Week 10 - Mar 3-9, 2026
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Policy GA uses Cedar for natural-language agent controls. AWS simplifies IAM role creation with inline panels. DESC 2026 certification audit completed for Middle East (UAE).
Highlights
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Policy GA - Cedar-Based Agent Controls
Centralized, fine-grained controls for agent-to-tool interactions are now generally available. Policies are authored in natural language and converted to Cedar (the open-source authorization language by AWS). Operates outside agent code, enabling security teams to constrain AI agent behavior without modifying application logic. Available in 13 AWS Regions.
AWS Simplifies IAM Role Creation in Service Workflows
New inline panel for creating and customizing IAM roles directly within service workflows (EC2, Lambda, EKS, ECS, Glue, CloudFormation, etc.) without switching to the IAM console. Reduces context-switching and helps developers create roles with appropriate permissions from within their service context.
AWS Completes DESC 2026 Certification Audit (UAE)
AWS renewed Tier 1 CSP certification from Dubai Electronic Security Centre for the Middle East (UAE) Region. Valid to January 22, 2027. Now covers 108 services (10% increase from previous year). Validated by BSI.
February AWS Permissions Recap: GenAI Supply Chain Risk
Security Boulevard analysis showed February's AWS permission expansion pivoted from core infrastructure to GenAI supply chain, with new fine-tuning capabilities in the Bedrock ecosystem shifting risk from data access to model behavior influence. Worth reviewing if you manage IAM policies for ML teams.
Key Takeaway
Bedrock AgentCore Policy is a significant security primitive for the AI agent era. Instead of trusting agents to behave, you define constraints in Cedar that operate outside the agent's code. This is defense in depth applied to AI - the agent cannot circumvent policies it does not control.
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