Amazon Bedrock Guardrails

Overview

Amazon Bedrock Guardrails provides six safeguard policies for securing and controlling generative AI applications. It works with any foundation model (Bedrock, OpenAI, Google Gemini, self-hosted) through the ApplyGuardrail API, enabling consistent safety policies across your entire AI infrastructure.

Six Safeguard Policies

1. Content Filtering: Block harmful content (hate, insults, sexual, violence, misconduct, prompt attacks)
2. PII Detection & Redaction: Protect sensitive information (emails, SSNs, credit cards, names, addresses)
3. Topic Denial: Prevent discussion of specific topics (financial advice, medical diagnosis, legal counsel)
4. Word Filters: Block custom words, phrases, or AWS-managed profanity lists
5. Contextual Grounding: Detect hallucinations by validating factual accuracy and relevance (RAG applications)
6. Automated Reasoning: Mathematical verification against formal policy rules (up to 99% accuracy)

2025 Enhancements