AWS Backup for S3 Gets Direct Access to Your Backups—No Restore Needed
AWS Backup now lets you create S3 Access Points for instant read-only access to your backup data using standard S3 APIs, perfect for targeted file recovery, compliance checks, and forensic work without touching your protected vault. This works with both snapshot and continuous recovery points across select AWS Regions, and your recovery points stay locked down from deletion while an access point is active.
source: [aws/whats-new]