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AWS awscloudtrail: Add regulated workload guidance for AWS sign-up experience

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

File: awscloudtrail/latest/userguide/CloudTrail-compliance.md

Summary

Added note about new AWS sign-up experience not supporting regulated workloads with links to advanced options.

Security assessment

Documents security best practices for regulated workloads without addressing specific vulnerabilities.

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/awscloudtrail/latest/userguide/CloudTrail-compliance.md b/awscloudtrail/latest/userguide/CloudTrail-compliance.md
index f724fbfae..afa197b8c 100644
--- a//awscloudtrail/latest/userguide/CloudTrail-compliance.md
+++ b//awscloudtrail/latest/userguide/CloudTrail-compliance.md
@@ -10,0 +11,2 @@ Third-party auditors assess the security and compliance of AWS CloudTrail as par
+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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