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AWS glue high security documentation change

Service: glue · 2025-05-22 · Security-related high

File: glue/latest/dg/aws-glue-api-catalog-connections-connections.md

Summary

Added KmsKeyArn field documentation for encrypting authentication data and updated regex pattern reference

Security assessment

Explicitly documents the use of KMS keys to encrypt sensitive authentication information, which directly relates to data protection and security controls. The change provides concrete evidence of security feature implementation.

Diff

diff --git a/glue/latest/dg/aws-glue-api-catalog-connections-connections.md b/glue/latest/dg/aws-glue-api-catalog-connections-connections.md
index b76e03603..cad3d39d4 100644
--- a//glue/latest/dg/aws-glue-api-catalog-connections-connections.md
+++ b//glue/latest/dg/aws-glue-api-catalog-connections-connections.md
@@ -498,0 +499,4 @@ The secret manager ARN to store credentials.
+  * `KmsKeyArn` – UTF-8 string, matching the [Custom string pattern #29](./aws-glue-api-common.html#regex_29).
+
+The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the KMS key used to encrypt sensitive authentication information. This key is used to protect credentials and other sensitive data stored within the authentication configuration.
+
@@ -524 +528 @@ The secret manager ARN to store credentials in the CreateConnection request.
-  * `KmsKeyArn` – UTF-8 string, matching the [Custom string pattern #42](./aws-glue-api-common.html#regex_42).
+  * `KmsKeyArn` – UTF-8 string, matching the [Custom string pattern #29](./aws-glue-api-common.html#regex_29).