Building modern cloud applications with AWS enables teams to accelerate innovation while maintaining control and optimizing costs. Today’s cloud architectures leverage a mix of containers, serverless, and managed services, bringing both unprecedented flexibility and new considerations for governance and security teams. However, proven tools and practices exist to help organizations balance agility with control. Through interactive discussion and peer learning, you’ll discover how to build effective guardrails across your full application portfolio. We’ll share real-world lessons from enterprise deployments and explore AWS’s latest tools designed to simplify common operational, security, and compliance requirements across all compute models.