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Security New Features in August 2026

This blog post summarizes the feature updates for Alibaba Cloud Security Products targeting international markets in August 2026.

We’re pleased to share our latest monthly update newsletter, which summarizes the key international feature updates for Alibaba Cloud Security products in August 2026. The highlights include:

● Agent Loop feature released;

● Anti-DDoS Native supports the commercialization of fully standardized log ingestion;

● WAF releases ATO commercialization and multiple mitigation capabilities enhancements.

Anti-DDoS

● Feature: Anti-DDoS - One-Click Enablement of WAF as a Service for Anti-DDoS Proxy (Aug. 7, 2026)

Customer Value: The Anti-DDoS Proxy console now supports one-click enablement of WAF as a Service. After the feature is enabled, domain assets onboarded to Anti-DDoS Proxy are automatically synchronized to the WAF console.Please refer to Official Documentation for more details.

● Feature: Anti-DDoS Native Supports the Commercialization of Fully Standardized Log Ingestion (Aug. 13, 2026)

Customer Value: 1)Supports Anti-DDoS Native 2.0 users in directly enabling the Log Service to achieve seamless sales integration;2)Supports using different Logstores to manage multiple Anti-DDoS Native 2.0 instances separately.Please refer to Official Documentation for more details.

Security Center

● Feature: Attack Management Supports Pay-as-you-go Billing and Independent Credential Configuration for Sites (Aug. 17, 2026)

Customer Value: Attack Management introduces a pay-as-you-go billing model to lower the barrier to entry. Additionally, it supports configuring site-specific credentials for penetration testing tasks, enhancing security isolation across multiple environments.Please refer to Official Documentation for more details.

Cloud Firewall

● Feature: VPC Firewall Optimization (CEN-TR) (Aug. 4, 2026)

Customer Value: Supports high availability and low latency for VPC firewalls while reducing deployment costs.

● Feature: NAT Firewall Supports Active/Standby Mode (Aug. 21, 2026)

Customer Value: Helps users achieve secure control and auditing of NAT gateways via Cloud Firewall while minimizing the additional latency imposed on their business.Please refer to Official Documentation for more details.

WAF

● Feature: Added Application Identity Authentication SSO Integration and Multiple Experience Optimizations (Aug. 3, 2026)

Customer Value: WAF now supports SSO single sign-on integration, enabling connection to Alibaba Cloud IDaaS and third-party PAM tools, and optimizes TLS configuration, MSE access, and other feature experiences.Please refer to Official Documentation for more details.

● Feature: WAF Releases ATO Commercialization and Multiple Mitigation Capabilities Enhancements (Aug. 17, 2026)

Customer Value: WAF releases official commercialization of Account Security (ATO), the default template for bot management web protection, and other capabilities, and optimizes API security detection and AI application mitigation logs.Please refer to Official Documentation for more details.

Data Security Center

● Feature: AI Data Audit is Now Available (Aug. 3, 2026)

Customer Value: Data Security Center launches AI Data Audit. Powered by large language models, it intelligently analyzes comprehensive logs to improve risk alert accuracy and optimize enterprise data security governance.Please refer to Official Documentation for more details.
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Agent Security Center

● Feature: Agent Loop Feature Released (Aug. 18, 2026)

Customer Value: Agent Loop is a log analysis module of Agent Security Center. This feature supports comprehensive recording and tracing of agent running behavior, network communication, and security events. It provides end-to-end log collection and analysis capabilities for enterprise AI agents, from running behavior to security events, meeting compliance audit and security operations requirements.Please refer to Official Documentation for more details.
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KMS

● Feature: AccessKey-Free KMS Access for Multicloud and On-Premises Environments (Aug. 6, 2026)

Customer Value: Multicloud secure access and simplified integration solution with IDaaS integration support. Reduce credential management overhead, minimize leakage threats, and improve the integration experience.
Certificate Management Service

● Feature: GlobalSign Multi-Year Certificate Sales and Auto-Renewal Are Now Available (Aug. 17, 2026)

Customer Value: Digital Certificate Management Service adds multi-year purchase and auto-renewal for GlobalSign certificates, simplifying certificate lifecycle management.Please refer to Official Documentation for more details.

Resource Access Management

● Feature: RAM Launches an AI Assistant to Support Intelligent Diagnosis and Quick Fixes for Unauthorized Access Errors and AccessKey Network Access Policy Errors (Aug. 28, 2026)

Customer Value: RAM AI Assistant is now available, supporting intelligent diagnosis and one-click remediation for permission errors and AccessKey policy issues. It restores services in seconds, significantly reducing troubleshooting costs.

We welcome you to read the full article for more details. Should you have any questions or need further information, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

For more details about Alibaba Cloud security products and solutions, please visit the official website:https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/security?_p_lc=1&source=blog_new_Aug#/overview/

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