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AWS lake-formation medium security documentation change

Service: lake-formation · 2025-07-04 · Security-related medium

File: lake-formation/latest/dg/logging-using-cloudtrail.md

Summary

Added documentation about Amazon Redshift federated catalog access monitoring and updated section casing

Security assessment

New content explains how to monitor security-sensitive data access patterns for Redshift federated tables, addressing potential gaps in audit logging documentation

Diff

diff --git a/lake-formation/latest/dg/logging-using-cloudtrail.md b/lake-formation/latest/dg/logging-using-cloudtrail.md
index 12a891c85..ca8708c38 100644
--- a//lake-formation/latest/dg/logging-using-cloudtrail.md
+++ b//lake-formation/latest/dg/logging-using-cloudtrail.md
@@ -5 +5 @@
-Lake Formation Information in CloudTrailUnderstanding Lake Formation Events
+Lake Formation information in CloudTrailUnderstanding Lake Formation events
@@ -7 +7 @@ Lake Formation Information in CloudTrailUnderstanding Lake Formation Events
-# Logging AWS Lake Formation API Calls Using AWS CloudTrail
+# Logging AWS Lake Formation API calls using AWS CloudTrail
@@ -13 +13 @@ To learn more about CloudTrail, see the [_AWS CloudTrail User Guide_](https://do
-## Lake Formation Information in CloudTrail
+## Lake Formation information in CloudTrail
@@ -45 +45 @@ For more information, see the following:
-## Understanding Lake Formation Events
+## Understanding Lake Formation events
@@ -111,0 +112,4 @@ The next example shows a CloudTrail log entry for the `GetDataAccess` action. Pr
+###### Amazon Redshift federated catalog access monitoring
+
+Amazon Redshift federated catalogs in the AWS Glue Data Catalog do not generate `GetDataAccess` events in Lake Formation CloudTrail logs. To track data access for Amazon Redshift tables in the Data Catalog, monitor `GetTable` and `BatchGetTable` events, which capture metadata access patterns for Redshift federated tables, including table name, database name, and catalog ID information 
+