Amazon Macie

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Availability SLA

AWS commits to a 99.9% monthly uptime percentage for Macie in each AWS Region, subject to SLA exclusions.aws.amazon.com · read 1 Oct 2026

Commitments

There are no contracts or minimum commitments for using Amazon Macie.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 1 Oct 2026

Compliance use

AWS states that targeted sensitive data discovery jobs can help meet regulations such as HIPAA and GDPR.aws.amazon.com · read 1 Oct 2026

Data identifiers

Macie provides managed sensitive data types and lets customers create custom data identifiers using regular expressions.aws.amazon.com · read 1 Oct 2026

Discovery jobs

Macie supports automated sensitive data discovery and targeted jobs that can run once or on a recurring basis.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 1 Oct 2026

Encryption

Macie encrypts data at rest using AWS Key Management Service managed keys and encrypts data in transit between AWS services.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 1 Oct 2026

Findings retention

Macie findings are retained for 30 days, while full sensitive data discovery details are written to a customer-owned S3 bucket for long-term retention.aws.amazon.com · read 1 Oct 2026

Integrations

Macie publishes findings to Amazon EventBridge and can publish them to AWS Security Hub CSPM for monitoring and remediation workflows.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 1 Oct 2026

Multi-account

A single Macie administrator account can manage member accounts through AWS Organizations integration, with findings aggregated in the administrator account.aws.amazon.com · read 1 Oct 2026

Programmatic access

Macie provides a browser-based AWS Management Console, AWS command line tools, AWS SDKs, and a REST API.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 1 Oct 2026

Purpose

Amazon Macie discovers sensitive data using machine learning and pattern matching, provides visibility into data security risks, and enables automated protection.aws.amazon.com · read 1 Oct 2026

S3 monitoring

Macie continually evaluates Amazon S3 buckets for security and access controls and generates findings for issues such as publicly accessible buckets.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 1 Oct 2026

Service quotas

Default quotas include 10,000 monitored S3 buckets per account, 5 TB monthly analysis by discovery jobs, and 10,000 custom data identifiers per account.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 1 Oct 2026

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