---
title: "AWS Bedrock Guardrails"
description: "Integrate AWS Bedrock Guardrails with Bifrost for enterprise-grade content filtering, PII protection, prompt attack detection, and image content analysis."
icon: "aws"
---

Bifrost integrates with **Amazon Bedrock Guardrails** to provide enterprise-grade content filtering and safety features with deep AWS integration. This page covers the configuration and capabilities of the AWS Bedrock guardrail provider.

![AWS Bedrock Guardrails configuration form](/media/guardrails/bedrock-guardrails-provider-details.png)

## Capabilities

- **Content Filters**: Hate speech, insults, sexual content, violence, misconduct
- **Denied Topics**: Block specific topics or categories
- **Word Filters**: Custom profanity and sensitive word blocking
- **PII Protection**: Detect and redact 50+ PII entity types
- **Contextual Grounding**: Verify responses against source documents
- **Prompt Attack Detection**: Identify injection and jailbreak attempts
- **Image Content Support**: Analyze images in addition to text (PNG, JPEG)

## Configuration Fields

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|-------|------|----------|---------|-------------|
| `access_key` | string | Yes | - | AWS Access Key ID |
| `secret_key` | string | Yes | - | AWS Secret Access Key |
| `guardrail_arn` | string | Yes | - | ARN of the Bedrock guardrail |
| `guardrail_version` | string | Yes | - | Version of the guardrail (e.g., "1", "DRAFT") |
| `region` | string | Yes | - | AWS region |

## Authentication

Uses AWS SDK with static credentials:
```json
{
  "access_key": "AKIAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
  "secret_key": "your-secret-access-key",
  "guardrail_arn": "arn:aws:bedrock:us-east-1:123456789:guardrail/abc123",
  "guardrail_version": "1",
  "region": "us-east-1"
}
```

## Supported AWS Regions

| Region Code | Region Name |
|-------------|-------------|
| `us-east-1` | US East (N. Virginia) |
| `us-east-2` | US East (Ohio) |
| `us-west-1` | US West (N. California) |
| `us-west-2` | US West (Oregon) |
| `ap-south-1` | Asia Pacific (Mumbai) |
| `ap-northeast-1` | Asia Pacific (Tokyo) |
| `ap-northeast-2` | Asia Pacific (Seoul) |
| `ap-southeast-1` | Asia Pacific (Singapore) |
| `ap-southeast-2` | Asia Pacific (Sydney) |
| `eu-central-1` | Europe (Frankfurt) |
| `eu-west-1` | Europe (Ireland) |
| `eu-west-2` | Europe (London) |
| `eu-west-3` | Europe (Paris) |

## Supported Content Types

- Text content
- Images (PNG, JPEG formats)

## Usage Metrics Returned

Bedrock guardrails return detailed usage metrics for cost tracking and monitoring:

| Metric | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| `content_policy_units` | Units consumed by content policy evaluation |
| `contextual_grounding_policy_units` | Units for grounding checks |
| `sensitive_information_policy_units` | Units for PII detection |
| `topic_policy_units` | Units for topic filtering |
| `word_policy_units` | Units for word filtering |
| `automated_reasoning_policy_units` | Units for reasoning checks |
| `content_policy_image_units` | Units for image content analysis |

## Supported PII Types

- Personal identifiers (SSN, passport, driver's license)
- Financial information (credit cards, bank accounts)
- Contact information (email, phone, address)
- Medical information (health records, insurance)
- Device identifiers (IP addresses, MAC addresses)

## Provider Capabilities Comparison

| Capability | AWS Bedrock | Azure Content Safety | GraySwan | Patronus AI |
|------------|-------------|---------------------|----------|-------------|
| PII Detection | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Content Filtering | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Prompt Injection | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hallucination Detection | No | No | No | Yes |
| Toxicity Screening | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Policies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Natural Language Rules | No | No | Yes | No |
| Image Support | Yes | No | No | No |
| IPI Detection | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Mutation Detection | No | No | Yes | No |

For information on configuring guardrail rules and profiles, see [Guardrails](/enterprise/guardrails).