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AWS iot: Added note on regulated workloads for AWS sign-up experience

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

File: iot/latest/developerguide/compliance.md · Type: compliance

Summary

Added guidance that the new AWS sign-up experience isn't suitable for regulated workloads, with links to advanced options.

Security assessment

The evidence adds compliance guidance for regulated workloads, which is a security best practice 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.

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diff --git a/iot/latest/developerguide/compliance.md b/iot/latest/developerguide/compliance.md
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--- a//iot/latest/developerguide/compliance.md
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@@ -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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