AWS AmazonS3 medium security documentation change

Service: AmazonS3 · 2025-05-03 · Security-related medium

File: AmazonS3/latest/userguide/s3-tables-integrating-aws.md

Summary

Changed IAM role selection from 'Admin' to 'principal' for Athena/Redshift integration

Security assessment

This change promotes least-privilege access by removing reference to broad 'Admin' role, directly addressing potential over-permissioning security risks in integrations.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/s3-tables-integrating-aws.md b/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/s3-tables-integrating-aws.md
index bb15440cc..2a85d1d9f 100644
--- a//AmazonS3/latest/userguide/s3-tables-integrating-aws.md
+++ b//AmazonS3/latest/userguide/s3-tables-integrating-aws.md
@@ -358 +358 @@ Console
-     * For Amazon Athena or Amazon Redshift, choose **IAM users and roles** , and select the IAM **Admin** role.
+     * For Amazon Athena or Amazon Redshift, choose **IAM users and roles** , and select the IAM principal you use for queries.