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AWS health: Add regulated workload guidance for AWS sign-up

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

File: health/latest/ug/compliance-validation.md

Summary

Added documentation clarifying that the new AWS sign-up experience isn't suitable for regulated workloads.

Security assessment

This adds security best-practice documentation for compliance in regulated environments but doesn't address a specific vulnerability.

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/health/latest/ug/compliance-validation.md b/health/latest/ug/compliance-validation.md
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--- a//health/latest/ug/compliance-validation.md
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+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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