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Amazon Inspector Expands to AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region for Continuous Vulnerability Scanning

Amazon Inspector launched in the Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region, providing automated continuous security assessments of AWS workloads including EC2, containers, and Lambda.

AI-ASSISTED REPORTING · RETROSPECTIVE ARCHIVE

Retrospective edition: 2026-05-19. Source published: 2026-05-19. Added to this archive: 2026-11-03. This briefing was prepared later from the linked announcement; it was not published on this website on the historical edition date.

The service detects new compute resources, conducts vulnerability and exposure scans, and delivers actionable findings across an AWS Organization. Newly onboarded accounts receive a 15-day free trial scanning eligible instances, functions, and container images with no charge.

Inspector aims to improve security posture by automating discovery and assessment processes, accommodating container and serverless environments. Its regional expansion supports customers requiring continuous vulnerability management within this AWS locality.

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Amazon Inspector is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region ↗

Source published 2026-05-19. This report was prepared with AI assistance from the linked primary-source material. Claims and limitations should be checked against the original announcement or research.