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AWS notifications: Add regulated workload guidance for new sign-up

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

File: notifications/latest/userguide/compliance-validation.md · Type: compliance

Summary

Added warning about new AWS sign-up experience limitations for regulated workloads with mitigation steps.

Security assessment

Documents security best practices for 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/notifications/latest/userguide/compliance-validation.md b/notifications/latest/userguide/compliance-validation.md
index 20663d68c..7b429192a 100644
--- a//notifications/latest/userguide/compliance-validation.md
+++ b//notifications/latest/userguide/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.
+