AWS WAF application layer (L7) DDoS protection, visit the AWS WAF documentation or the AWS WAF console.
AWS Control Tower’s New Deployment Method
AWS Control Tower now deploys service-linked AWS Config rules directly in managed accounts, replacing the previous CloudFormation StackSets deployment method. This update accelerates the deployment of service-linked AWS Config rules across multiple AWS Control Tower managed accounts and Regions. These service-linked rules, fully managed by AWS services, cannot be edited or deleted by users, ensuring consistency and preventing configuration drift. AWS Control Tower Config rules detect resource noncompliance within accounts and provide alerts via the dashboard. These controls can be deployed using the AWS Control Tower console or AWS Control Tower control APIs.
Powertools for AWS Lambda’s New Utility
The Powertools for AWS Lambda has introduced the Amazon Bedrock Agents Function utility, which simplifies the creation of serverless applications integrated with Amazon Bedrock Agents. This utility aids developers in creating AWS Lambda functions that respond to Amazon Bedrock Agents action requests with built-in parameter injection and response formatting, eliminating boilerplate code. It seamlessly integrates with other Powertools features like Logger and Metrics, facilitating the development of production-ready AI applications. This integration enhances the developer experience when building agent-based solutions that employ AWS Lambda functions to process actions requested by Amazon Bedrock Agents. The utility is available in Python, TypeScript, and .NET versions of Powertools.
For a comprehensive list of AWS announcements, visit the What’s New at AWS page.
AWS Events Calendar
Mark your calendars and register for these upcoming AWS events.
AWS GenAI Lofts are collaborative spaces offering immersive experiences that showcase AWS’s expertise in cloud computing and AI. They provide startups and developers with hands-on access to AI products and services, exclusive sessions with industry leaders, and valuable networking opportunities with investors and peers. Find a GenAI Loft location near you and register.
AWS Summits are free online and in-person events that bring the cloud computing community together to connect, collaborate, and learn about AWS. Register for a summit in your nearest city: Milano (June 18), Shanghai (June 19–20), Mumbai (June 19), and Japan (June 25–26).
Explore all upcoming AWS-led in-person and virtual events here.
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