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AWS waf documentation change

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

File: waf/latest/developerguide/data-protection-masking.md

Summary

Added console announcement and updated configuration references to include protection packs

Security assessment

Changes introduce UI updates and terminology updates ('protection pack' references) but don't address vulnerabilities or add new security features

Diff

diff --git a/waf/latest/developerguide/data-protection-masking.md b/waf/latest/developerguide/data-protection-masking.md
index f2fec8572..7b9503262 100644
--- a//waf/latest/developerguide/data-protection-masking.md
+++ b//waf/latest/developerguide/data-protection-masking.md
@@ -4,0 +5,4 @@
+**Introducing a new console experience for AWS WAF**
+
+You can now use the updated experience to access AWS WAF functionality anywhere in the console. For more details, see [Working with the updated console experience](./working-with-console.html). 
+
@@ -11 +15 @@ You can configure data protection at either:
-  * The web ACL level, which applies across all output destinations.
+  * The protection pack or web ACL level, which applies across all output destinations.
@@ -30 +34 @@ Data protection can be specified as either a substitution or hashing. Substituti
-  * [Configuring data protection for a web ACL](./data-protection-configure.html)
+  * [Configuring data protection for a protection pack or web ACL](./data-protection-configure.html)