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AWS autoscaling: Added regulated workloads sign-up guidance

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

File: autoscaling/ec2/userguide/ec2-auto-scaling-compliance.md

Summary

Included note about AWS sign-up limitations for PCI DSS regulated environments.

Security assessment

Documents compliance requirements without evidence of vulnerability remediation.

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.

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diff --git a/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/ec2-auto-scaling-compliance.md b/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/ec2-auto-scaling-compliance.md
index a8e4912b9..1c5d11948 100644
--- a//autoscaling/ec2/userguide/ec2-auto-scaling-compliance.md
+++ b//autoscaling/ec2/userguide/ec2-auto-scaling-compliance.md
@@ -10,0 +11,2 @@ PCI DSS compliance
+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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