EC2’s formally verified “isolation engine” provides mathematical assurance of virtual-machine isolation
Splitting the “separation kernel” off from the rest of the Nitro security system and using only a subset of the Rust programming language to code it enabled its formal verification.
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3 bullets- Splitting the “separation kernel” off from the rest of the Nitro security system and using only a subset of the Rust programming language to code it enabled its formal verification.
- This is part of Amazon Science's research stream.
- The post was published on Jun 10, 2026.
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