Amazon Macie Classic Amazon Macie
Managed data security and data privacy service that uses machine learning and pattern matching to discover and protect sensitive data stored in Amazon S3.
Naming timeline
- Amazon Macie (later renamed Amazon Macie Classic)
Launched as a machine-learning-powered sensitive data discovery and CloudTrail activity monitoring service on the macie API namespace.
- Amazon Macie (macie2) & Amazon Macie ClassicCurrent name
Launched the redesigned Amazon Macie on the macie2 API namespace focused on S3 bucket posture monitoring and automated sensitive data discovery, renaming the v1 service to Amazon Macie Classic (subsequently discontinued).
What replaced Amazon Macie Classic?
Amazon Macie Classic has been superseded by Amazon Macie, with the latest change on 13 May 2020 (Re-Architected General Availability). Managed data security and data privacy service that uses machine learning and pattern matching to discover and protect sensitive data stored in Amazon S3. The underlying legacy API or CLI surface is deprecated, so a technical migration is required.
Also known as
- Macie2
- Amazon Macie v2
Technical identifiers
Legacy identifiers deprecated. The underlying API or CLI surface for the legacy name is officially deprecated, so this change requires a technical migration rather than a label update.
| AWS Service APIs / SDKs | macie2 macie |
|---|---|
| AWS CLI Commands | aws macie2 |
| IAM Actions & Policies | macie2:* |
| Terraform Resources (aws_*) | aws_macie2_account aws_macie2_classification_job aws_macie2_custom_data_identifier aws_macie2_findings_filter aws_macie2_organization_admin_account |
The original macie v1 API and CLI namespace (Amazon Macie Classic) was discontinued and replaced by the macie2 API, aws macie2 CLI, macie2:* IAM actions, and aws_macie2_* Terraform resources.
Notes & disambiguation
- On May 13, 2020, AWS launched a completely redesigned version of Amazon Macie with a new architecture, reduced pricing, and native AWS Organizations multi-account support, renaming the original August 2017 release to Amazon Macie Classic.
- The redesigned Amazon Macie uses the macie2 API, CLI, IAM, and Terraform namespace (macie2, aws macie2, macie2:*, aws_macie2_*), whereas the discontinued Amazon Macie Classic used the legacy macie namespace.
- Amazon Macie Classic was officially discontinued and removed from the AWSServiceRoleForAmazonMacie service-linked role policy.
Sources & official documentation
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