Amazon OpenSearch Service adds supports for two new third party plugins

Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports two new third-party plugins: an encryption plugin from Portal26.ai and a Name Match plugin from Babel Street. These optional plugins can be associated with OpenSearch Service clusters.

Specifically, the article covers:

• The encryption plugin from Portal26.ai uses NIST FIPS 140-2 certified encryption to secure data indexed by OpenSearch Service, with support for Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) and multi-tenancy.
• The Babel Street Name Match Plugin accurately matches names, organizations, addresses, and dates in over 24 languages, enhancing security operations and regulatory compliance.
• The plugins can be associated, disassociated, and listed using the AWS Management Console and AWS CLI, with support for the "CreatePackage" and "AssociatePackage" APIs.
• The plugins are available for OpenSearch Service domains running OpenSearch version 2.15 and above, in all AWS regions where OpenSearch Service is available, except AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.