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Add Reason When Disabling Rules in Stax
Published 26 Oct 2021
Add a reason when disabling Rules in Stax to allow for future evaluation of a Rule's state.
Daily Compliance Notifications
Published 5 Oct 2021
Keep abreast of your AWS accounts' compliance by subscribing to daily compliance notifications.
CIS Benchmark version 1.4.0 is Now Available in the Compliance Module
Published 21 Sep 2021
The Compliance Module in Stax now supports the Center for Internet Security's Amazon Web Services Foundations Benchmark version 1.4.0.
Attach Policies to Account Types via the Policies page
Published 20 Sep 2021
Policy attachments are made easier with the ability to attach Policies to Account Types via the Policies page, as well as improved visibility of your attachments.
Permission Sets Filtering
Published 13 Sep 2021
Permission Sets and Permission Set Assignments can now be filtered and sorted in the Stax Console
Stax Workloads API Pagination Updates
Published 31 Aug 2021
Stax has applied updates to the Stax Workloads API for pagination. The Fetch Catalog Items endpoint now supports pagination, while fixes have been applied to the Fetch Workloads API endpoint.
Account Alias management, Filtering by AWS account ID and Improved Pagination in Accounts API
Published 19 Aug 2021
The Accounts API endpoints now allow for creating and updating account aliases, as well as filting by AWS account ID. Improvements have also been made to pagination within these API endpoints.
AWS Firewall Manager Delegated Administrator
Published 18 Aug 2021
Stax security account has been delegated as AWS Firewall Manager administrator for your organization.
Improvements to Stax Cost & Compliance
Published 2 Aug 2021
Stax has released improvements to Cost & Compliance Rules and Views functionality
Set Default Notifications for New Stax Cost & Compliance Users
Published 6 Jul 2021
Stax Cost & Compliance now allows you to set default notification settings when inviting new users.
Permission Sets Released
Published 1 Jul 2021
Stax has released Permission Sets to allow tailored access to Stax-managed AWS accounts for users.
Account Tags Available in Cost and Compliance Data
Published 17 Jun 2021
Tags assigned to AWS accounts in Stax or directly in AWS now propagated to Cost and Compliance data
Stax Tags on AWS Accounts
Published 15 Jun 2021
Tags assigned to Stax-managed AWS accounts in Stax will now be propagated to the underlying AWS accounts.
Advanced Routing Released
Published 31 May 2021
Stax has released advanced routing concepts for Stax Networks to allow better traffic handling in Stax-managed Networking Hubs and VPCs.
Additional Stax Networks S3 Interface Endpoint Record
Published 26 Apr 2021
Stax Networks additional S3 Interface Endpoint Hosted Zone wildcard record.
Additional Stax Networks VPC Lambda Interface Endpoint
Published 26 Apr 2021
Stax Networks now supports the Lambda VPC Interface Endpoint.
Additional Stax Networks Restricted Subnet Endpoint NACL
Published 13 Apr 2021
Additional NACL entry for the Restricted Subnets to enable Interface Endpoints.
Additional Stax Networks VPC Interface Endpoints
Published 6 Apr 2021
Stax Networks now supports additional VPC Interface Endpoints.
Simpler Date Selection on Data Page
Published 22 Mar 2021
A calendar picker has been added to the Data page to make it simpler to find the data you need.
Updated Notifications Experience and Microsoft Teams Functionality
Published 19 Mar 2021
The Notifications page has been redesigned and you can now send notifications direct to Microsoft Teams from Stax
Stax Networks Redundant NAT Gateways
Published 15 Mar 2021
When deploying a Networking Hub, Stax now has the ability to deploy redundant NAT Gateways.
AWS Credit Description on Data Page
Published 11 Feb 2021
The Cost & Compliance module has been updated to show additional details around AWS billing credits on the Data page.
New Site-to-Site VPN functionality for Stax Networks
Published 5 Feb 2021
Use Stax to provision your Site-to-Site VPN resources
Stax Cost & Compliance Module Admin Role
Published 3 Feb 2021
A new Cost & Compliance Module Admin role has been added to Stax
Stax2aws Release
Published 27 Jan 2021
A CLI tool to obtain AWS Credentials for your Stax-managed AWS accounts.
Rule Bundle Versions
Published 21 Jan 2021
Within the Cost & Compliance module, Rule Bundles are now versioned, with the ability to opt in to automatically stay up to date.
VPC Management Enhancements in the Stax Console
Published 22 Dec 2020
Stax has added the ability to enable/disable CloudWatch VPC Flow Logs on Stax VPCs, and also to see VPC configuration details at a glance in the Stax Console.
New Stax Workload Default Parameter - StaxAwsOrgId
Published 25 Nov 2020
Stax has added a new Stax Workload default parameter, StaxAwsOrgId, to allow access to your AWS Organization ID when deploying Stax Workloads.
Stax Cost Group By
Published 23 Nov 2020
Stax has added new functionality to the Data page which allows you to group your costs.
New Stax Workload Query Filters
Published 20 Nov 2020
Stax has made changes to the Stax Workloads API to make it easier to find Workloads you have deployed into your Stax-managed AWS accounts. These filters are available in the API and the SDK.
Frequently Used Views and Segments
Published 30 Oct 2020
Stax has updated the Global Filters drop-down to include the Views and Segments that users most frequently use.
Changelog RSS and Atom Feed
Published 28 Oct 2020
Stax has introduced an RSS and Atom feed for receiving changelog updates.
Logging VPC Flow Logs to a Cloudwatch Log Group
Published 20 Oct 2020
Stax has added the ability to log VPC Flow Logs to a Cloudwatch Log Group
New Private Subnet NACL Rule for Stax VPCs
Published 20 Oct 2020
Stax has added a new Network Access Control List (NACL) entry for the Private Subnet in your Stax VPCs allowing inbound UDP traffic from the ephemeral ports
New Fetch Account Filtering Options
Published 16 Oct 2020
Stax has added the ability to retrieve accounts based on their name with the fetch accounts API
New Stax Security Events
Published 7 Oct 2020
Stax has added additional security events to Stax Events
New Direct Connect functionality for Stax Networks
Published 6 Oct 2020
Use Stax to provision your Direct Connect resources
New Stax Account Management Events
Published 2 Oct 2020
Stax has added additional account management events to Stax Events
New Stax Security Events
Published 30 Sep 2020
Stax has added additional security events to Stax Events
CloudTrail event forwarding for Stax resources
Published 28 Sep 2020
Additional Stax monitoring to ensure the security of Stax resources within your AWS accounts.
Account Type Name Re-Use
Published 2 Sep 2020
Account Type names can now be reused after an Account Type has been deleted.
Targeted Rule Alerts
Published 21 Aug 2020
Within the Cost & Compliance module, you can now enable individual Rules, all Rules, or use advanced filters to create an alert that suits your workflow or organization.
Edit Transit VPC's Gateway Endpoints
Published 20 Aug 2020
As part of Stax Networks, Gateway VPC Endpoints attached to your Transit VPC at Hub create time can now be modified.
Stax Foundation Compliance Rule Bundle
Published 10 Aug 2020
Stax has released the Stax Foundation Compliance Rule Bundle which assesses the compliance of your AWS accounts against enterprise-grade security controls.
Stax Events
Published 6 Aug 2020
Stax has partnered with AWS to provide Stax customers with a Stax Events - AWS Eventbridge integration.
DNS management for on-premises infrastructure
Published 1 Jul 2020
New DNS functionality within Stax Networks allows you to connect your on-premises infrastructure with resources in your Stax accounts.
IAM Access Analyzer
Published 30 Jun 2020
As part of Stax Account Assurance, AWS IAM Access Analyzer is now enabled within every region of every account in your Organization.
Knowledge base articles in Stax Docs
Published 30 Jun 2020
Stax has introduced a Knowledge Base within Stax Docs, which provides information and guidance on how to solve a wide range of Stax use cases.
Search in Stax Docs
Published 30 Jun 2020
We have added search functionality to Stax Docs to help you find the information you are looking for.
Workload Protection in Stax
Published 30 Jun 2020
Stax Workloads now supports the use of AWS Stack Policies.