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AWS emr documentation change

Service: emr · 2025-06-19 · Documentation low

File: emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-data-encryption-options.md

Summary

Added link to encryption documentation for EMR WAL using customer KMS keys and updated section title.

Security assessment

Enhances documentation about encryption at rest with KMS, a security feature, but does not address a specific security vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-data-encryption-options.md b/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-data-encryption-options.md
index aa7674ead..b9a65a330 100644
--- a//emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-data-encryption-options.md
+++ b//emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-data-encryption-options.md
@@ -77 +77,3 @@ Amazon EMR manages keys for you. By default, Amazon EMR encrypts the data that y
-You use an AWS KMS key to set up policies that apply to Amazon EMR WAL. For more information about key requirements for Amazon EMR, see [Using AWS KMS keys for encryption](./emr-encryption-enable.html#emr-awskms-keys).
+You use an AWS KMS key to set up policies that apply to Amazon EMR WAL. For more information about configuring encryption at rest for EMR WAL using a customer KMS key, see [Encryption at rest using a customer KMS key for the EMR WAL service](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/encryption-at-rest-kms.html).
+
+###### Note
@@ -158 +160 @@ Encrypt data at rest and in transit with Amazon EMR
-Create keys and certificates for data encryption with Amazon EMR
+Encryption at rest using a customer KMS key for the EMR WAL service