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AWS IAM: Add guidance for regulated workloads sign-up

Service: IAM · 2026-08-19 · Documentation medium

File: IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam-compliance-validation.md · Type: compliance

Summary

Added documentation about AWS sign-up limitations for regulated workloads and advanced options.

Security assessment

The change documents compliance requirements for regulated workloads, adding security best practices guidance.

Evidence

+Our new AWS sign-up experience is not designed for regulated workloads. If you're using our new AWS sign-up experience, but you want to use AWS for regulated workloads, you can [sign up for AWS (advanced)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html) or [activate advanced features](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/activate-advanced-features.html) for your AWS environment.

Diff

diff --git a/IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam-compliance-validation.md b/IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam-compliance-validation.md
index fd651aaa7..e12dbad0f 100644
--- a//IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam-compliance-validation.md
+++ b//IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam-compliance-validation.md
@@ -10,0 +11,2 @@ Third-party auditors assess the security and compliance of AWS Identity and Acce
+Our new AWS sign-up experience is not designed for regulated workloads. If you're using our new AWS sign-up experience, but you want to use AWS for regulated workloads, you can [sign up for AWS (advanced)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html) or [activate advanced features](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/activate-advanced-features.html) for your AWS environment.
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