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Amazon Aurora now supports Server-Side Encryption by default

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Amazon Aurora further strengthens your security posture by automatically applying server-side encryption by default to all new databases clusters, created starting today, using AWS-owned keys . This encryption is fully managed, transparent to users, with no cost or performance impact.

Aurora now automatically encrypts all new database clusters created without custom encryption settings using server-side encryption by default. Existing clusters remain unaffected and you can continue using the current encryption configuration with customer-managed or AWS-managed KMS keys. This automatic encryption only applies to new clusters where no encryption configuration is provided. You cannot disable encryption on new clusters, but can choose customer-managed or AWS-managed KMS keys instead of server side encryption during cluster creation. Server side encryption provides encryption protection without requiring you to provision, rotate, or manage keys.

This update is available in all AWS Regions , including the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions . To learn more about encryption at rest, refer to our blog or see Aurora encryption documentation .

AWS Glue 5.1 is now available in 18 additional regions

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AWS Glue 5.1 is now available in eighteen additional AWS Regions: Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad, Jakarta, Melbourne, Osaka, Seoul, Taipei), Canada (Calgary, Central), Europe (London, Milan, Paris, Zurich), Israel (Tel Aviv), Mexico (Central), Middle East (Bahrain, UAE), and US West (N. California).

AWS Glue is a serverless, scalable data integration service that simplifies discovering, preparing, moving, and integrating data from multiple sources. AWS Glue 5.1 upgrades core engines to Apache Spark 3.5.6, Python 3.11, and Scala 2.12.18, bringing performance and security enhancements. It also updates support for open table format libraries, including Apache Hudi 1.0.2, Apache Iceberg 1.10.0, and Delta Lake 3.3.2. Additionally, AWS Glue 5.1 introduces support for Apache Iceberg format version 3.0, adding default column values, deletion vectors for merge-on-read tables, multi-argument transforms, and row lineage tracking. This release also extends AWS Lake Formation fine-grained access control to write operations (both DML and DDL) for Spark DataFrames and Spark SQL. Previously, this capability was limited to read operations only. AWS Glue 5.1 also adds full-table access control in Apache Spark for Apache Hudi and Delta Lake tables, providing more comprehensive security options for your data.

With this expansion, AWS Glue 5.1 is now available in thirty-three AWS Regions.

You can get started with AWS Glue 5.1 using AWS Glue APIs, AWS Command Line Interface (CLI), AWS Software Development Kit (SDK), AWS Glue Studio, or Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio. To learn more, visit the AWS Glue product page and our documentation . 

Claude Sonnet 4.6 now available in Amazon Bedrock

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Starting today, Amazon Bedrock supports Claude Sonnet 4.6, which offers frontier performance across coding, agents, and professional work at scale. According to Anthropic, Claude Sonnet 4.6 is their best computer use model yet, allowing organizations to deploy browser-based automation across business tools with near-human reliability. Claude Sonnet 4.6 approaches Opus 4.6 intelligence at a lower cost. It enables faster, high-quality task completion, making it ideal for high-volume coding and knowledge work use cases. 

 

Claude Sonnet 4.6 serves as a direct upgrade to Sonnet 4.5 across use cases that require consistent conversational quality and efficient multi-step orchestration. For search and chat applications, it delivers reliable performance across single and multi-turn exchanges at a price point that makes high-volume deployment practical, maintaining quality standards while optimizing for scale. Developers can leverage Claude Sonnet 4.6’s for agentic workflows, seamlessly filling both lead agent and subagent roles in multi-model pipelines with precise workflow management and context compaction capabilities. Enterprise teams can use Claude Sonnet 4.6 to power domain-specific applications with professional precision, including spreadsheet and financial model creation that accelerates analysis workflows, compliance review processes that require meticulous attention to detail, and data summarization tasks where iteration speed and accuracy are paramount. Claude Sonnet 4.6 requires only minor prompting adjustments from Sonnet 4.5, ensuring smooth migration for existing implementations. 

 

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is now available in Amazon Bedrock. For the full list of available regions, refer to the documentation . To learn more and get started with Claude Sonnet 4.6 in Amazon Bedrock, read the About Amazon blog  and visit the Amazon Bedrock console .

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