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Updated PCI PIN compliance package for AWS CloudHSM now available

✇AWS Security Blog
By: Tushar Jain

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce the successful completion of Payment Card Industry Personal Identification Number (PCI PIN) audit for the AWS CloudHSM service.

With CloudHSM, you can manage and access your keys on FIPS 140-3 Level 3 validated hardware, protected with customer-owned, single-tenant hardware security module (HSM) instances that run in your own virtual private cloud (VPC). This PCI PIN attestation gives you the flexibility to deploy your regulated workloads with reduced compliance overhead. CloudHSM might be suitable when operations supported by the service are integrated into a broader solution that requires PCI-PIN compliance. For payment operations, such as PIN translation, we encourage you to consider AWS Payment Cryptography as a fully managed alternative for PCI-PIN compliance.

The PCI PIN compliance report package for AWS CloudHSM includes two key components:

  • PCI PIN Attestation of Compliance (AOC) – demonstrating that AWS CloudHSM was successfully validated against the PCI PIN standard with zero findings
  • PCI PIN Responsibility Summary – provides guidance to help AWS customers understand their responsibilities in developing and operating a highly secure environment for handling PIN-based transactions

AWS was evaluated by Coalfire, a third-party Qualified Security Assessor (QSA). Customers can access the PCI PIN Attestation of Compliance (AOC) and PCI PIN Responsibility Summary reports through AWS Artifact.

To learn more about our PCI program and other compliance and security programs, see the AWS Compliance Programs page. As always, we value your feedback and questions; reach out to the AWS Compliance team through the Contact Us page.

If you have feedback about this post, submit comments in the Comments section below. If you have questions about this post, contact AWS Support.

Tushar Jain

Tushar Jain

Tushar is a Compliance Program Manager at AWS. He leads multiple security and privacy initiatives within AWS. Tushar holds a Master of Business Administration from Indian Institute of Management Shillong, India and a Bachelor of Technology in electronics and telecommunication engineering from Marathwada University, India. He has over 13 years of experience in information security and holds CCSK and CSXF certifications.

Will Black

Will Black

Will is a Compliance Program Manager at Amazon Web Services. He leads multiple security and compliance initiatives within AWS. He has ten years of experience in compliance and security assurance and holds a degree in Management Information Systems from Temple University. Additionally, he holds the CCSK and ISO 27001 Lead Implementer certifications.

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Updated PCI PIN compliance package for AWS Payment Cryptography now available

✇AWS Security Blog
By: Tushar Jain

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce the successful completion of Payment Card Industry Personal Identification Number (PCI PIN) audit for the AWS Payment Cryptography service.

With AWS Payment Cryptography, your payment processing applications can use payment hardware security modules (HSMs) that are PCI PIN Transaction Security (PTS) HSM certified and fully managed by AWS, with PCI PIN-compliant key management. This attestation gives you the flexibility to deploy your regulated workloads with reduced compliance overhead.

The PCI PIN compliance report package for AWS Payment Cryptography includes two key components:

  • PCI PIN Attestation of Compliance (AOC) – demonstrating that AWS Payment Cryptography was successfully validated against the PCI PIN standard with zero findings
  • PCI PIN Responsibility Summary – provides guidance to help AWS customers understand their responsibilities in developing and operating a highly secure environment for handling PIN-based transactions

AWS was evaluated by Coalfire, a third-party Qualified Security Assessor (QSA). Customers can access the PCI PIN Attestation of Compliance (AOC) and PCI PIN Responsibility Summary reports through AWS Artifact.

To learn more about our PCI programs and other compliance and security programs, visit the AWS Compliance Programs page. As always, we value your feedback and questions; reach out to the AWS Compliance team through the Compliance Support page.

If you have feedback about this post, submit comments in the Comments section below. If you have questions about this post, contact AWS Support.

Tushar Jain

Tushar Jain

Tushar is a Compliance Program Manager at AWS. He leads multiple security and privacy initiatives within AWS. Tushar holds a Master of Business Administration from Indian Institute of Management Shillong, India and a Bachelor of Technology in electronics and telecommunication engineering from Marathwada University, India. He has over 13 years of experience in information security and holds CCSK and CSXF certifications.

Will Black

Will Black

Will is a Compliance Program Manager at Amazon Web Services. He leads multiple security and compliance initiatives within AWS. He has ten years of experience in compliance and security assurance and holds a degree in Management Information Systems from Temple University. Additionally, he holds the CCSK and ISO 27001 Lead Implementer certifications.

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Fall 2025 SOC 1, 2, and 3 reports are now available with 185 services in scope

✇AWS Security Blog
By: Tushar Jain

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce that the Fall 2025 System and Organization Controls (SOC) 1, 2, and 3 reports are now available. The reports cover 185 services over the 12-month period from October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025, giving customers a full year of assurance. These reports demonstrate our continuous commitment to adhering to the heightened expectations of cloud service providers.

Customers can download the Fall 2025 SOC 1 and 2 reports through AWS Artifact, a self-service portal for on-demand access to AWS compliance reports. Sign in to AWS Artifact in the AWS Management Console, or learn more at Getting Started with AWS Artifact. The SOC 3 report can be found on the AWS SOC Compliance Page.

AWS strives to continuously bring services into the scope of its compliance programs to help customers meet their architectural and regulatory needs. You can view the current list of services in scope on our Services in Scope page. As an AWS customer, you can reach out to your AWS account team if you have any questions or feedback about SOC compliance.

To learn more about AWS compliance and security programs, see AWS Compliance Programs. As always, we value feedback and questions; reach out to the AWS Compliance team through the Contact Us page.

If you have feedback about this post, submit comments in the Comments section below.

Tushar Jain

Tushar Jain
Tushar is a Compliance Program Manager at AWS where he leads multiple security and privacy initiatives. Tushar holds a Master of Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management Shillong, India, and a Bachelor of Technology in electronics and telecommunication engineering from Marathwada University, India. He has over 13 years of experience in information security and holds CISM, CCSK, and CSXF certifications.

Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy
Michael is a Compliance Program Manager at AWS where he leads multiple security and privacy initiatives. Michael has over 14 years of experience in information security and holds a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology. He also holds CISSP, CRISC, CISA, and CISM certifications.

Nathan Samuel

Nathan Samuel
Nathan is a Compliance Program Manager at AWS where he leads multiple security and privacy initiatives. Nathan has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and has over 21 years of experience in security assurance. He holds the CISA, CRISC, CGEIT, CISM, CDPSE, and Certified Internal Auditor certifications.

Gabby Iem

Gabby Iem
Gabby is a Program Manager at AWS. She supports multiple initiatives within AWS security assurance and has recently received her bachelor’s degree from Chapman University studying business administration.

Jeff Cheung

Jeff Cheung
Jeff is a Technical Program Manager at AWS where he leads multiple security and privacy initiatives across business lines. Jeff has Bachelor’s degrees in Information Systems and Economics from SUNY Stony Brook and has over 20 years of experience in information security and assurance. Jeff has held professional certifications such as CISA, CISM, and PCI-QSA.

Noah Miller

Noah Miller
Noah is a Compliance Program Manager at AWS and supports multiple security and privacy initiatives within AWS. Noah has 6 years of experience in information security. He has a master’s degree in Cybersecurity Risk Management and a bachelor’s degree in Informatics from Indiana University.

Will Black

Will Black
Will is a Compliance Program Manager at Amazon Web Services where he leads multiple security and compliance initiatives. Will has 10 years of experience in compliance and security assurance and holds a degree in Management Information Systems from Temple University. Additionally, he is a PCI Internal Security Assessor (ISA) for AWS and holds the CCSK and ISO 27001 Lead Implementer certifications.

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Fall 2025 PCI DSS compliance package available now

✇AWS Security Blog
By: Tushar Jain

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce that two additional AWS services and one additional AWS Region have been added to the scope of our Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) certification:

Newly added services:

Newly added AWS Region:

  • Asia Pacific (Taipei)

This certification allows customers to use these services while maintaining PCI DSS compliance, enabling innovation without compromising security. The full list of services can be found on the AWS Services in Scope by Compliance Program. The PCI DSS compliance package includes two key components:

  • Attestation of Compliance (AOC) demonstrating that AWS was successfully validated against the PCI DSS standard.
  • AWS Responsibility Summary provides guidance to help AWS customers understand their responsibility in developing and operating a highly secure environment on AWS for handling payment card data.

AWS was evaluated by Coalfire, a third-party Qualified Security Assessor (QSA).

This refreshed PCI certification offers customers greater flexibility in deploying regulated workloads while reducing compliance overhead. Customers can access the PCI DSS certification through AWS Artifact. This self-service portal provides on-demand access to AWS compliance reports, streamlining audit processes.

AWS is excited to be the first cloud service provider to offer compliance reports to customers in NIST’s Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL), an open source, machine-readable (JSON) format for security information. The PCI DSS report package (which includes both the PCI DSS AOC and the AWS Responsibility Summary) in OSCAL format is now available separately in AWS Artifact, marking a milestone towards open, standards-based compliance automation. This machine-readable version of the PCI DSS report package enables workflow automation to reduce manual processing time and modernize security and compliance processes. Your use cases for this content are innovative and we want to hear about them through the contact information found in the OSCAL report package.

To learn more about our PCI programs and other compliance and security programs, see the AWS Compliance Programs page. As always, we value your feedback and questions; reach out to the AWS Compliance team through the Compliance Support page.

If you have feedback about this post, submit comments in the Comments section below. If you have questions about this post, contact AWS Support.

Tushar Jain Tushar Jain
Tushar is a Compliance Program Manager at AWS where he leads multiple security and privacy initiatives Tushar holds a Master of Business Administration from Indian Institute of Management Shillong, India and a Bachelor of Technology in electronics and telecommunication engineering from Marathwada University, India. He has over 13 years of experience in information security and holds CISM, CCSK and CSXF certifications.
Will Black Will Black
Will is a Compliance Program Manager at AWS where he leads multiple security and compliance initiatives. Will has 10 years of experience in compliance and security assurance and holds a degree in Management Information Systems from Temple University. Additionally, he is a PCI Internal Security Assessor (ISA) for AWS and holds the CCSK and ISO 27001 Lead Implementer certifications.
Fritz Kunstler Fritz Kunstler
Fritz is a Principal Security Engineer at AWS, currently focused on AI applications to transform security governance, risk, and compliance. Fritz has been an AWS customer since 2008 and an Amazonian since 2016.
Brian Ruf Brian Ruf
Brian is co-creator of the Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL). He is an independent consultant at AWS providing modeling and advisory services to ensure accurate and compliant OSCAL generation. Brian has a Bachelor of Information Science from Stockton University. He has 35 years of experience in information technology, including 25 years in cybersecurity, data modeling, and process improvement/automation experience and holds CISSP, CCSP and PMP certifications.
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