AWS Wickr is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region

AWS Wickr is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region. This expansion allows you to establish a Wickr network in an AWS Asia Pacific Region to help meet data residency requirements, and other obligations.

Wickr is an end-to-end encrypted messaging and collaboration application that helps public and private sector organizations keep internal and external communications secure, private, and compliant. Wickr protects one-to-one and group messaging, voice and video calling, file sharing, screen sharing, and location sharing with 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption, and provides data retention capabilities. Every message, call, and file is encrypted on the sender’s device using a unique secret key, and remains secure in transit. No one except intended recipients and your organization can access the content.

Administrators can create Wickr networks through the AWS Management Console. Customers have full administrative control over data, which includes addressing information governance polices, configuring ephemeral messaging options, and deleting credentials for lost or stolen devices. You can log both internal and external conversations in a Wickr network to a private data store that you manage for data retention and auditing purposes. Wickr is available in the AWS US East (Northern Virginia), AWS GovCloud (US-West), AWS Canada (Central), AWS Europe (London) Region, and now in the AWS Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region.

To learn more and get started, visit the AWS Wickr product detail page, or contact us.