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Amazon IoT in Amazon Web Services in China - Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China
Services or capabilities described in Amazon Web Services documentation might vary by Region. To see the differences applicable to the China Regions, see Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China (PDF).

Amazon IoT in Amazon Web Services in China

Amazon IoT provides secure, bi-directional communication between Internet-connected things (such as sensors, actuators, embedded devices, or smart appliances) and the Amazon Cloud. This enables you to collect telemetry data from multiple devices and store and analyze the data. You can also create applications that enable your users to control these devices from their phones or tablets. Amazon IoT includes Amazon IoT Device Management and Amazon IoT Device Defender. Amazon IoT Device Defender allows you to audit the configuration of your devices, monitor your connected devices to detect abnormal behavior, and to mitigate security risks. It gives you the ability to enforce consistent security policies across your Amazon IoT device fleet and respond quickly when devices are compromised.

Region availability

Amazon IoT is available in the following regions in China:

  • Beijing Region

  • Ningxia Region

How Amazon IoT differs

The following differences apply to Amazon IoT:

Amazon IoT Core

The following are not available:

  • The Amazon IoT SiteWise rule action

  • Amazon IoT Analytics, Amazon IoT Events, and Amazon Cognito are not available in the Ningxia Region.

  • Encryption of stored data (data at rest) for the fleet indexing service

  • Alexa Voice Service Integration for Amazon IoT

  • Configurable endpoints

Amazon IoT Device Defender

The following types of audit checks are not available:

  • IOT_ROLE_ALIAS_OVERLY_PERMISSIVE_CHECK

  • IOT_ROLE_ALIAS_ALLOWS_ACCESS_TO_UNUSED_SERVICES_CHECK

The following audit checks are available in the Beijing Region but not the Ningxia Region:

  • UNAUTHENTICATED_COGNITO_ROLE_OVERLY_PERMISSIVE_CHECK

  • AUTHENTICATED_COGNITO_ROLE_OVERLY_PERMISSIVE_CHECK

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