"AWS announces Credential Guard support for Windows instances on Amazon EC2"

Protect those #LSASS secrets!

An OS like #Windows has a hard time doing it without #virtualization based security, provided by a #hypervisor like the one found in the #NitroSystem.

#AWS #Security #ActiveDirectory #PassTheHash #PtH

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/01/aws-credential-guard-windows-instances-amazon-ec2/

The Security Design of the AWS Nitro System
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/security-design-of-aws-nitro-system/the-nitro-system-journey.html
"The AWS Nitro System is the underlying platform for all modern EC2 instances. This whitepaper provides a detailed description of the security design of the Nitro System to assist you in evaluating EC2 for your sensitive workloads."
#AWS #EC2 #NitroSystem