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AWS whitepapers documentation change

Service: whitepapers · 2025-03-30 · Documentation low

File: whitepapers/latest/nhs-cloud-security-guidance-using-aws/principle-2-asset-protection-and-resilience.md

Summary

Updated references from 'Snowball' to 'Snowball Edge' in data transfer security documentation, aligning with current product names.

Security assessment

Change reflects product name updates in existing security documentation (AES-256 encryption details remain unchanged). No new security guidance or vulnerability fixes are added.

Diff

diff --git a/whitepapers/latest/nhs-cloud-security-guidance-using-aws/principle-2-asset-protection-and-resilience.md b/whitepapers/latest/nhs-cloud-security-guidance-using-aws/principle-2-asset-protection-and-resilience.md
index a3dea1e3e..74edc88c6 100644
--- a/whitepapers/latest/nhs-cloud-security-guidance-using-aws/principle-2-asset-protection-and-resilience.md
+++ b/whitepapers/latest/nhs-cloud-security-guidance-using-aws/principle-2-asset-protection-and-resilience.md
@@ -65 +65 @@ Customers have the option of ensuring that all data stored in AWS are encrypted.
-  * [AWS Snowball](https://aws.amazon.com/snowball/) transfers large volumes of data between on-premises environments and AWS. Customers may use the AWS Snowball service, which provides a robust portable appliance with 80 TB or more of storage to which customers can copy data for transfer to their AWS environment via physical shipment. Data is written to a Snowball with AES-256 encryption as standard, and the keys are never stored on the device. For more detail, see [Security in AWS Snowball](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/snowball/latest/ug/security.html#encryption). 
+  * [AWS Snowball Edge](https://aws.amazon.com/snowball/) transfers large volumes of data between on-premises environments and AWS. Customers may use the AWS Snowball Edge service, which provides a robust portable appliance with 80 TB or more of storage to which customers can copy data for transfer to their AWS environment via physical shipment. Data is written to a Snowball Edge with AES-256 encryption as standard, and the keys are never stored on the device. For more detail, see [Security in AWS Snowball Edge](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/snowball/latest/ug/security.html#encryption).