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AWS Transfer Family Terraform Module Adds Malware Scanning

🛡️ AWS has updated the Transfer Family Terraform module to support automated malware scanning workflows for files transferred to S3. The module provisions GuardDuty S3 Protection–based scan pipelines, dynamic routing based on results, and threat notifications in a single deployment. It preserves folder structure, allows granular S3 prefix targeting, and helps ensure only verified clean files reach applications and data lakes.

AWS Transfer Family: Change IdP Type Without Downtime

🔁 AWS Transfer Family now lets administrators change a server's identity provider (IdP) type without service interruption. This update allows dynamic switching among service-managed, Active Directory, and custom IdP authentication for SFTP, FTPS, and FTP servers, enabling zero-downtime migrations and faster compliance adaptation. The capability is available in all AWS Regions where Transfer Family operates.

AWS Transfer Family SFTP Connectors Gain VPC Support

🔒 AWS Transfer Family SFTP connectors can now route connections through your Amazon VPC, enabling secure file transfers between Amazon S3 and remote SFTP servers whether privately or publicly hosted. Connectors can present VPC CIDR IP addresses for compatibility with IP allowlists and leverage NAT Gateway bandwidth for higher-throughput internet transfers. All traffic is routed through existing VPC networking and security controls, including Transit Gateway and centralized firewalls to help meet data security mandates.

AWS Transfer Family Adds VPC Endpoint Policy Support

🔒 AWS now supports attaching VPC endpoint policies to Transfer Family interface VPC endpoints, enabling administrators to apply granular access controls to Transfer Family APIs. Administrators can restrict specific API actions, designate which principals may call them, and limit target resources. The capability integrates with existing IAM policies and organizational service control policies, and Transfer Family also supports FIPS 140-3 enabled VPC endpoints across all AWS Regions.

AWS Transfer Family Now Available in Taipei Region

🚀 AWS announced that AWS Transfer Family is now available in the Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region, supporting SFTP, FTP, FTPS and AS2 for managed file transfers. The service delivers fully managed ingress and egress to Amazon S3 and Amazon EFS, and integrates with event-driven automation to streamline file-processing workflows. This regional availability helps customers modernize and migrate business-to-business file exchanges to AWS while reducing operational overhead.

AWS Transfer Family Adds Terraform SFTP Connector Support

🚀 The AWS Transfer Family Terraform module now supports provisioning SFTP connectors to transfer files between Amazon S3 and remote SFTP servers. Announced 2025-08-27, the addition builds on existing Terraform support for SFTP server endpoints and enables programmatic provisioning of connectors, dependencies, and customizations in a single IaC deployment. The module includes end-to-end examples to automate transfers on schedules or event triggers, reducing manual configuration and improving repeatability, security, and scale.

Secure File Sharing on AWS: Security and Cost Options

🔐 This post by Swapnil Singh (updated July 28, 2025) compares AWS file-sharing options and explains security and cost trade-offs to help architects choose the right approach. Part 1 focuses on AWS Transfer Family, Transfer Family web apps, S3 pre-signed URLs, and a serverless pre-signed URL pattern (API Gateway + Lambda), outlining strengths, limitations, and pricing considerations. It emphasizes requirements gathering—access patterns, protocols, security, operations, and business constraints—and presents a decision matrix and high-level guidance for selecting a solution.