AWS Certificate Manager will discontinue email validation to prove domain validation for certificates

2026-08-14T08:52:00Z1c037a8ac550aa15843cfe99c05a4cbf9e1df59ec73ba53014f9b59ee0f63669
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What happened

AWS Security Blog RSS feed containing announcements, compliance reports, identity and access management guidance, S3 permission remediation, certificate lifecycle changes, encryption architecture, AI coding-agent controls, software supply-chain security, and vulnerability-management tooling. The most security-relevant items address the planned discontinuation of email validation for ACM public certificates by September 30, 2027, over-permissioned S3 buckets, DPRK-linked open-source supply-chain attacks, and securing npm/PyPI package updates.

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