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AWS amazon-mq: Added guidance for regulated workloads sign-up

Service: amazon-mq · 2026-08-19 · Documentation medium

File: amazon-mq/latest/developer-guide/compliance-validation.md · Type: compliance

Summary

Documented requirement to use advanced sign-up for regulated workloads.

Security assessment

Adds security-adjacent compliance documentation about proper account setup for regulated environments.

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/amazon-mq/latest/developer-guide/compliance-validation.md b/amazon-mq/latest/developer-guide/compliance-validation.md
index 53c326781..7c88e8b58 100644
--- a//amazon-mq/latest/developer-guide/compliance-validation.md
+++ b//amazon-mq/latest/developer-guide/compliance-validation.md
@@ -10,0 +11,2 @@ Third-party auditors assess the security and compliance of Amazon MQ as part of
+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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