Which industry compliance standards has Snowflake been audited and certified for?

Third-party auditors assess the security and compliance of Amazon Redshift as part of multiple AWS compliance programs. These include SOC, PCI, FedRAMP, HIPAA, and others.

For a list of AWS services in scope of specific compliance programs, see AWS services in scope by compliance program. For general information, see AWS compliance programs.

You can download third-party audit reports using AWS Artifact. For more information, see Downloading reports in AWS Artifact.

Your compliance responsibility when using Amazon Redshift is determined by the sensitivity of your data, your organization's compliance objectives, and applicable laws and regulations. If your use of Amazon Redshift is subject to compliance with standards like HIPAA, PCI, or FedRAMP, AWS provides resources to help:

  • Security and compliance quick start guides that discuss architectural considerations and steps for deploying security- and compliance- focused baseline environments on AWS.

  • Architecting for HIPAA security and compliance whitepaper, which describes how companies can use AWS to create HIPAA-compliant applications.

  • AWS compliance resources, workbooks and guides that might apply to your industry and location.

  • AWS Config, an AWS service, can assess how well your resource configurations comply with internal practices, industry guidelines, and regulations.

  • AWS Security Hub, an AWS service, provides a comprehensive view of your security state within AWS that helps you check your compliance with security industry standards and best practices.

The following compliance and security documents cover Amazon Redshift and are available on demand through AWS Artifact. For more information, see AWS Artifact.

  • Cloud Computing Compliance Controls Catalogue (C5)

  • ISO 27001:2013 Statement of Applicability (SoA)

  • ISO 27001:2013 Certification

  • ISO 27017:2015 Statement of Applicability (SoA)

  • ISO 27017:2015 Certification

  • ISO 27018:2015 Statement of Applicability (SoA)

  • ISO 27018:2014 Certification

  • ISO 9001:2015 Certification

  • PCI DSS Attestation of Compliance (AOC) and Responsibility Summary

  • Service Organization Controls (SOC) 1 Report

  • Service Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Report

  • Service Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Report For Confidentiality

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Snowflake Achieves New HITRUST Risk-based, 2-Year Certification to Manage Risk, Improve Security Posture, and Meet Compliance Requirements

With new HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year Certification, Snowflake remains committed to meeting key regulations and protecting sensitive information

No-Headquarters/BOZEMAN, Mont. — Snowflake, the Data Cloud company, today announced that it has achieved HITRUST r2 Certification for information security.

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With HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year (r2) Certified status, Snowflake’s Healthcare & Life Sciences Data Cloud has replaced its outgoing certification with a significantly expanded scope and continues to satisfy key regulations and industry-defined requirements for managing healthcare data.This achievement places Snowflake in an elite group of organizations worldwide that have earned this certification. By including federal and state regulations, standards, and frameworks, and incorporating a risk-based approach, the HITRUST Assurance Program helps organizations address security and data protection challenges through a comprehensive and flexible framework of prescriptive and scalable security controls. In addition, HITRUST is a certifiable and recommended framework trusted by many health networks and hospitals to manage risk.

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“The Data Cloud, a live, connected ecosystem of healthcare data, promotes better outcomes for patients and provides a reimagined approach to interoperability,” said Jesse Cugliotta, Global Industry Lead – Healthcare and Life Sciences at Snowflake. “Continuing to meet HITRUST standards for health care data ensures that Snowflake is the right partner for healthcare and life science organizations who are looking to unlock the value of their data.”

Snowflake has also joined the HITRUST Shared Responsibility and Inheritance Program offering our customers and business partners a HITRUST Shared Responsibility Matrix® (SRM) to reduce time, effort and costs associated with risk management and data protection assurances by inheriting security controls and sharing prior HITRUST Validated or Certified Assessment results.

This allows customers to deploy business solutions into Snowflake and take advantage of over 400 inheritable controls, which creates efficiencies and time savings for customers looking to leverage Snowflake’s platform and ensure that customer data is protected.

“In today’s ever-changing threat landscape, HITRUST is continually innovating to find new and creative approaches to address challenges,” said Jeremy Huval, Chief Innovation Officer, HITRUST. “Snowflake’s HITRUST Risk-based 2-year Certification is evidence that they are at the forefront of industry best practices for information risk management and compliance.”

For more information on Snowflake’s Health and Life Sciences Data Cloud and HITRUST Program, visit here.

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Which of the following industry compliance standards has Snowflake been audited and certified for?

ISO/IEC 27001 The International Organization for Standardization provides requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining, and continually improving an information security management system. Snowflake's ISO Certificate is available for download by clicking here.

Which of the following certifications Snowflake is compliant of?

In addition, support for ITAR compliance, SOC 2 Type 2, PCI DSS compliance, and support for HITRUST compliance all validate the level of Snowflake security required by industries, and state and federal government.

Is Snowflake NIST compliant?

Snowflake's encryption key management conforms to NIST 800-53 and involves regular rotation of encryption keys. Hardware security modules are used to safeguard top-level encryption keys.

Is Snowflake GxP compliant?

Snowflake is fully GxP compatible, allowing you to implement and manage processes and controls that ensure the data security, availability and integrity needed.