Amazon Cognito launches high-throughput performance, customer-managed encryption, and multi-Region replication via new infrastructure
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Summary
Amazon Cognito has launched new capabilities including high-throughput performance, customer-managed keys for encryption at rest, and multi-Region replication for business continuity. These features are powered by a next-generation storage infrastructure designed for extensibility and scale. The AWS team migrated hundreds of millions of user profiles to this new infrastructure with minimal disruption. The blog post details the architecture behind these improvements and the technical decisions made to support demanding workloads while maintaining security and compliance.
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Amazon Cognito recently introduced high-throughput performance for demanding workloads, customer-managed keys for full control over data encryption at rest, and multi-Region replication for business continuity improvement.
These capabilities were made possible through a next-generation storage infrastructure designed for extensibility and scale.
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