Introducing AWS Cloud WAN in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions

This article announces AWS Cloud WAN general availability in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, enabling centralized network management for government and regulated organizations.

• AWS Cloud WAN now available in GovCloud (US-West) and GovCloud (US-East) Regions
• Policy-based automation replaces manual configuration across multiple networks and locations
• Supports multi-Region disaster recovery with dynamic BGP routing between Regions
• Integrates with Direct Connect, Site-to-Site VPN, and third-party SD-WAN products
• Service insertion enables automated traffic steering through AWS Network Firewall and security appliances
• Regional segment confinement maintains data residency and compliance boundaries
• Centralized dashboard provides unified network topology, health, and performance visibility
• Control plane home Region is GovCloud (US-West); FIPS 140-3 validated endpoint
• Cannot span between GovCloud and commercial partitions due to isolation requirements

AWS Cloud WAN brings policy-driven network automation to GovCloud, simplifying hybrid connectivity, disaster recovery, and network segmentation while maintaining compliance requirements for government and regulated workloads.