Logically air-gapped vaults provide isolated and immutable backup storage locked by default and encrypted with customer or AWS-managed keys. The recent expansion includes regions across Asia Pacific, North America, and Mexico, enabling localized compliance and improved data durability.
Features include cross-account and cross-region backup copying, shared recovery via AWS Resource Access Manager, and multi-party approvals for vault access, which bolster security against account compromises. These capabilities are AWS service updates; no independent audits mentioned.
Source & further reading
AWS Backup extends logically air-gapped vault support to six additional AWS Regions ↗Source published 2026-07-16. 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.