Aligning AWS security capabilities with standards and security frameworks for the Betting and Gaming industry – Part 1

This article explains how AWS security services align with Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) standards for the heavily regulated betting and gaming industry.

• GLI-19 and GLI-33 establish technical benchmarks for platform security, data integrity, player protection, and operational transparency
• AWS Security Improvement Program (SIP) pillars address identity management, detection, infrastructure protection, data protection, and incident response
• AWS KMS, Macie, and CloudHSM provide encryption and PII discovery capabilities for data protection
• Amazon Cognito enables adaptive MFA and risk-based authentication for identity and access management
• CloudTrail with S3 Object Lock creates tamper-evident audit trails meeting 5-7 year retention requirements
• VPC, Shield Advanced, GuardDuty, and WAF provide network segmentation and threat detection
• Multi-account AWS Organizations structure enforces preventive guardrails across regulatory environments

AWS customers remain responsible for configuring services to meet their specific compliance obligations under the Shared Responsibility Model.