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AWS keyspaces: Add regulated workload sign-up guidance

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

File: keyspaces/latest/devguide/Keyspaces-compliance.md

Summary

Added warning about new AWS sign-up experience not supporting regulated workloads with mitigation steps.

Security assessment

Adds compliance guidance for regulated workloads, which is security-adjacent documentation.

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/keyspaces/latest/devguide/Keyspaces-compliance.md b/keyspaces/latest/devguide/Keyspaces-compliance.md
index e2c1e9771..05be08507 100644
--- a//keyspaces/latest/devguide/Keyspaces-compliance.md
+++ b//keyspaces/latest/devguide/Keyspaces-compliance.md
@@ -23,0 +24,2 @@ Third-party auditors assess the security and compliance of Amazon Keyspaces (for
+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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