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AWS tag-editor: Added compliance note for regulated workloads in new AWS sign-up experience

Service: tag-editor · 2026-08-19 · Documentation medium

File: tag-editor/latest/userguide/compliance-validation.md

Summary

Documented that the new AWS sign-up experience isn't for regulated workloads and provided links to advanced sign-up options.

Security assessment

Adds compliance guidance for regulated workloads but doesn't address a specific vulnerability or weakness.

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/tag-editor/latest/userguide/compliance-validation.md b/tag-editor/latest/userguide/compliance-validation.md
index 3fdc79175..1b08ace86 100644
--- a//tag-editor/latest/userguide/compliance-validation.md
+++ b//tag-editor/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.
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