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AWS AmazonRDS documentation change

Service: AmazonRDS · 2025-03-26 · Documentation medium

File: AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/share-encrypted-snapshot.md

Summary

Added note about cross-account KMS key usage for encrypted snapshots

Security assessment

Clarifies security best practices for encryption key sharing across accounts

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/share-encrypted-snapshot.md b/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/share-encrypted-snapshot.md
index 5df463d5d..a641f310a 100644
--- a/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/share-encrypted-snapshot.md
+++ b/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/share-encrypted-snapshot.md
@@ -38,0 +39,4 @@ First you create a custom KMS key in the same AWS Region as the encrypted DB sna
+###### Note
+
+You can also use a KMS key from another AWS account when the key policy grants access to the source and target accounts.
+