AWS cost-management documentation change
Summary
Added AWS User Notifications integration details and clarified access control for cost monitors
Security assessment
The added note about account-level access control for cost monitors reinforces security best practices but does not fix a specific security issue.
Diff
diff --git a/cost-management/latest/userguide/getting-started-ad.md b/cost-management/latest/userguide/getting-started-ad.md index 062d48128..44b7ddc03 100644 --- a//cost-management/latest/userguide/getting-started-ad.md +++ b//cost-management/latest/userguide/getting-started-ad.md @@ -31,0 +32,9 @@ As you create your cost monitors, configure your alert subscriptions specific to +You can also create individual alerts by setting up AWS User Notifications. + +###### Note + +You can only access cost monitors and alert subscriptions under the account that created them. For example, suppose that the cost monitor was created under a member account. Then, the management account can't view or edit the cost monitors, alert subscriptions, or detected anomalies. + +Cost monitors + + @@ -104,0 +114,3 @@ Even if an anomaly is below the alert threshold, the machine learning model cont +Alert subscriptions + + @@ -152 +164 @@ Even if an anomaly is below the alert threshold, the machine learning model cont -###### Note +AWS User Notifications @@ -154 +166,2 @@ Even if an anomaly is below the alert threshold, the machine learning model cont -You can only access cost monitors and alert subscriptions under the account that created them. For example, suppose that the cost monitor was created under a member account. Then, the management account can't view or edit the cost monitors, alert subscriptions, or detected anomalies. + +For information about how to create individual alerts, see [Using AWS User Notifications with Cost Anomaly Detection](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/latest/userguide/cad-user-notifications.html).