Amazon Virtual Private Cloud launches new security group sharing features

This article introduces new features for managing security groups in Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC): Security Group VPC Associations and Shared Security Groups. These features allow for better consistency and simplicity in managing security group configurations across multiple VPCs and accounts.

Specifically, the article covers:

• Security Group VPC Associations: Allows associating a security group with multiple VPCs in the same account.
• Shared Security Groups: Enables sharing security groups with participant accounts in a shared VPC.
• Benefits: Enforces consistent traffic filtering rules for workloads across VPCs and accounts, simplifying configuration and maintenance.
• Availability: These features are available in all commercial AWS Regions, AWS GovCloud Regions, and China Regions.