DRHCOPS02-BP01 Consider AWS Outposts for data residency requirements when you need to evaluate data residency requirements, including control over data and its physical location

Consider AWS Outposts to run AWS services on-premises and meet data residency requirements for regulatory compliance or data sovereignty reasons.

Desired outcome: You chose AWS Outposts to meet your data residency requirements while maintaining complete control over data and its physical location.

Benefits of establishing this best practice: Use the right AWS service offering for your requirements.

Level of risk exposed if this best practice is not established: High

Implementation guidance

You can use AWS Outposts to run AWS services on-premises, providing the same infrastructure, services, and operational models as the AWS Cloud while keeping sensitive data within your data center. Review the updated shared responsibility model to understand additional responsibilities when using AWS Outposts. For more detail, see Available locations for AWS Outposts racks and Servers.