AWS adds real-time ACL checks for RAG in Quick and Bedrock
What happened
On 8 October 2026, the AWS Machine Learning Blog published an article describing a new approach to RAG access control in Amazon Quick and Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases. According to the report, both add real-time ACL checks on top of existing pre-retrieval ACL filtering, verifying permissions directly against authoritative data sources at query time and avoiding reliance on ACL data that may be stale or mis-mapped. The only public information so far comes from this single first-hand report, with no mention of a specific launch date, scope of availability or customer cases.
Written by AI from the reports · updated 8 d ago
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- AWS Machine Learning BlogRethinking access control for RAG with Amazon Quick and Amazon Bedrock
Enterprise RAG unlocks insights from knowledge sources like SharePoint, Google Drive, and Confluence, but those sources carry complex permissions. Learn how Amazon Quick and Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases enforce document-level access controls in real time, verifying permissions directly with authoritative sources at query time.
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