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Tuesday, September 8, 2026

API Gateway Now Supports Your Own Client Certificates for Backend mTLS

Amazon API Gateway just leveled up its security game—you can now bring your own client certificate (from third-party or AWS Private CA) for backend mTLS handshakes. The post walks you through building a REST API with encrypted outbound connections to an ECS backend, perfect for enterprises that need serious certificate control.

source: [aws/compute-blog]