AWS Startup Security Baseline

Apr 2026·
Swara Gandhi
Swara Gandhi
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Abstract
The AWS Startup Security Baseline (AWS SSB) is a set of controls that establish a foundational security baseline for startups building on AWS. Designed to reduce the most common security risks without adding significant operational overhead, covering credential security, logging and visibility, contact information management, and basic data boundary implementation.
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Cloud Security AWS Security Baseline Startups
Swara Gandhi
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Swara Gandhi
Senior Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services

Swara Gandhi is a Senior Solutions Architect in Identity Solutions at Amazon Web Services, based in New York. She is a 15x speaker at flagship AWS events - re:Invent, re:Inforce, and AWS Summits - and a speaker at RSA Conference 2026 on trusted identity propagation for autonomous agents across cloud and SaaS.

Swara specializes in access controls, data perimeters, and policy-as-code, delivering large-scale identity features and reference architectures adopted by Fortune 100 financial institutions. She is a core contributor to Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Identity, building OAuth flows, identity propagation patterns, and zero-trust primitives for the agentic AI era.

Swara is a contributor to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and FIDO Alliance, and serves on the IDPro Body of Knowledge Committee. She co-hosts industry webinars on bridging identity gaps across teams and systems, and is the author of widely-adopted AWS best practices, case studies, and open-source tooling for enterprise identity governance.

In 2025, Swara was recognized by the Influential Women platform for leadership and innovation in the identity space.