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AWS guardduty: Add guidance for regulated workloads sign-up

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

File: guardduty/latest/ug/compliance-validation.md · Type: compliance

Summary

Added note about using advanced sign-up features for regulated workloads.

Security assessment

Documents security best practices for compliance in 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.

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diff --git a/guardduty/latest/ug/compliance-validation.md b/guardduty/latest/ug/compliance-validation.md
index fee7dccfb..6dc834401 100644
--- a//guardduty/latest/ug/compliance-validation.md
+++ b//guardduty/latest/ug/compliance-validation.md
@@ -8,0 +9,2 @@
+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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