AWS Security Agent now available in Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Singapore), and South America (São Paulo)

AWS Security Agent Available in New Regions

AWS Security Agent is now available in three additional AWS Regions: Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Singapore), and South America (São Paulo). This expansion provides customers with core capabilities to secure their applications throughout the development lifecycle.

New Features

• STRIDE-based threat modeling (preview) analyzes design documents and source code to identify risks early.
• Full-repo and PR-level code reviews (preview) are available across multiple platforms, including GitHub, GitLab, GitHub Enterprise Server, Bitbucket, and Confluence.
• Managed compliance packs and custom security requirements can be triggered from Kiro or Claude Code through new IDE plugins and MCP integration.
• On-demand penetration testing delivers validated findings with reproducible attack paths and ready-to-implement fixes.
• Retesting confirms that applied remediations are effective.

What to do

• Explore the new regions for AWS Security Agent.
• Utilize STRIDE-based threat modeling and code reviews to enhance application security.
• Integrate with IDE plugins and MCP for automated security checks.
• Leverage on-demand penetration testing for validated security insights.

Source: AWS release notes

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