Does a provider being 'ISO 27001 certified' mean every one of its services is covered?

Not automatically, certifications are typically scoped to specific services and regions under the provider's compliance program, not the entire product catalog uniformly. Always check the provider's own compliance documentation (AWS Artifact, Azure Trust Center, Google Cloud Compliance Resource Center, Oracle Cloud Compliance) for the specific service you're using, rather than assuming a broad certification claim covers a niche or newly-launched service automatically.

Is FedRAMP High available in a provider's normal commercial regions?

Generally no, FedRAMP High authorization typically requires a dedicated, physically and logically separated government cloud partition (AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, Google Assured Workloads, OCI Government Cloud), not the standard commercial regions each provider also holds FedRAMP Moderate authorization for. This is one of the most common misunderstandings in compliance planning, assuming commercial-region FedRAMP Moderate satisfies a High requirement that actually needs the separate government partition.

Do all four providers offer a signed BAA for HIPAA workloads on the same terms?

All four offer a BAA, but the count and specific list of HIPAA-eligible services differs (roughly 90-100+ services depending on provider and how recently they've expanded coverage), and a service not on that specific list can't be used for PHI even under a signed BAA covering the account broadly. Check the current HIPAA-eligible services list for your specific provider before architecting a PHI workflow around a service that might not actually be covered.

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Compare compliance certifications (SOC2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, FedRAMP) across all major clouds.

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Feature	AWS	Azure	GCP	OCI
ISO 27001 Global Standards	Certified across all regions and most services	Certified across all regions and services	Certified across all regions and services	Certified across all regions and services
ISO 27017 / 27018 Global Standards	27017 (cloud security) and 27018 (PII protection) certified	27017 and 27018 certified globally	27017 and 27018 certified globally	27017 and 27018 certified globally
SOC 1 / SOC 2 / SOC 3 Global Standards	SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3 reports available	SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3 reports available	SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3 reports available	SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3 reports available
CSA STAR Global Standards	CSA STAR Level 2 (Certification) for key services	CSA STAR Level 2 (Certification) and Level 2 (Attestation)	CSA STAR Level 2 (Certification)	CSA STAR Level 2 (Certification)
PCI DSS Global Standards	Level 1 Service Provider; 100+ PCI-compliant services	Level 1 Service Provider; PCI DSS certified	Level 1 Service Provider; PCI DSS certified	Level 1 Service Provider; PCI DSS certified
GDPR (EU) Regional Compliance	GDPR-compliant DPA; EU data residency in EU regions	GDPR-compliant DPA; EU Data Boundary for EU data residency	GDPR-compliant DPA; EU regions for data residency	GDPR-compliant DPA; EU sovereign cloud available
FedRAMP (US) Regional Compliance	FedRAMP High (GovCloud); FedRAMP Moderate (commercial)	FedRAMP High (Azure Government); FedRAMP Moderate (commercial)	FedRAMP High (Assured Workloads); FedRAMP Moderate	FedRAMP High (OCI Government Cloud); FedRAMP authorized
HIPAA (US Healthcare) Regional Compliance	BAA available; 100+ HIPAA-eligible services	BAA available; 90+ HIPAA-eligible services	BAA available; 90+ HIPAA-covered services	BAA available; HIPAA-compliant services
SOX Compliance Regional Compliance	SOX-compliant via SOC reports; AWS Audit Manager templates	SOX-compliant via SOC reports; compliance automation	SOX-compliant via SOC reports and compliance controls	SOX-compliant via SOC reports; Oracle compliance heritage
C5 (Germany) Regional Compliance	BSI C5 attestation for Frankfurt and Ireland regions	BSI C5 attestation for German regions	BSI C5 attestation for EU regions	BSI C5 attestation for Frankfurt region
IRAP (Australia) Regional Compliance	IRAP PROTECTED assessment for Sydney and Melbourne	IRAP PROTECTED assessment for Australian regions	IRAP PROTECTED assessment for Australian regions	IRAP assessment for Australian regions
Financial Services Industry-Specific	FINMA, MAS, OSFI guidance; AWS Financial Services Competency	FINMA, MAS, OSFI; Azure for Financial Services	FINMA, MAS guidance; regulated workload support	FINMA, MAS; Oracle Financial Services industry experience
Government / Defense Industry-Specific	GovCloud (IL5), AWS Secret/Top Secret regions (IL6), ITAR	Azure Government (IL5), Azure Government Secret/Top Secret	Assured Workloads (IL4/IL5); ITAR support	OCI Government Cloud (IL5); ITAR compliant regions
Healthcare (Beyond HIPAA) Industry-Specific	HITRUST CSF certified; FDA 21 CFR Part 11 support	HITRUST CSF certified; FDA 21 CFR Part 11; NHS (UK)	HITRUST CSF certified; healthcare API with FHIR	HITRUST CSF; Oracle Health (Cerner) integration
Education (FERPA) Industry-Specific	FERPA compliant; education-eligible services listed	FERPA compliant; Microsoft 365 Education compliance	FERPA compliant; Google Workspace for Education	FERPA compliant; Oracle education solutions
Compliance Dashboard Tools & Governance	AWS Audit Manager with pre-built frameworks; Security Hub compliance	Microsoft Defender for Cloud regulatory compliance dashboard	Security Command Center compliance reports; Assured Workloads	Cloud Guard with compliance recipes and dashboards
Policy-as-Code Tools & Governance	AWS Config Rules, CloudFormation Guard, SCP guardrails	Azure Policy with built-in compliance initiatives	Organization Policy Service, Forseti, Policy Intelligence	OCI Security Zones with policy enforcement
Audit Evidence Collection Tools & Governance	AWS Audit Manager automated evidence collection	Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager with assessments	Assured Workloads compliance monitoring; audit logs	Cloud Guard findings and OCI Audit service records
Data Residency Controls Tools & Governance	Region selection; S3 Object Lock; data residency guardrails	Azure regions; data residency in-geo by default; EU Data Boundary	Region selection; organization policy constraints for location	Region selection; sovereign cloud for EU data residency
Compliance Reports Access Tools & Governance	AWS Artifact for downloading audit reports and agreements	Service Trust Portal for compliance reports and white papers	Compliance Reports Manager in console for report access	Oracle Compliance portal for audit reports and certifications

About This Tool

A comparison of certification and compliance coverage (ISO 27001/27017/27018, SOC 1/2/3, CSA STAR, PCI DSS, GDPR, FedRAMP, HIPAA, SOX) across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI. All four are broadly at parity on the global baseline standards (ISO, SOC reports, PCI DSS Level 1), the real differentiation shows up in regional and sovereignty details, like exactly which FedRAMP authorization tier applies to which product line (FedRAMP High typically requires a dedicated government-cloud partition like GovCloud, Azure Government, or Assured Workloads, not the commercial regions), which is the detail that actually blocks or unblocks a specific regulated workload.

When to Use This Tool

•Confirming which specific FedRAMP tier (Moderate vs High) applies to a target service before assuming a commercial-region deployment satisfies a federal contract's requirement, since FedRAMP High commonly requires a dedicated government partition rather than the standard commercial region.
•Checking BAA availability and HIPAA-eligible service counts before architecting a healthcare workload, since 'HIPAA compliant cloud' doesn't mean every service in the provider's catalog is HIPAA-eligible, only specific services covered under the BAA are.
•Using the certification list as a starting checklist for a vendor security questionnaire, then verifying each claimed certification against the provider's own current compliance documentation, since audit and certification renewal dates shift and a stale internal reference can misstate current status.
•Comparing GDPR data-residency options (EU regions, EU Data Boundary, sovereign cloud offerings) across providers when a customer contract requires guaranteed in-region data processing, not just an EU-hosted option among many global choices.

Pro Tips

TIP

Compliance certification lists go stale between audit renewal cycles, treat any static reference (including this one) as a starting point for a vendor questionnaire, then pull the current attestation directly from the provider's compliance portal before finalizing a regulated deployment.

TIP

A signed BAA or GDPR DPA at the account level doesn't retroactively make every service HIPAA/GDPR-safe to use, always cross-check the specific service against the provider's current eligible-services list, this is the single most common compliance gap in regulated-workload reviews.

TIP

SOC 2 Type II reports typically require an NDA and a formal request through the provider's compliance portal (AWS Artifact, etc.) rather than being publicly downloadable, budget lead time for that request during an audit cycle rather than assuming instant access.

How It Works Under the Hood

The comparison table is a static, hand-maintained dataset of feature rows tagged by category (Global Standards, Regional Compliance, Industry-Specific, Tools & Governance); filtering and search narrow the visible rows, this is a reference starting point, not a live feed from any provider's compliance API, and should be verified against current attestations before being cited in a customer-facing compliance claim.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does a provider being 'ISO 27001 certified' mean every one of its services is covered?: Not automatically, certifications are typically scoped to specific services and regions under the provider's compliance program, not the entire product catalog uniformly. Always check the provider's own compliance documentation (AWS Artifact, Azure Trust Center, Google Cloud Compliance Resource Center, Oracle Cloud Compliance) for the specific service you're using, rather than assuming a broad certification claim covers a niche or newly-launched service automatically.
Is FedRAMP High available in a provider's normal commercial regions?: Generally no, FedRAMP High authorization typically requires a dedicated, physically and logically separated government cloud partition (AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, Google Assured Workloads, OCI Government Cloud), not the standard commercial regions each provider also holds FedRAMP Moderate authorization for. This is one of the most common misunderstandings in compliance planning, assuming commercial-region FedRAMP Moderate satisfies a High requirement that actually needs the separate government partition.
Do all four providers offer a signed BAA for HIPAA workloads on the same terms?: All four offer a BAA, but the count and specific list of HIPAA-eligible services differs (roughly 90-100+ services depending on provider and how recently they've expanded coverage), and a service not on that specific list can't be used for PHI even under a signed BAA covering the account broadly. Check the current HIPAA-eligible services list for your specific provider before architecting a PHI workflow around a service that might not actually be covered.

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