What Is AWS Artifact?
AWS Artifact provides on-demand downloads of AWS security and compliance documents,
such as
AWS ISO certifications, Payment Card Industry (PCI), and Service Organization Control
(SOC) reports. You can submit the security and compliance documents (also
known as audit artifacts) to your auditors or regulators to demonstrate
the security and compliance of the AWS infrastructure and services that you use. You
can
also use these documents as guidelines to evaluate your own cloud architecture and
assess
the effectiveness of your company's internal controls. AWS Artifact provides documents
about AWS
only. AWS customers are responsible for developing or obtaining documents that demonstrate
the security and compliance of their companies. For more information, see Shared
Responsibility Model
You can also use AWS Artifact to review, accept, and track the status of AWS agreements such as the Business Associate Addendum (BAA). A BAA typically is required for companies that are subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to ensure that protected health information (PHI) is appropriately safeguarded. With AWS Artifact, you can accept agreements with AWS and designate AWS accounts that can legally process restricted information. You can accept an agreement on behalf of multiple accounts. To accept agreements for multiple accounts, use AWS Organizations to create an organization. For more information, see Managing Your Agreements in AWS Artifact.
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Are You a First-Time User of AWS Artifact?
If you're a first-time user of AWS Artifact, we recommend that you begin by reading the following sections:
Accessing AWS Artifact
AWS Artifact provides a web-based user interface, the AWS Artifact console. If you
have signed up
for an AWS
account,
you can access the AWS Artifact console by signing in
to
https://console.aws.amazon.com/artifact/
For information about creating permissions that control access to the console for you and other users, see Create an IAM Admin Group and User.
Securing Your Documents
AWS Artifact documents are confidential and should be kept secure at all times. AWS
Artifact uses
the AWS
shared compliance responsibility model
You are only permitted to share documents marked as confidential within your company, with your regulators, or with your auditors. You aren't permitted to share these documents with your customers or on your website. We strongly recommend that you use a secure document sharing service, such as Amazon WorkDocs, to share documents with others. Don't send the documents through email or upload them to an unsecure site.
AWS Artifact Regions
AWS Artifact is available in all public regions.
Pricing for AWS Artifact
AWS provides AWS Artifact documents and agreements to you free of cost.
