AWS Security Agent expands to three new regions globally

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AWS Security Agent, now part of AWS Continuum, is expanding beyond its initial launch to Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Singapore), and South America (São Paulo). The agent provides AI-driven security capabilities throughout the software development lifecycle, including STRIDE-based threat modeling (a structured method for identifying security risks by category), full-repository and pull-request code reviews across major platforms like GitHub and GitLab, and on-demand penetration testing with reproducible attack paths.

Notably, the agent integrates with MCP (Model Context Protocol, a standard for connecting AI models to tools and data sources) and supports IDE plugins for Kiro and Claude Code, allowing developers to trigger threat modeling, code reviews, and remediation directly from their development environment. This regional expansion signals AWS is scaling its agentic security offering to a broader global customer base, though simulated validation remains restricted to US East (N. Virginia).